Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

Name: Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
Genre: Documentary
Released: 21 Apr 1938
Rating: 6.90
Cast: David Albritton, Arvo Askola, Jack Beresford, Erwin Blask, Sulo Bärlund

1938-04-21 Germany 127 minutes.

6.90 122 votes

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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.

Year 1938

Studio Olympia-Film GmbH

Director Leni Riefenstahl

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)

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Language Deutsch, Italiano, 日本語, Français, English, Português