The Athlete
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.
- Year : 2009
- Country : Ethiopia, Germany, United States of America
- Genre : Drama, History
- Studio : Instinctive Film, AV Patchbay, El Atleta
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- Director : Davey Frankel, Rasselas Lakew
- Cast : Rasselas Lakew, Dag Malmberg, Ruta Gedmintas, Abba Waka Dessalegn, Johnny Ashenafi, Woyneshet Belachew