Still from The Grand Olympics — The Grand Olympics (1961) — Romolo MarcelliniPhotographed by Mario Fioretti and Francesco Attenni and Cesare Colò and Mario Damicelli and Aldo Alessandri and Renato del Frate and Carlo Ventimiglia and Libio Bartoli and Angelo Filippini and Emanuele Piccirilli and Marco Scarpelli and Angelo Lotti and Angelo Jannarelli and Vittorio della Valle and Masino Manunza and Antonio Secchi and Renato Sinistri and Fausto Zuccoli and Luigi Kuveiller and Emanuel Lomiry and Erico Menczer and Ugo Nudi

Romolo Marcellini

The Grand Olympics

Name: The Grand Olympics
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1961
Duration: 142 min

La grande olimpiade

Italy / Italian / 1961 / 2h 22m

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THE GRAND OLYMPICS, the first Olympic film to be nominated for an Academy Award, celebrates the architecture and atmosphere of Rome while utilizing telephoto lenses to bring the action closer to the audience than ever before.

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DirectorRomolo Marcellini

CinematographerMario Fioretti, Francesco Attenni, Cesare Colò, Mario Damicelli, Aldo Alessandri, Renato del Frate, Carlo Ventimiglia, Libio Bartoli, ,

The Grand Olympics

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