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RACE TO GLORY: THE EMIL ZÁTOPEK STORY

By David ONDŘÍČEK

MYRIAD PICTURES - as SALES All rights, World

Drama - Completed 2021

Autumn 1968, the Australian running record holder Ron Clarke is coming to Prague, hoping that his old friend and role model, Emil Zátopek, the most famous Czech athlete of all time, will help him overcome the biggest crisis of his career.

- Year of production
- 2021
- Genres
- Drama, Biography, Historical
- Countries
- CZECH REPUBLIC, GERMANY, FINLAND
- Languages
- CZECH
- Duration
- 131 mn
- Director(s)
- David ONDŘÍČEK
- Writer(s)
- David ONDŘÍČEK, Alice NELLIS , Jan P. MUCHOW
- Cast
- Václav NEUŽIL , Martha ISSOVÁ, James FRECHEVILLE
- Producer(s)
- Kryštof MUCHA, David ONDŘÍČEK
- Synopsis
- Following the turbulent invasion of Czechoslovakia in the autumn of 1968, the Australian running record holder Ron Clarke travels to Prague, hoping that his old friend and role model Emil Zátopek will help him overcome the biggest crisis of his career. Through flashbacks, the film reflects on the life and career of Emil Zátopek, the most famous Czech athlete of all time. But Zátopek is also the story of a fateful encounter and the life-long love between two people that neither sports nor life’s turmoil could break. Emil‘s marriage to javelin thrower and Olympic champion Dana Zátopková is put to the test when conflicting dreams, desires, and values emerge. Filled with triumph and charm, Zátopek explores the physical, personal, and political boundaries of a hero and the life that shaped him.