Abebe Bikila

Mezun olmak üzere olan, koşuya tutkun Babe (Oscar® ödüllü Dustin Hoffman) New York'ta yaşıyor. Ağabeyi, Avrupalı kız arkadaşı ve saklanan bir Nazi'nin dahil olduğu garip bir kumpasın ortasına sürüklenen Babe, bir ajan olan abisi sayesinde 'zor anlar' yaşıyor. Kaçak nazi Christian Szell rolünde Laurence Olivier, çizdiği akıl almaz sadist potresiyle Oscar® ödülüne aday gösterilmiştir. John Schlesinger yönetmenliğinde yıldız kadrosuyla Vahşi Koşu izleyenlere tırnak yedirtecek bir gerilim macera.

Running the streets of Rome in 1960, an unknown, barefooted Ethiopian man stunned the world by winning Olympic gold in the marathon. Overnight, Abebe Bikila became a sports legend. A hero in his own country and to the continent, Bikila was the first African to win a gold medal, and four years later in Tokyo would become the first person in history to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in the marathon.

This impressionistic portrait of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics pays as much attention to the crowds and workers as it does to the actual competitive events. Highlights include an epic pole-vaulting match between West Germany and America, and the final marathon race through Tokyo's streets. Two athletes are highlighted: Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila, who receives his second gold medal, and runner Ahamed Isa from Chad, representing a country younger than he is.

By presenting archive footage along with his own life story, filmmaker Gabriele Salvatores mediates an illustration of the economic boom in Italy during the 1960s.