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Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Miles Teller To Star As Italian Cycling Champion and WWII Resistance Hero Gino Bartali in Biopic From NYAD Directors

Miles Teller To Star As Italian Cycling Champion and WWII Resistance Hero Gino Bartali in Biopic From NYAD Directors
"Whiplash" and "Top Gun: Maverick" star Miles Teller is set to play Italian cycling champion and WWII hero Gino Bartali in the upcoming biopic "Bartali". The film will be directed Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, who won an Oscar for their documentary "Free Solo" and recently directed the biopic "Nyad" starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster.

Bartali was a famous Italian athlete and Italy's most famous cyclist before WWII, having won both the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France. During the war, he used his fame to carry messages to the Italian Resistance while also helping Jews being persecuted by the Nazis. In 2010, it was revealed that he had hidden a Jewish family in his cellar, saving their lives. Bartali passed away in 2020, having won the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France again after the war.

The film's producers include Leslie Holleran ("Chocolat") for Harmony Road Prods / Holleran Company, alongside Karen Tenkhoff ("The Motorcycle Diaries") for Wayward Creative, Vasarhelyi and Chin and their Little Monster Films banner and Teller.

Teller can next be seen in sci-fi horror film "The Gorge" alongside Anya Taylor-Joy and Sigourney Weaver, as well as Antoine Fuqua's Michael Jackson biopic "Michael", the rom-com "Eternity" and the animated feature "The Ark and the Aardvark".






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