![]() Abrahams, with his singular mentality and professional coach, is seen to prefigure later developments in sport. The two dominant themes of the film – masculinity and anti‐Semitism – are addressed. Both are, in different ways, marginal: Abrahams, a Jew, is challenged by anti‐Semitism Liddell, the son of a missionary, is a steadfast Christian and runs because he believes he is fulfilling God's purpose. ![]() The film records the intersecting paths of two athletes, Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell, as they prepare for the Paris Olympic Games of 1924. ![]() Victorian values are changing and the end of British Empire is approaching. Class inequalities are deep, unemployment is growing steeply and industrial conflict is widespread. The film unfolds amid a culture of individualism in which British patriotism, while strong, is both conditional and instrumental. ![]() Chariots of Fire is examined both as a chronicle of the 1920s, in which it is set, and an allegory for the period in which it was released, the early 1980s. ![]()
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