Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)
19382h 7mNRDocumentary
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 and field athlete to win four gold medals in a single Olympics.
Cast
David AlbrittonSelf - High Jump, USA (uncredited)- AArvo AskolaSelf - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)
Jack BeresfordSelf - Carries British Flag (uncredited)- EErwin BlaskSelf - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)
- SSulo BärlundSelf - Shot Put, Finland (uncredited)
- IIbolya CsákSelf - High Jump, Hungary (uncredited)
- GGlenn CunninghamSelf (uncredited)
Henri de Baillet-LatourSelf - IOC, Stands with Hitler, with Hurdlers (uncredited)
Philip EdwardsSelf - 800 Metres, Canada (uncredited)
Donald FinlaySelf - 110m Hurdles, Great Britain (uncredited)- TTilly FleischerSelf - Javelin Throw, Germany (uncredited)
- WWilhelm FrickSelf - Spectator (uncredited)
Joseph GoebbelsSelf - Spectator (uncredited)
Hermann GöringSelf - Spectator (uncredited)- EErnest HarperSelf - Marathon, Great Britain (uncredited)
- KKarl HeinSelf - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)
- HHeinz HermanGerman Flag Carrier (uncredited)
Rudolf HessSelf - Stands with Hitler (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Leni Riefenstahl
- Writers
- Leni Riefenstahl
- Producers
- Leni Riefenstahl
- Music
- Herbert Windt
- Editing
- Leni Riefenstahl
Details
- Released
- April 21, 1938
- Language
- German
- Studio
- Olympia-Film GmbH
- IMDb
- tt0030522