![]() ![]() Abrahams, with his singular mentality and professional coach, is seen to prefigure later developments in sport. The two dominant themes of the film – masculinity and anti‐Semitism – are addressed. Both are, in different ways, marginal: Abrahams, a Jew, is challenged by anti‐Semitism Liddell, the son of a missionary, is a steadfast Christian and runs because he believes he is fulfilling God's purpose. ![]() The film records the intersecting paths of two athletes, Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell, as they prepare for the Paris Olympic Games of 1924. Victorian values are changing and the end of British Empire is approaching. Class inequalities are deep, unemployment is growing steeply and industrial conflict is widespread. The film unfolds amid a culture of individualism in which British patriotism, while strong, is both conditional and instrumental. Chariots of Fire is examined both as a chronicle of the 1920s, in which it is set, and an allegory for the period in which it was released, the early 1980s. ![]()
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