Director: Stefano Mordini
Two rally legends, one impossible mountain road, and a rivalry that pushed motorsport engineering to its breaking point: "Race for Glory: Audi vs Lancia" rebuilds the 1983 World Rally Championship as a duel between empires.
What is Race for Glory: Audi vs Lancia about?
Set against the roar of the 1983 season, the film follows the teams behind Audi and Lancia as they chase a single, decisive title. Audi arrives with the Quattro's revolutionary all-wheel drive, a technical leap that rewrites what a rally car can do on gravel and ice. Lancia, cornered and outgunned on paper, leans on drivers, strategy, and sheer stubbornness to keep the fight alive. Team principals push their engineers past reasonable limits, drivers push their machines past safe ones, and every stage becomes a referendum on which philosophy wins: brute technology or human nerve. The narrative moves between garages, press rooms, and hairpin turns, tracking how a manufacturer's pride gets bolted directly into a car's chassis. As the championship narrows to its final events, the film builds toward a climax where a handful of seconds separates glory from irrelevance for both marques.
Cast & crew
Riccardo Scamarcio anchors the Lancia side of the story, with Volker Bruch and Daniel Brühl rounding out a cast built for a story about two national engineering cultures colliding. Esther Garrel and Katie Clarkson-Hill fill out the personal stakes away from the track.
Context & significance
Director Stefano Mordini frames the Audi–Lancia rivalry as a turning point for rally racing, the moment four-wheel drive stopped being a curiosity and started being the future. The production leans on period-accurate cars and circuits to recreate the tension of the actual 1983 season rather than inventing a fictional substitute.
Where & how to watch
"Race for Glory: Audi vs Lancia" streams on K-Time with a Farsi dub and Persian subtitles, playable the moment you log into a free account. The interface, search, and recommendations are all built around a Farsi-first experience for viewers watching from anywhere in the diaspora.