Chariots Of Fire

Chariots Of Fire

1981

Two British athletes train rigorously for the 1924 Olympics, driven by personal ambitions and religious convictions, leading to a historic race.

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Director

  • Hugh Hudson

Cast

  • Ben Cross
  • Ian Charleston
  • Nigel Havers
  • Nicholas Farrell
  • Daniel Gerroll
  • Ian Holm
  • John Gielgud
  • Lindsay Anderson
  • Nigel Davenport
  • Cheryl Campbell
  • Alice Krige

Filming Locations

  • Arthur's Seat

    Eric Liddell and his sister Jennie walk through Holyrood Park with Arthur's Seat visible in the background, used for scenes depicting Liddell's Scottish home life.

  • Birkenhead

    Birkenhead Woodside Ferry Landing Stage was used as Dover, and the shots of the Cross Channel Ferry are actually the Isle Of Man boat sailing down river with the Birkenhead docks in the background.

  • Eton College

    Eton College stood in for Cambridge University throughout the film, as Cambridge refused filming rights; the School Yard was used for the iconic Great Court Run, and Eton's College Hall served as the Caius College dining room.

  • Salisbury Crag

    The Salisbury Crags in Holyrood Park provide the backdrop as Eric Liddell takes Jennie for a walk, with Edinburgh's skyline visible in the distance.

  • The Oval

    This was used as an Olympic Stadium.

  • West Sands Beach

    The famous slow-motion opening beach run, nominally set in Broadstairs, Kent, was filmed on West Sands at St Andrews, with the athletes running past the Old Course of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club.