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Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations poster

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)

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.

Release: 1938-04-21
Runtime: 127 min
Rating: 6.93 / 10
Cast
David Albritton
David Albritton
Self (uncredited)
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Arvo Askola
Self (uncredited)
Jack Beresford
Jack Beresford
Self (uncredited)
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Erwin Blask
Self (uncredited)
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Sulo Bärlund
Self (uncredited)
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Ibolya Csák
Self (uncredited)
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Glenn Cunningham
Self (uncredited)
Henri de Baillet-Latour
Henri de Baillet-Latour
Self (uncredited)
Philip Edwards
Philip Edwards
Self (uncredited)
Donald Finlay
Donald Finlay
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Tilly Fleischer
Self (uncredited)
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Wilhelm Frick
Self (uncredited)
Joseph Goebbels
Joseph Goebbels
Self (uncredited)
Hermann Göring
Hermann Göring
Self (uncredited)
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Ernest Harper
Self (uncredited)
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Karl Hein
Self (uncredited)
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Heinz Herman
Self (uncredited)
Rudolf Hess
Rudolf Hess
Self (uncredited)