Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
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April 21, 1938
2h 7m
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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
Self - High Jump, USA (uncredited)A
Arvo Askola
Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)
Jack Beresford
Self - Carries British Flag (uncredited)E
Erwin Blask
Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)S
Sulo Bärlund
Self - Shot Put, Finland (uncredited)I
Ibolya Csák
Self - High Jump, Hungary (uncredited)G
Glenn Cunningham
Self (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)T
Tilly Fleischer
Self - Javelin Throw, Germany (uncredited)W
Wilhelm Frick
Self - Spectator (uncredited)
Joseph Goebbels
Self - Spectator (uncredited)
Hermann Göring
Self - Spectator (uncredited)E
Ernest Harper
Self - Marathon, Great Britain (uncredited)More like this
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