Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)

6.9/10 • 127 min • Documentary

Overview

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

Self (uncredited)

Jack Beresford

Self (uncredited)

Henri de Baillet-Latour

Self (uncredited)

Philip Edwards

Self (uncredited)

Donald Finlay

Self (uncredited)

Joseph Goebbels

Self (uncredited)

Hermann Göring

Self (uncredited)

Rudolf Hess

Self (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler

Self (uncredited)

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