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Director Leni Riefenstahl
Runtime 2h 7m · NR
Genres Documentary
Film Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations 1938 · NR· 2h 7m· 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 spirit, culminating with the marathon, where Jesse Owens became the first track and field athlete to win four gold medals in a single Olympics.
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David Albritton as Self - High Jump, USA (uncredited) Arvo Askola as Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited) Jack Beresford as Self - Carries British Flag (uncredited) Erwin Blask as Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited) Sulo Bärlund as Self - Shot Put, Finland (uncredited) Ibolya Csák as Self - High Jump, Hungary (uncredited) Glenn Cunningham as Self (uncredited) Henri de Baillet-Latour as Self - IOC, Stands with Hitler, with Hurdlers (uncredited) Philip Edwards as Self - 800 Metres, Canada (uncredited) Donald Finlay as Self - 110m Hurdles, Great Britain (uncredited) Tilly Fleischer as Self - Javelin Throw, Germany (uncredited) Wilhelm Frick as Self - Spectator (uncredited) Joseph Goebbels as Self - Spectator (uncredited) Hermann Göring as Self - Spectator (uncredited) Ernest Harper as Self - Marathon, Great Britain (uncredited) Karl Hein as Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited) Heinz Herman as German Flag Carrier (uncredited) Rudolf Hess as Self - Stands with Hitler (uncredited) Adolf Hitler as Self - Declares Games Open (uncredited) Volmari Iso-Hollo as Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited) Cornelius Johnson as Self - High Jump, USA (uncredited) Matti Järvinen as Self - Javelin, Finland (uncredited) Elfriede Kaun as Self - High Jump, Germany (uncredited) King Umberto II as Self - Stands with Hitler, Salutes Italian Team (uncredited) Kalevi Kotkas as Self - High Jump, Finland (uncredited) Gustaf Alfons Koutonen as Self - Hammer Throw, Finland (uncredited) Luise Krüger as Self - Javelin Throw, Germany (uncredited) Maria Kwasniewska as Self - Javelin Throw, Poland (uncredited) Theodor Lewald as Self - German Olympic Committee, Stands with Hitler (uncredited) Luz Long as Self (uncredited) Key Crew
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 50 crew)
Details Runtime 2h 7m · NR
Status Released
Studios Olympia-Film GmbH
Budget $550,000
Languages German · Italian · Japanese · French
Countries Germany
Rating 6.9/10 · 123 votes
Original language de
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