As his 1981 film is rereleased, the director talks about his Oscar-winning fable about an actor's Faustian pact with the Nazi party " and its new relevance At the 54th Academy Awards, in 1982, Chariots of Fire was imperial, and Katharine Hepburn broke records. Less remembered today is a darkly brilliant European film about a stage actor in Nazi Germany that went home from the ceremony with the best international feat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:32AM on December 18, 2025