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Race of the Century

Russian film transplanting the tragic tale of Donald Crowhurst into then-contemporary anti-capitalist thought.

Top Cast

  • Leonhard Merzin

    Leonhard Merzin

    Donald Crowhurst

  • Elle Kull

    Elle Kull

    Clare Crowhurst

  • Rostislav Yankovsky

    Rostislav Yankovsky

    Stanley Best

  • Girts Jakovlevs

    Girts Jakovlevs

    Rodney Halworth

  • Uldis Lieldidzs

    Uldis Lieldidzs

    Nigel Tetley sailboat captain

  • Vytautas Tomkus

    Vytautas Tomkus

    businessman

  • Andrei Kryukov

    Andrei Kryukov

    journalist

  • Vladimir Erenberg

    Vladimir Erenberg

    Francis Chichester chief referee of the competition

  • Natalya Guseva

    Natalya Guseva

    Rachel Crowhurst

Overview

Russian film transplanting the tragic tale of Donald Crowhurst into then-contemporary anti-capitalist thought.

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7 Reviews
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