OLYMPIA PART ONE: FESTIVAL OF THE NATIONS (1938)
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Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
Documentary
April 21, 1938
German
2h 7m
Germany
Olympia-Film GmbH
$550,000
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.
Cast & Characters
David Albritton
Self - High Jump, USA (uncredited)
Arvo Askola
Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)
Jack Beresford
Self - Carries British Flag (uncredited)
Erwin Blask
Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)
Sulo Bärlund
Self - Shot Put, Finland (uncredited)
Ibolya Csák
Self - High Jump, Hungary (uncredited)
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)
Tilly Fleischer
Self - Javelin Throw, Germany (uncredited)
Wilhelm Frick
Self - Spectator (uncredited)
Joseph Goebbels
Self - Spectator (uncredited)
Hermann Göring
Self - Spectator (uncredited)
Ernest Harper
Self - Marathon, Great Britain (uncredited)
Karl Hein
Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)
Heinz Herman
German Flag Carrier (uncredited)
Rudolf Hess
Self - Stands with Hitler (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
Self - Declares Games Open (uncredited)
Volmari Iso-Hollo
Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)
Cornelius Johnson
Self - High Jump, USA (uncredited)
Matti Järvinen
Self - Javelin, Finland (uncredited)
Elfriede Kaun
Self - High Jump, Germany (uncredited)
King Umberto II
Self - Stands with Hitler, Salutes Italian Team (uncredited)
Kalevi Kotkas
Self - High Jump, Finland (uncredited)
Crew
Leni Riefenstahl
Director
Leni Riefenstahl
Writer
Herbert Windt
Original Music Composer
Hans Scheib
Director of Photography
Guzzi Lantschner
Director of Photography
Kurt Neubert
Director of Photography
Hans Ertl
Director of Photography
Walter Frentz
Director of Photography
Paul Holzki
Director of Photography
Willy Hameister
Director of Photography
Albert Kling
Director of Photography
Hasso Hartnagel
Director of Photography
Georg Lemke
Director of Photography
Willy Zielke
Director of Photography
Werner Hundhausen
Director of Photography