Movie
Race
Overview
Based on the story of Jesse Owens, the athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.
Details
- Release date
- 2016-02-19
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Trinity Race, Solofilms, Trinica Entertainment, ID+, Mister Smith Entertainment, The Jesse Owens Foundation, Focus Features
- Country
- Canada, Germany
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Stephan James as Jesse Owens
- Jason Sudeikis as Larry Snyder
- Eli Goree as Dave Albritton
- Shanice Banton as Ruth Solomon
- Carice van Houten as Leni Riefenstahl
- Jeremy Irons as Avery Brundage
- William Hurt as Jeremiah Mahoney
- David Kross as Carl "Luz" Long
- Jonathan Higgins as Dean Cromwell
- Tony Curran as Lawson Robertson
- Amanda Crew as Peggy
- Barnaby Metschurat as Joseph Goebbels
Crew
- Stephen Hopkins - Director
- Joe Shrapnel - Writer
- Anna Waterhouse - Writer
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