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.
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🔍 Search on JustWatch →This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.
Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.
For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.
Director: Stephen Hopkins
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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.
Stephan James
Jesse Owens
Jason Sudeikis
Larry Snyder
Eli Goree
Dave Albritton
Shanice Banton
Ruth Solomon
Carice van Houten
Leni Riefenstahl
Jeremy Irons
Avery Brundage
William Hurt
Jeremiah Mahoney
David Kross
Carl "Luz" Long
Jonathan Higgins
Dean Cromwell
Tony Curran
Lawson Robertson
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