Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 21, 1938

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Germany

Production

Olympia-Film GmbH

Cast

David Albritton,Arvo Askola,Jack Beresford,Erwin Blask,Sulo Bärlund,Ibolya Csák,Glenn Cunningham,Henri de Baillet-Latour,Philip Edwards,Donald Finlayand 51 more

Director

Leni Riefenstahl

Writer

Leni Riefenstahl

Producer

Leni Riefenstahl

Cinematography

Hans Ertl,Walter Frentz,Guzzi Lantschner,Kurt Neubert,Hans Scheib,Albert Kling,Willy Hameister,Paul Holzki,Wilfried Basse,Leo De Lafrue,Josef Dietze,E. Epkins,Hans Karl Gottschalk,Richard Groschopp,Wolf Hart,Hasso Hartnagel,Walter Hege,Werner Hundhausen,Albert Höcht,Carl Junghans,Herbert Kebelmann,Sepp Ketterer,Ernst Kunstmann,Leo de Laforgue,Lagorio,E. Lambertini,Otto Lantschner,Waldemar Lembke,Georg Lemke,C.A. Linke,Erich Nitzschmann,Albert Schattmann,Wilhelm Schmidt,Hugo O. Schulze,Leo Schwedler,Alfred Siegert,W. Siehm,Ernst Sorge,Károly Vass,Andor von Bàrsy,Eberhard von der Heyden,Fritz von Friedl,Heinz von Jaworsky,Hugo von Kaweczynski,Alexander von Lagorio,H. von Stwolinski,Willy Zielke

Music

Herbert Windt

Budget

$550,000

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0030522