Title

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

Year

1938

Rated

NOT RATED

Released

08 Mar 1940

Runtime

111 min

Genre

Documentary, Sport

Director

Leni Riefenstahl

Writer

Leni Riefenstahl

Actors

David Albritton, Arvo Askola, Jack Beresford, Erwin Blask

Plot

After being commissioned by the 1936 Olympic Committee to create a feature film of the Berlin Olympics, Riefenstahl shot a documentary that celebrates the human body by combining the poetry of bodies in motion with close-ups of athletes in the heat of competition. Includes the marathon, men's diving, and American track star Jesse Owen's sprint races at the 1936 Olympic games. The production tends to glorify the young male body and, some say, expresses the Nazi attitude toward athletic prowess. Includes the lighting of the torch at the stadium and Adolf Hitler looking on in amazement as Jesse Owens wins an unprecedented four Gold Medals.

Language

German, English, Italian, French, Japanese, Portuguese

Country

Germany

Awards

2 wins.

Metascore

N/A

imdbRating

8.0

imdbVotes

3,458

imdbID

tt0030522

Type

movie

DVD

13 Nov 2007

BoxOffice

N/A

Production

N/A

Website

N/A