Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)
1938 · NR · 2h 7m · Documentary
Genres: Documentary
Starting with a long and lyrical overture, evoking the origins of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece, Riefenstahl covers twenty-one athletic events in the first half of this two-part love letter to the human body and spirit, culminating with the marathon, where Jesse Owens became the first track…
Director: Leni Riefenstahl
Writers: Leni Riefenstahl
Music by: Herbert Windt, Walter Gronostay
Cinematography: Kurt Neubert, Guzzi Lantschner
Editor: Leni Riefenstahl
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Part of the Olympia franchise.
Cast
David Albritton as Self - High Jump, USA (uncredited)Arvo Askola as Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)Jack Beresford as Self - Carries British Flag (uncredited)Erwin Blask as Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)Sulo Bärlund as Self - Shot Put, Finland (uncredited)Ibolya Csák as Self - High Jump, Hungary (uncredited)Glenn Cunningham as Self (uncredited)Henri de Baillet-Latour as Self - IOC, Stands with Hitler, with Hurdlers (uncredited)Philip Edwards as Self - 800 Metres, Canada (uncredited)Donald Finlay as Self - 110m Hurdles, Great Britain (uncredited)Tilly Fleischer as Self - Javelin Throw, Germany (uncredited)Wilhelm Frick as Self - Spectator (uncredited)More like this
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