Film · Documentary
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)
★ 6.9 · 128 votes2 h 7 minDocumentary1938
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.
- Director
- Leni Riefenstahl
- Writers
- Leni Riefenstahl
- Country
- Germany
- Language
- German
- Release date
- April 21, 1938
- Original title
- Olympia - Fest der Völker
Cast
David AlbrittonSelf (uncredited)- Arvo AskolaSelf (uncredited)
Jack BeresfordSelf (uncredited)- Erwin BlaskSelf (uncredited)
- Sulo BärlundSelf (uncredited)
- Ibolya CsákSelf (uncredited)
- Glenn CunninghamSelf (uncredited)
Henri de Baillet-LatourSelf (uncredited)
Philip EdwardsSelf (uncredited)
Donald FinlaySelf (uncredited)- Tilly FleischerSelf (uncredited)
- Wilhelm FrickSelf (uncredited)
Joseph GoebbelsSelf (uncredited)
Hermann GöringSelf (uncredited)- Ernest HarperSelf (uncredited)
- Karl HeinSelf (uncredited)
- Heinz HermanSelf (uncredited)
Rudolf HessSelf (uncredited)
Adolf HitlerSelf (uncredited)- Volmari Iso-HolloSelf (uncredited)
