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Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)

Documentary
Release Date: 1938, April 21
Directors: Leni Riefenstahl
Countries: Germany
Production: Olympia-Film GmbH
Cast: Adolf Hitler, Glenn Cunningham, Julius Streicher, Hermann Göring, Joseph Goebbels, Rudolf Hess, Jesse Owens, Jack Beresford, Henri de Baillet-Latour, Wilhelm Frick, King Umberto II, Theodor Lewald

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

woman director sports xenophobia nsdap (nazi party) nazi beauty national socialism national socialist party olympic games professional athlete poetic documentary