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 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
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 List of films about the sport of athletics
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