Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

6.8

127m

1938

NR

Documentary

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.

Starring

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

Directed By

Leni Riefenstahl