ENDURANCE
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Leslie Woodhead
Ejigayehu Shibabaw
Endale Workineh
Shawanness Gebrselassie
Alem Tellahun
Tedesse Haile
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A part-fiction, part-documentary biography of Haile Gebrselassie, an East African long-distance runner in the 1996 Summer Olympics. As a child, Haile runs everywhere - to and from his school, or a 3 hour trip to collect water. He is inspired by the 1980 Olympic success of another Ethiopian, Miruts Y
Cast
Ejigayehu Shibabaw
Endale Workineh
Shawanness Gebrselassie
Alem Tellahun
Tedesse Haile
Tizazu Mashresha
Bashamyelesh Workineh
Berhane Tesfaye
Bekele Gebrselassie
Winishet Tesfaye
Assefa Gebrselassie
Haile Gebrselassie
Yonas Zergaw
Bekele Negash
Berhane Taye
Zinash Workineh
Mengistu Workineh
Abinet Tedesse
Hagop Nalbandian
Crew
Jared Abrams
Yohannes Afework
Eric Albert
Daniel Aligaz
Slamm Andrews
Tamane Asmare
Afwerk Asseffa
David Aukin
Asrat Ayano
Merigeta Samual Ayehu
Ato Ayeli
Klaus Badelt
Sean Barlow
Joanie Bauert
Bruce Beffa
Nancy Beffa
Seblewongel Begashaw
Fantaye Bekele
Yelma Belay
Guenet Berhe
Jaya Bishop
Francois Blaignan
Vanessa Boeye
Paul Brincat
Jonathan Daitch
Jolly Dale
Lawrence N Dasilva
Tonia Davall
Brenton Davis
Gebeyehu Demesse
Brooke Demrew
Solomon Demrew
Steven Dewey
Phil Dillon
Kathy England
Brant Fagan
The Idris Family
Caroline Feith
Solomon Feyissa
Bruce L. Fowler
Walt Fowler
Tsegaye Furgesa
Belay Gebrselassie
Zergaw Gebrselassie
General Abadulla Gemmeda
Solomon Girma
Kevin Globerman
Jolie Gorchov
Gavin Greenaway
Ross A. Guidici
Workineh Haile
Brehanu Hailu
Sandy Hastings
Jennifer Hatton
Jos Hermens
Michelle S Hoffmann
Raymond Hofmeister
Mohammed Idris
Hussen Inddessa
Abdella Ismail
Hadish Kassu
Rieso Kedir
Michael Keller
Abebe Ketsela
Aberra Ketselas
Neil Kingsbury
Saar Klein
Werner Koenig
C Y Lee
Girmaye Leta
Claude Letessier
Claude Letessier
Tom Luse
Michael Lynton
Iyeli Madebo
Abi Makonnen
Alex Makonnen
Terrence Malick
Lieutenant Tizazu Masresha
Richard Mccune
Andrew Mcdonnell
Annie Mcenroe Pressman
Ladd Mcintosh
Aaron Medick
Simon Mekonen
Kebede Mergia
Dena Mermelstein
Alan Meyerson
Stuart Miller
Guillermo Morales
J J Morales
Y S Moriarty
Doug Moxon
Angelica Munson
Ed Myers
Peter A Nelson
Mary Nelson-duerrstein
Aimee Nicholson
Michelle Norell
Darren O'grady
Elizabeth O'mara
Erin O'rourke
Oral Norrie Ottey
Ellen Palevsky
Max Palevsky
Matt Palmer
Tony Piercy
Reuben Porras
John Post
John Powell
John Powell
John Powell
Edward Pressman
Steve Ransohoff
Lynn Pressman Raymond
Brian Richards
Joe Roth
Deborah Rothberg
Bruno Roussel
Jayme Roy
Sally Roy
Renee Sabath
Robert Sands
Kristi Savino
Paula Schmidt
Harrison Schuhmacher
Hunt Schuhmacher
Bob M Scott
Elizabeth Seleshe
Konjit Seyoum
Areru Shegane
Steve Sheridan
Gregg Silk
Steven Simpson
Adam Milo Smalley
Unsun Song
Walter Spencer
Steven Stoke
Ivan Strasburg
Mark Strasburg
Thomas Sumners
Angela Sutton
John Sutton
Theodros Tadesse
Theodros Tadesse
Zeryhan Tefarra
Commissioner Legesse Tegegu
Teka Tema
Mikis Theodorakis
Tesfaye Tsegaye
Olivier Vetter
David Wallechinsky
David Wason
Tom Wason
Alex Webb
Billy Weber
Drew Webster
John Williams
Carolyn Wolf
Wallace Wolf
Wallace Wolf
Nick Wollage
Leslie Woodhead
Kurt Woolner
Desta Worku
Tafari Wossen
Gavyn Wright
James Wright
Alexandra Wyatt-brown
Ambachew Yirgu
Geoff Zanelli
Hans Zimmer
Jake Zimmer
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Spring May 14, 1999
Expanded Release in United States May 21, 1999
Released in United States on Video March 21, 2000
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States September 1998
Released in United States 1999
Released in United States September 2000
Shown at Venice Film Festival (Perspectives) August 26 - September 8, 1998.
Shown at Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema April 29 - May 9, 1999.
Shown at Deauville Festival of American Film September 1-10, 2000.
Began shooting July 19, 1996.
Completed shooting late December 1996.
Filming commenced at the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta. The filmmakers then select a competitor and filmed that person's real-life story.
Released in United States Spring May 14, 1999
Expanded Release in United States May 21, 1999
Released in United States on Video March 21, 2000
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Venice Film Festival (Perspectives) August 26 - September 8, 1998.)
Released in United States September 1998 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival September 3-7, 1998.)
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema April 29 - May 9, 1999.)
Released in United States September 2000 (Shown at Deauville Festival of American Film September 1-10, 2000.)