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Miles Teller To Play Feted Italian Cyclist Turned WWII Hero Gino Bartali For ‘Free Solo’ Directors; North.Five.Six. & CAA Media Finance Launch For EFM
Oscar-winning Free Solo filmmakers E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin are aboard to direct the biopic.
Oscar-winning Free Solo and Nyad filmmakers E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin are aboard to direct the feature, which will tell the impressive true story of Bartali, who became a national hero after winning the Tour de France in 1938 but whose career was put on hold for a decade following the outbreak of World War II. What’s even more remarkable – and came to light only after his death – is that during the war, Bartali joined the underground resistance, cycling across northern Italy to transport counterfeit identity documents, stuffed into the handlebars and seat posts of his bike. The Italian cycle champion Gino Bartali during a reportage for the program “”The wings of the exploit”” (Photo by Jean Claude MallinjodINA via Getty Images)
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