Still from Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty — Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty (1938) — Leni RiefenstahlPhotographed by Willy Hameister and Albert Kling and Hans Scheib and Hugo von Kaweczynski and Wilfried Basse and Willy Zielke and Guzzi Lantschner and Károly Vass and Richard Groschopp and Walter Hege and Hugo O. Schulze and Andor von Bàrsy and Alexander von Lagorio and Leo De Lafrue and Werner Hundhausen and Heinz von Jaworsky and Kurt Neubert and Erich Nitzschmann and Walter Frentz and Ernst Kunstmann and Fritz von Friedl and Hans Karl Gottschalk and Otto Lantschner

Leni Riefenstahl

Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty

Name: Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1938
Duration: 104 min

Olympia - Fest der Schönheit

Germany / German / 1938 / 1h 44m

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Synopsis

Part two of Leni Riefenstahl's monumental examination of the 1938 Olympic Games, the cameras leave the main stadium and venture into the many halls and fields deployed for such sports as fencing, polo, cycling, and the modern pentathlon, which was won by American Glenn Morris.

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Credits

Crew

DirectorLeni Riefenstahl

WriterLeni Riefenstahl

CinematographerWilly Hameister, Albert Kling, Hans Scheib, Hugo von Kaweczynski, Wilfried Basse, ,

Cast

Sheigo Araias Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

Albert Bachmannas Self - Gymnastics, Switzerland (uncredited)

Daniel Barrowas Self - Single Sculls Rower, USA (uncredited)

Jack Beresfordas Self - Rower, Britain (uncredited)

Ralf Berzsenyias Self - Small-Bore Rifle, Hungary (uncredited)

Ferenc Csíkas Self - Swimmer, Hungary (uncredited)

Richard Degeneras Self - Springboard Diver, USA (uncredited)

Willemijntje den Oudenas Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited)

Charles des Jammonièresas Self - Free Pistol, France (uncredited)

Velma Dunnas Self - Platfom Diver, USA (uncredited)

Konrad Freyas Self - Gymnastics, Germany (uncredited)

Marjorie Gestringas Self - Springboard Diver, USA (uncredited)

Albert Greeneas Self - Springboard Diver, USA (uncredited)

Tetsuo Hamuroas Self - 1st Place: 200m Breaststroke, Japan (uncredited)

Josef Hasenöhrlas Self - Single Sculls Rower, Austria (uncredited)

Heinz Haxas Self - Rapid-Fire Pistol, Germany (uncredited)

Adolf Hitleras Self (uncredited)

Alois Hudecas Self - Gymnastics, Czechoslovakia (uncredited)

Cornelius Johnsonas Self - High Jump Winner (uncredited)

Wladyslaw Karasas Self - Small-Bore Rifle, Poland (uncredited)