Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

6.9 1938 127 min

NR

Documentary

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 s…

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Director: Leni Riefenstahl
Writer: Leni Riefenstahl
Classification: NR

Cast

The cast behind this title

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)

Joseph Goebbels Self - Spectator (uncredited)

Hermann Göring Self - Spectator (uncredited)

Ernest Harper Self - Marathon, Great Britain (uncredited)

Karl Hein Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)

Heinz Herman German Flag Carrier (uncredited)

Rudolf Hess Self - Stands with Hitler (uncredited)

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