Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations(1938)

🎬127 min
📅1938-04-21
🎭Documentary
⭐6.8/10

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.

Production

Olympia-Film GmbH

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Cast

David Albritton
as Self - High Jump, USA (uncredited)
Arvo Askola
as Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)
Jack Beresford
as Self - Carries British Flag (uncredited)
Erwin Blask
as Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)
Sulo BĂ€rlund
as Self - Shot Put, Finland (uncredited)
Ibolya CsĂĄk
as Self - High Jump, Hungary (uncredited)
Glenn Cunningham
as Self (uncredited)
Henri de Baillet-Latour
as Self - IOC, Stands with Hitler, with Hurdlers (uncredited)
Philip Edwards
as Self - 800 Metres, Canada (uncredited)
Donald Finlay
as Self - 110m Hurdles, Great Britain (uncredited)

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