Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

Olympia - Fest der Völker

1938·127'

Leni Riefenstahl

Documentary

★ 6.9

Letterboxd TMDB #677

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.

Cast

David Albritton Self - High Jump, USA (uncredited)

Arvo Askola Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)

Jack Beresford Self - Carries British Flag (uncredited)

Erwin Blask Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)

Sulo Bärlund Self - Shot Put, Finland (uncredited)

Ibolya Csák Self - High Jump, Hungary (uncredited)

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)

Tilly Fleischer Self - Javelin Throw, Germany (uncredited)

Wilhelm Frick Self - Spectator (uncredited)