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: Hans Ertl, Walter Frentz
Editor: Leni Riefenstahl
Rated 6.9/10 by 127 viewers
Part of the Olympia franchise.
Cast
David Albritton as Self (uncredited)Arvo Askola as Self (uncredited)Jack Beresford as Self (uncredited)Erwin Blask as Self (uncredited)Sulo Bärlund as Self (uncredited)Ibolya Csák as Self (uncredited)Glenn Cunningham as Self (uncredited)Henri de Baillet-Latour as Self (uncredited)Philip Edwards as Self (uncredited)Donald Finlay as Self (uncredited)Tilly Fleischer as Self (uncredited)Wilhelm Frick as Self (uncredited)More like this
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