Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)
Documentary • 2ч 7м
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.
TMDB rating:
6.9
(123)
Cast
David Albritton
Self - High Jump, USA (uncredited)
No photo
Arvo Askola
Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)
Jack Beresford
Self - Carries British Flag (uncredited)
No photo
Erwin Blask
Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)
No photo
Sulo Bärlund
Self - Shot Put, Finland (uncredited)
No photo
Ibolya Csák
Self - High Jump, Hungary (uncredited)
No photo
Glenn Cunningham
Self (uncredited)
Henri de Baillet-Latour
Self - IOC, Stands with Hitler, with Hurdlers (uncredited)
Philip Edwards
Self - 800 Metres, Canada (uncredited)
Donald Finlay
Self - 110m Hurdles, Great Britain (uncredited)
No photo
Tilly Fleischer
Self - Javelin Throw, Germany (uncredited)
No photo
Wilhelm Frick
Self - Spectator (uncredited)
Joseph Goebbels
Self - Spectator (uncredited)
Hermann Göring
Self - Spectator (uncredited)
No photo
Ernest Harper
Self - Marathon, Great Britain (uncredited)
No photo
Karl Hein
Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)
No photo
Heinz Herman
German Flag Carrier (uncredited)
Rudolf Hess
Self - Stands with Hitler (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
Self - Declares Games Open (uncredited)
No photo
Volmari Iso-Hollo
Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)
No photo
Cornelius Johnson
Self - High Jump, USA (uncredited)
No photo
Matti Järvinen
Self - Javelin, Finland (uncredited)
No photo
Elfriede Kaun
Self - High Jump, Germany (uncredited)
King Umberto II
Self - Stands with Hitler, Salutes Italian Team (uncredited)
Crew
Kurt Neubert
Director of Photography
Guzzi Lantschner
Director of Photography
Leni Riefenstahl
Director
Walter Frentz
Director of Photography
Leni Riefenstahl
Producer
Herbert Windt
Original Music Composer
Leni Riefenstahl
Editor
Hans Scheib
Director of Photography
Hans Ertl
Director of Photography
Albert Kling
Director of Photography
Paul Holzki
Director of Photography
Willy Hameister
Director of Photography
Werner Hundhausen
Director of Photography
Hasso Hartnagel
Director of Photography
Leo De Lafrue
Director of Photography
Hans Karl Gottschalk
Director of Photography
Erna Peters
Assistant Editor
Leni Riefenstahl
Writer
Josef Dietze
Director of Photography
Richard Groschopp
Director of Photography
Walter Gronostay
Music
E. Epkins
Director of Photography
Wolf Hart
Director of Photography
Walter Traut
Production Manager
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