ATLETU
by Davey Frankel, Rasselas Lakew
synopsis
An unusual portrait-biopic of the legendary Ethipian marathon runner Abebe Bikila, who became Olympic champion on bare feet in 1960 but was later paralysed in both legs. With wonderful archiva footage of Bikila in action.
| original title: | Atletu |
| country: | United States, Germany, Ethiopia |
| year: | 2009 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Davey Frankel, Rasselas Lakew |
| film run: | 89' |
| screenplay: | Rasselas Lakew, Davey Frankel, Mikael Aemiro Awake |
| cast: | Rasselas Lakew, Dag Malmberg, Ruta Gedmintas, Abba Waka Dessalegn |
| cinematography by: | Philip C. Pfeiffer, Rodney Taylor, Radoslav Spassov, Toby Moore |
| film editing: | Davey Frankel, Matt Mayer |
| music: | Christian Meyer |
| producer: | Davey Frankel, Rasselas Lakew, Darryn Welch |
| production: | Instinctive Film GmbH, AV Patchbay, El Atleta (US), Riot Entertainment (ET) |
