Movie Drama
Defy the odds
The story of the record-making swimmer's successful 1926 crossing of the English Channel, offering insight into the significance of her accomplishment, the personal price she paid for her achievement, and her abrupt subsequent departure from the public eye.
Daisy Ridley Tilda Cobham-Hervey Stephen Graham Kim Bodnia Jeanette Hain Glenn Fleshler Sian Clifford Christopher Eccleston Ethan Rouse Olive Elise Abercrombie Lilly Aspell Raphael J. Bishop Alex Hassell Alexander Karim Sebastian Griegel Doc Butler Yordan Angelov Robert Eades Hyoie O'Grady Devina Vassileva Tessa Bonham Jones Vanina Yordanova Saskia Vinkhuyzen Siobhan O'Connor Andy Sellers Dennis Billingsley Trevor Van Uden Cat Haave Iliyana Koleva Paolina Popova Owen Davis Brian Caspe Nicholas Colicos Michael Fleming Velizar Binev Meglena Karalambova John Carew Petar Stoychev Dimo Alexiev Kiril Efremov Kexin Wang Anton Poriazov Michael Amiar Bashar Rahal Sava Dragunchev Simon Balcon Roy Hill Rosen Rosenov Martin Lyamov Justine Viotty David Calvitto Derek Morse Paul Boichat Laila Barwick Tsvetan Marinov J.R. Esposito Lylianna Eugene Quinn Patrick Ivan Panev Laura Hinton Howard Chadwick Mariyan Stefanov Jana Yakovleva Clive Sawyer Robert Chapman Euan Macnaughton
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