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Abebe Bikila

Also Known As: Shambel Abebe Bikila, ሻምበል አበበ ቢቂላ

Biography: Biography not available

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Jato, Ethiopia

Adult: No

Birthday: August 07, 1932

Age: 92 years old

Gender: Male

Deathday: October 25, 1973

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Overview: This impressionistic portrait of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics pays as much attention to the crowds and workers as it does to the actual competitive events. Highlights include an epic pole-vaulting match between West Germany and America, and the final marathon race through Tokyo's streets. Two athletes are highlighted: Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila, who receives his second gold medal, and runner Ahamed Isa from Chad, representing a country younger than he is.

Genres: Documentary

Original Language: ja

Release Date: 1965-03-20

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Overview: A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.

Genres: Thriller Crime Drama Action

Original Language: en

Release Date: 1976-10-08

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Overview: By presenting archive footage along with his own life story, filmmaker Gabriele Salvatores mediates an illustration of the economic boom in Italy during the 1960s.

Genres: Documentary

Original Language: it

Release Date: 2010-09-05

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Overview: 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.

Genres: Drama History

Original Language: en

Release Date: 2009-03-09

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0.147

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Votes: 9

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