Eric Liddell - China's first gold medalist and one of Scotland's greatest athletes - returns to war-torn China.
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Joseph Fiennes | ... | Eric Liddell | |
| Bruce Locke | ... | Old Xu Niu (voice) | |
| Jesse Kove | ... | Hugh Johnson | |
| Shawn Dou | ... | Xu Niu | |
| Elizabeth Arends | ... | Florence Liddell | |
| Simon Twu | ... | Chen Quan | |
| Kuo-Chu Chang | |||
| Augusta Xu-Holland | ... | Catherine Standish | |
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Zach Ireland | ... | David Marshall (as Zach Ireland Splittgerber) |
| Richard Sanderson | ... | Dr. Hubbard | |
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Darren Grosvenor | ... | Gentleman |
| Asano Nagahide | |||
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Patrice Poujol | ... | Louis Klein |
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Shigeo Kobayashi | ... | Yoshinori Yumoto |
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Laura Justine Friis Lodahl | ... | Patricia Liddell |
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Eric Liddell may have won gold for the United Kingdom and possessed a lilting Highland brogue, but he was born in China and lived more than half his life there evangelizing and teaching. On Wings of Eagles is everything you ever wanted to know about what happened to Liddell - who famously refused to run an Olympic race on a Sunday to honor God - after the 1924 Olympics when he returned to China, the home of his heart. But Eric's beloved homeland is about to be occupied by Imperial Japan. Written by AnonymousB
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It is a sketch. Or, maybe, a drawing, but not the expected portrait. The acting is good, the storytelling resonable, the message touching, but something significant is missing. The good point remains the beautiful reflection of the faith of Liddell. Sure, a low budget and a too familiar theme. But the tragedy remains far to the viewer and all is reduced ar sort of resume. So, a decent film about the last part of the life of a champion and beautiful reflection of Christian faith in difficult times.