Documentary
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
1938
127 min
6.8
68.0%
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(120 votes)
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.
DIRECTED BY
Herbert Windt
STARRING
David Albritton, Arvo Askola, Jack Beresford, Erwin Blask, Sulo Bärlund
Videos & Trailers
Cast
David Albritton
Self - High Jump, USA (uncredited)
Jack Beresford
Self - Carries British Flag (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)
