Overview
Plot
Leni Riefenstahl's film opens with a lyrical evocation of ancient Greece, then covers twenty-one athletic events at the 1936 Olympics, culminating in the marathon where Jesse Owens won four gold medals.
- Directors
- Leni Riefenstahl
- Cast
- David Albritton, Arvo Askola, Jack Beresford, Erwin Blask, Sulo Bärlund, Ibolya Csák, Glenn Cunningham, Henri de Baillet-Latour, Philip Edwards, Donald Finlay, Tilly Fleischer, Wilhelm Frick, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring, Ernest Harper, Karl Hein, Heinz Herman, Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler, Volmari Iso-Hollo
- Country
- Germany
- Genre
- Documentary
- Release date
- 1938-04-21
- Studios
- Olympia-Film GmbH
Plot
Warning: spoilers
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations Plot and Cast
This first half of Riefenstahl's two-part documentary begins with a long, lyrical overture that evokes the Olympic Games' origins in ancient Greece. It then presents twenty-one athletic events, building to 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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