Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
6.9(123) 1938-04-21 127 minDocumentary
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.
Original Music ComposerHerbert Windt
ProducerLeni Riefenstahl
DirectorLeni Riefenstahl
WriterLeni Riefenstahl
Cast & characters
David Albritton
as Self - High Jump, USA (uncredited)
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Arvo Askola
as Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)
Jack Beresford
as Self - Carries British Flag (uncredited)
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Erwin Blask
as Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)
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Sulo Bärlund
as Self - Shot Put, Finland (uncredited)
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Ibolya Csák
as Self - High Jump, Hungary (uncredited)
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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)
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Tilly Fleischer
as Self - Javelin Throw, Germany (uncredited)
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Wilhelm Frick
as Self - Spectator (uncredited)
Joseph Goebbels
as Self - Spectator (uncredited)
Hermann Göring
as Self - Spectator (uncredited)
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Ernest Harper
as Self - Marathon, Great Britain (uncredited)
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Karl Hein
as Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)
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Heinz Herman
as German Flag Carrier (uncredited)
Rudolf Hess
as Self - Stands with Hitler (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
as Self - Declares Games Open (uncredited)
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Volmari Iso-Hollo
as Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)
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Cornelius Johnson
as Self - High Jump, USA (uncredited)
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Matti Järvinen
as Self - Javelin, Finland (uncredited)
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Elfriede Kaun
as Self - High Jump, Germany (uncredited)
King Umberto II
as Self - Stands with Hitler, Salutes Italian Team (uncredited)
