Still from Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations — Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938) — Leni RiefenstahlPhotographed by Kurt Neubert and Guzzi Lantschner and Walter Frentz and Hans Scheib and Hans Ertl and Albert Kling and Paul Holzki and Willy Hameister and Werner Hundhausen and Hasso Hartnagel and Leo De Lafrue and Hans Karl Gottschalk and Josef Dietze and Richard Groschopp and E. Epkins and Wolf Hart and Walter Hege and Wilfried Basse and Albert Höcht and Georg Lemke and W. Siehm and Otto Lantschner and Wilhelm Schmidt and Lagorio and C.A. Linke and Alfred Siegert and Eberhard von der Heyden and Hugo von Kaweczynski and Alexander von Lagorio and Károly Vass and Sepp Ketterer and Carl Junghans and Andor von Bàrsy and Fritz von Friedl and Heinz von Jaworsky and Herbert Kebelmann and Erich Nitzschmann and Ernst Kunstmann and E. Lambertini and H. von Stwolinski and Willy Zielke and Leo de Laforgue and Waldemar Lembke and Leo Schwedler and Ernst Sorge and Albert Schattmann and Hugo O. Schulze

Leni Riefenstahl

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

Name: Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1938
Duration: 127 min

Olympia - Fest der Völker

Germany / German / 1938 / 2h 7m

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Synopsis

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.

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Credits

Crew

DirectorLeni Riefenstahl

WriterLeni Riefenstahl

CinematographerKurt Neubert, Guzzi Lantschner, Walter Frentz, Hans Scheib, Hans Ertl,

Cast

David Albrittonas Self - High Jump, USA (uncredited)

Arvo Askolaas Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)

Jack Beresfordas Self - Carries British Flag (uncredited)

Erwin Blaskas Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)

Sulo Bärlundas Self - Shot Put, Finland (uncredited)

Ibolya Csákas Self - High Jump, Hungary (uncredited)

Glenn Cunninghamas Self (uncredited)

Henri de Baillet-Latouras Self - IOC, Stands with Hitler, with Hurdlers (uncredited)

Philip Edwardsas Self - 800 Metres, Canada (uncredited)

Donald Finlayas Self - 110m Hurdles, Great Britain (uncredited)

Tilly Fleischeras Self - Javelin Throw, Germany (uncredited)

Wilhelm Frickas Self - Spectator (uncredited)

Joseph Goebbelsas Self - Spectator (uncredited)

Hermann Göringas Self - Spectator (uncredited)

Ernest Harperas Self - Marathon, Great Britain (uncredited)

Karl Heinas Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)

Heinz Hermanas German Flag Carrier (uncredited)

Rudolf Hessas Self - Stands with Hitler (uncredited)

Adolf Hitleras Self - Declares Games Open (uncredited)

Volmari Iso-Holloas Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)