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Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

1938★ 6.9 · 1232h 7mDocumentary

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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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Adolf Hitler
as Self - Declares Games Open (uncredited)

Leni Riefenstahl
as Nude Dancer - Prologue (uncredited)

Hermann Göring
as Self - Spectator (uncredited)

Joseph Goebbels
as Self - Spectator (uncredited)

Paavo Nurmi
as Self - Spectator Watching 10000 Metres Race (uncredited)

Julius Schaub
as Self - Spectator, with Glasses, Behind Hitler (uncredited)

Julius Streicher
as Self - Spectator (uncredited)

Werner von Blomberg
as Self - Spectator (uncredited)

Jesse Owens
as Self (uncredited)

King Umberto II
as Self - Stands with Hitler, Salutes Italian Team (uncredited)

Rudolf Hess
as Self - Stands with Hitler (uncredited)

Glenn Cunningham
as Self (uncredited)

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Olympia Collection

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Release date: 1938-04-21

Budget: $550,000

Runtime: 2h 7m

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