Synopsis
He was obsessed with running faster than any man before him. From one of the smallest nations on earth he came to the greatest Olympic event ever staged - Berlin 1936. In front of the Fuhrer and 120 000 frenzied spectators, he ran a race that carried him beyond perfection to despair - a despair that was to end with his dark and lonely death in a New York subway station. An epic tale of triumph and tragedy.