The Athlete (2009)
Atletu
92 min
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.
- Release date
- March 9, 2009
- Country of origin
- United States, Germany
Trailer
Cast
- Rasselas Lakew as Abebe Bikila
- Dag Malmberg as Onni
- Ruta Gedmintas as Charlotte
- Abba Waka Dessalegn as The Priest
- Johnny Ashenafi as Coach Nega
- Woyneshet Belachew as Telephone Operator
- Arne Boysen as Gunnar Krogsveen
- Yeneneh Ezra as Emperor Haile Selassie
- Fekadu Gemechu as Uncle
Crew
- Abebe Bikila · Archive footage
- Davey Frankel · Director
- Rasselas Lakew · Director
- Rasselas Lakew · Writer
- Davey Frankel · Writer
- Mikael Awake · Writer
- Davey Frankel · Producer
- Rasselas Lakew · Producer
- Darryn Welch · Producer
- Christian Meyer · Composer
- Toby Moore · Cinematographer
- Philip C. Pfeiffer · Cinematographer
- Radoslav Spassov · Cinematographer
- Rodney Taylor · Cinematographer
- Davey Frankel · Editor
- Matt Mayer · Editor
- Tesfaye Wendemagen · Production designer