Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
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Documentary
•- Runtime
- 127 mins
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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.
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 Albritton
- Arvo Askola
- Jack Beresford
- Erwin Blask
- Sulo Bärlund
- Ibolya Csák
- Glenn Cunningham
- Henri de Baillet-Latour
- Philip Edwards
- Donald Finlay
- Tilly Fleischer
- Wilhelm Frick
- Joseph Goebbels
- Hermann Göring
- Ernest Harper
- Karl Hein
- Heinz Herman
- Rudolf Hess
- Adolf Hitler
- Volmari Iso-Hollo
- Cornelius Johnson
- Matti Järvinen
- Elfriede Kaun
- King Umberto II
- Kalevi Kotkas
- Gustaf Alfons Koutonen
- Luise Krüger
- Maria Kwasniewska
- Theodor Lewald
- Luz Long
- Spiridon Louis
- John Lovelock
- Gisela Mauermayer
- Earle Meadows
- Ralph Metcalfe
- Paula Mollenhauer
- Väinö Muinonen
- Seung-yong Nam
- Henri Nannen
- Yrjö Nikkanen
- Shûhei Nishida
- Paavo Nurmi
- Dorothy Odam
- Martinus Osendarp
- Jesse Owens
- Leni Riefenstahl
- Mack Robinson
- Ilmari Salminen
- Julius Schaub
- Kee-chung Sohn
- Julius Streicher
- Gerhard Stöck
- Naoto Tajima
- Erkki Tamila
- Kalervo Toivonen
- Forrest Towns
- Werner von Blomberg
- August von Mackensen
- Hans von Tschammer und Osten
- Hans Woellke
- Sueo Ôe
Director
- Leni Riefenstahl
Producers
- Leni Riefenstahl
