Фильм поставлен по реальным событиям и рассказывает о соперничестве двух атлетов-бегунов, представлявших Великобританию на Олимпийских играх 1924 года в Париже: студента Кембриджа, еврея Гарольда Абрахамса и шотландского миссионера Эрика Лиддела. В центре внимания авторов картины — противостояние двух характеров и двух противоположных мировоззрений.
Из разрываемой войной Сирии на Олимпийские игры 2016 в Рио-де-Жанейро: две сестры едут в рискованное путешествие, проявив героическую решимость и спортивный талант.
The story of an Olympic high jumper, played by Brent Carver, who loses his leg and yet doggedly persists in his pursuit of athletic glory. Released a year before Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope, this made-for-Canadian-TV movie, which also stars Sex and the City's Kim Cattrall, has been described as a tear-jerker.
A huge doping scandal erupted at the 2001 cross-country skiing world championship in Lahti, Finland, leading to large numbers of disqualifications. Athletes from the host country in particular had made generous use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs. It was to be the precursor of more drug cases at the Winter Olympics a year later in Salt Lake City. When Heroes Lie analyzes the history of doping from the 1970s to the present day, using archive footage and interviews with skiers, coaches and experts.
В центре сюжета фильма история пути к чемпионским титулам нескольких спортсменов. Пять реальных историй олимпийских медалей России. Пять историй, где переплетаются любовь, предательство, дружба. Это истории настоящих побед. И за каждой победой стоит уважение, труд и вера в себя, в близких и в свою страну.
Thirteen years of war. Dozens of car bombings every month. One goal: to become an Olympic champion. The true story of grit and determination, of young men literally fighting for their lives one day on the battlefields of Iraq and competing to fight for their Nation the next one. Despite living under the persistent threat of ISIS, these athletes will strive to accomplish their task. The amazing journey of the Iraq National Team from obscurity and desperation to the edge of an historical qualification to Rio 2016. Will private Waheed be able to manage his army duty with his desire to go to the Games? Is young Jafaar ready to aspire to the Olympic stage he has been dreaming of, despite living in the most dangerous suburb in the world? Will promising heavyweight Saadi come back from his mission to liberate Falluja? Will Iraq finally be a peaceful Country?