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Wilma

Wilma (1977)

Biography | 100 minutes
3,17 6 votes

Genre: Biography / Sport

Duration: 100 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Bud Greenspan

Starst: Shirley Jo Finney, Cicely Tyson and Jason Bernard

IMDb score: 6,2 (342)

Releasedate: 19 December 1977

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Wilma plot

This film tells the inspiring story of Wilma Rudolph, who was infected with polio in her youth, but was able to overcome this terrible disease. For this, she had to be treated twice a week in a hospital 80 km away. She received physiotherapy and specific massages for many years. At eight she could walk without crutches and at eleven she was able to play basketball with her brother again. When she was twelve she decided to take up sports. First basketball, where she and her high school team became champions of Tennessee, then athletics. At the 1956 Olympics, Wilma Rudolph won bronze in the 4 x 100 m relay. In Rome 1960, she became the first American athlete to win three gold medals: in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 x 100 m relay. She was also eight times the American champion.

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Actors and actresses

Shirley Jo Finney Shirley Jo Finney

Wilma Rudolph

Cicely Tyson Cicely Tyson

Blanche Rudolph

Jason Bernard Jason Bernard

Coach Temple

Joe Seneca Joe Seneca

Ed Rudolph

Denzel Washington Denzel Washington

Robert Eldridge, age 18

Charles Blackwell Charles Blackwell

Coach Gray

Norman Matlock Norman Matlock

Dr. Gordon

Larry Scott Larry Scott

Robert Eldridge, age 12

Réjane Magloire Réjane Magloire

Wilma, age 12

L. Warren Young L. Warren Young

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