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The Athlete

5.9 average rating
★★★★★
5.9
Amharic / 92 MIN. / 2009

The Genres

The Synopsis

Running the streets of Rome in 1960, an unknown, barefooted Ethiopian man stunned the world by winning Olympic gold in the marathon. Overnight, Abebe Bikila became a sports legend. A hero in his own country and to the continent, Bikila was the first African to win a gold medal, and four years later in Tokyo would become the first person in history to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in the marathon.

The Cast

Rasselas LakewDag MalmbergRuta GedmintasAbba Waka DessalegnJohnny AshenafiWoyneshet BelachewAbebe BikilaArne BoysenYeneneh EzraFekadu GemechuMersha GetahunTigist GurmaBenito MussoliniHristo PetkovEkaterina PetrovaAssefa TegeneZelalem Yetagesu

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