Faster Than Own Shadow (1980)
• January 12th, 1980 • 1h 31min
Drama
Overview
Petr Korolev is a metallurgical engineer and a runner member of the Soviet Union Olympic team. Thanks to his perseverance and willpower, he earned the right to participate in international competitions in athletics. During his preparation for the Moscow Olympic Games, an unforeseen event during a race caused his rival, a world record holder in long distance running Rolf Schmidt to leave the race. When realizing the accident, Korolev also leaves and helps Schmidt to get up. From that behavior is born his friendship with the rival runner. Korolev's consecration takes place right at the Olympic Games in Moscow, where he gets the gold medal, beating his world-record friend.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Maidaan
Released on: 2024-04-10
Drama
Inspired by the Indian national football team coach and manager Syed Abdul Rahim, who is regarded as...
Brink!
Released on: 1998-08-28
Drama, TV Movie, Family
Andy "Brink" Brinker and his in-line skating crew--Peter, Jordy, and Gabriella--who call themselves ...
Undisputed
Released on: 2002-07-17
Action, Drama, Crime
Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convict...
The Cutting Edge: Chasing the Dream
Released on: 2008-03-16
Romance, Drama, Action, Adventure
A world class ice skater eager to take the top prize in the biggest competition around finds his dre...
Chhalaang
Released on: 2020-11-13
Comedy, Drama
Chhalaang humorously addresses the value of Sports Education in the school curriculum. It follows a ...
Pride
Released on: 2007-03-23
Drama
Coach Jim Ellis shocks the community and changes lives when, aided by a local janitor, he sets out t...
Madison Square Garden
Released on: 1932-11-04
Drama
Eddie Burke is a wise-guy pugilist whose talent is unevenly matched by his ego. Despite his characte...
Mystery, Alaska
Released on: 1999-10-01
Drama, Comedy
In Mystery, Alaska, life revolves around the legendary Saturday hockey game at the local pond. But e...
The Fall
Released on: 2021-07-10
Drama
Tom has faced many rivals in his ten-year career as a jump Jockey. Some have been faster, stronger, ...
The Final Season
Released on: 2007-10-12
Drama
True story of Kent Stock, who in the early '90s gives up a job and ditches his wedding plans to take...
Nitro Circus 3
Released on: 2005-01-01
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
NC3 is categorized as a Freestyle Motocross film. However, just like Travis Pastrana is much more th...
Wakanohana: The Story of the Devil of the Dohyō
Released on: 1956-12-27
Drama
A film about sumo wrestler Wakanohana Kanji I. He was nicknamed "Devil of the dohyo" due to his exce...
Step Into Liquid
Released on: 2003-08-05
Documentary, Drama
No special effects. No stuntmen. No stereotypes. No other feeling comes close. Surfers and secret sp...
Mr. 3000
Released on: 2004-06-15
Comedy, Drama
Aging baseball star who goes by the nickname, Mr. 3000, finds out many years after retirement that h...
Mary Kom
Released on: 2014-09-05
Action, Drama, History
A chronicle of the life of Indian boxer 'Mary Kom' who went through several hardships before audacio...
The Cutting Edge
Released on: 1992-03-27
Romance, Comedy, Drama
Two former Olympians, one a figure skater and the other a hockey player, pin their hopes of one last...
Creed II
Released on: 2018-11-21
Drama, Action
Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight against an opponent with ties to hi...
The Art of Self-Defense
Released on: 2019-07-12
Comedy, Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Casey is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo led by a charismatic and myste...
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Released on: 1962-09-20
Drama
A rebellious youth, sentenced to a boy’s reformatory for robbing a bakery, rises through the ranks o...
Gladiator
Released on: 1992-03-06
Drama
Tommy Riley has moved with his dad to Chicago from a 'nice place'. He keeps to himself, goes to scho...