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Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
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Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

Apr 21, 1938
2h 7m
★ 6.9

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Olympia-Film GmbH

Cast

David Albritton

Self - High Jump, USA (uncredited)

David Albritton

Arvo Askola

Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)

Arvo Askola

Jack Beresford

Self - Carries British Flag (uncredited)

Jack Beresford

Erwin Blask

Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)

Erwin Blask

Sulo Bärlund

Self - Shot Put, Finland (uncredited)

Sulo Bärlund

Ibolya Csák

Self - High Jump, Hungary (uncredited)

Ibolya Csák

Glenn Cunningham

Self (uncredited)

Glenn Cunningham

Henri de Baillet-Latour

Self - IOC, Stands with Hitler, with Hurdlers (uncredited)

Henri de Baillet-Latour

Philip Edwards

Self - 800 Metres, Canada (uncredited)

Philip Edwards

Donald Finlay

Self - 110m Hurdles, Great Britain (uncredited)

Donald Finlay

Tilly Fleischer

Self - Javelin Throw, Germany (uncredited)

Tilly Fleischer

Wilhelm Frick

Self - Spectator (uncredited)

Wilhelm Frick

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