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A true-life story of an Olympic hero and just how far he came in order to become the fastest Olympic long distance runner the world has ever seen! Raised under oppressive conditions in one of the world's poorest countries, the Ethiopian boy named Haile Gebrselassie was born to run! When he wasn't laboring in his father's fields, young Haile would be running; the six miles to school and back, while doing chores or simply for pleasure at the end of a long, hard day!
Original Release
05/14/1999
US Release
05/14/1999
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Haile Gebrselassie | Himself / Self |
Shawananness Gebrselassie | Haile's Mother |
Yonas Zergaw | Young Haile Gebrselassie |
Tedesse Haile | Young Haile's Father |
Bekele Gebrselassie | Himself (Haile's Father) / Self (Haile's Father) |
Alem Tellahun | Herself (Haile's Wife) / Self (Haile's Wife) |
Assefa Gebrselassie | |
Tizazu Mashresha | |
Winishet Tesfaye | |
Abinet Tedesse |
Directors
Leslie Woodhead, Bud Greenspan
Cast
Name | Character |
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Haile Gebrselassie | Himself / Self |
Shawananness Gebrselassie | Haile's Mother |
Yonas Zergaw | Young Haile Gebrselassie |
Tedesse Haile | Young Haile's Father |
Bekele Gebrselassie | Himself (Haile's Father) / Self (Haile's Father) |
Alem Tellahun | Herself (Haile's Wife) / Self (Haile's Wife) |
Assefa Gebrselassie | |
Tizazu Mashresha | |
Winishet Tesfaye | |
Abinet Tedesse | |
Berhane Tesfaye | |
Bekele Negash | |
Berhane Taye | |
Endale Workineh | |
Zinash Workineh | |
Mengistu Workineh | |
Bashamyelesh Workineh |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Werner Koenig | Executive Producer |
Thomas Sumners | Executive Producer |
Wallace Wolf | Executive Producer |
Bruce Beffa | Producer |
Terrence Malick | Producer |
Erin O'Rourke | Producer |
Max Palevsky | Producer |
Edward R. Pressman | Producer |
Sally Roy | Producer |
David Wason | Producer |