The Long Run is a 2001 film starring Oscar nominee Armin Mueller-Stahl as a running coach and Nthati Moshesh as a young runner. It was directed by Jean Stewart and written by Johann Potgieter.

The Long Run
Directed byJean Stewart
Written byJohann Potgieter
Produced byAnant Singh
Helena Spring
Starring
CinematographyCinders Forshaw
Edited byAvril Beukes
Music byTrevor Jones
Production
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Distributed byUniversal Focus[1]
Release date
  • 4 May 2001 (2001-05-04) (United States[2])
Running time
112 min
CountrySouth Africa
LanguageEnglish

The film is based around the Comrades Marathon, an ultra-marathon race run over a distance of approximately 90 km (55.9 mi) between the capital of the Kwazulu-Natal Province of South Africa, Pietermaritzburg, and the coastal city of Durban.

Cast

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  • Armin Mueller-Stahl as Bertold 'Barry' Bohmer
  • Nthati Moshesh as Christine Moyo
  • Paterson Joseph as Gasa
  • Desmond Dube as Miso
  • Seputla Sebogodi as Terror
  • Gift Leotlela as Popo
  • Nakedi Ribane as Blanche
  • Wilson Dunster as Suiker
  • Chris van Niekerk as Pool
  • Elize Cawood as Mrs. Suiker
  • Rika Sennett as Greta
  • Melody House as Emily

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "THE LONG RUN, US poster, 2001, © Universal Focus/Courtesy Everett Collection Stock Photo - Alamy".
  2. ^ ""The Long Run" movie advertisement". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 4 May 2001. p. E7.
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