Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

1938
2h 7m
6.9

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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.

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Status: Released

Budget: $550,000

Language: DE

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Production Information

Production Companies
Olympia-Film GmbH
Production Countries
Germany
Spoken Languages
German Italian Japanese French English Portuguese

Keywords

nazi sports olympic games national socialism national socialist party beauty xenophobia woman director nsdap (nazi party) professional athlete poetic documentary

Quick Facts

Original Title Olympia - Fest der Völker
Release Date April 21, 1938
Status Released
Language DE
IMDb ID tt0030522

Cast

David Albritton
David Albritton

Self (uncredited)

Arvo Askola
Arvo Askola

Self (uncredited)

Jack Beresford
Jack Beresford

Self (uncredited)

Erwin Blask
Erwin Blask

Self (uncredited)

Sulo Bärlund
Sulo Bärlund

Self (uncredited)

Ibolya Csák
Ibolya Csák

Self (uncredited)

Glenn Cunningham
Glenn Cunningham

Self (uncredited)

Henri de Baillet-Latour
Henri de Baillet-Latour

Self (uncredited)

Philip Edwards
Philip Edwards

Self (uncredited)

Donald Finlay
Donald Finlay

Self (uncredited)

Tilly Fleischer
Tilly Fleischer

Self (uncredited)

Wilhelm Frick
Wilhelm Frick

Self (uncredited)

Key Crew

Leni Riefenstahl
Director
Leni Riefenstahl
Producer
Leni Riefenstahl
Writer