Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations(1938)
movie - first aired/released 1938-04-21 - 127 min - audience 6.9
Documentary
Directed by Leni Riefenstahl
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.
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Cast
David AlbrittonSelf - High Jump, USA (uncredited)- Arvo AskolaSelf - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)
Jack BeresfordSelf - Carries British Flag (uncredited)- Erwin BlaskSelf - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)
- Sulo BärlundSelf - Shot Put, Finland (uncredited)
- Ibolya CsákSelf - High Jump, Hungary (uncredited)
- Glenn CunninghamSelf (uncredited)
Henri de Baillet-LatourSelf - IOC, Stands with Hitler, with Hurdlers (uncredited)
Philip EdwardsSelf - 800 Metres, Canada (uncredited)
Donald FinlaySelf - 110m Hurdles, Great Britain (uncredited)- Tilly FleischerSelf - Javelin Throw, Germany (uncredited)
- Wilhelm FrickSelf - Spectator (uncredited)
Joseph GoebbelsSelf - Spectator (uncredited)
Hermann GöringSelf - Spectator (uncredited)- Ernest HarperSelf - Marathon, Great Britain (uncredited)
- Karl HeinSelf - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)
- Heinz HermanGerman Flag Carrier (uncredited)
Rudolf HessSelf - Stands with Hitler (uncredited)
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Adolf HitlerSelf - Declares Games Open (uncredited)- Volmari Iso-HolloSelf - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)
- Cornelius JohnsonSelf - High Jump, USA (uncredited)
- Matti JärvinenSelf - Javelin, Finland (uncredited)
- Elfriede KaunSelf - High Jump, Germany (uncredited)
King Umberto IISelf - Stands with Hitler, Salutes Italian Team (uncredited)- Kalevi KotkasSelf - High Jump, Finland (uncredited)
- Gustaf Alfons KoutonenSelf - Hammer Throw, Finland (uncredited)
- Luise KrügerSelf - Javelin Throw, Germany (uncredited)
- Maria KwasniewskaSelf - Javelin Throw, Poland (uncredited)
Theodor LewaldSelf - German Olympic Committee, Stands with Hitler (uncredited)
Luz LongSelf (uncredited)- Spiridon LouisSelf - Walks Behind Greek Flag, in Greek Costume (uncredited)
- John LovelockSelf - 1500 Metres, New Zealand (uncredited)
- Gisela MauermayerSelf - Discus Throw, Germany (uncredited)
- Earle MeadowsSelf - Pole Vault, USA (uncredited)
- Ralph MetcalfeSelf - Sprinter, USA (uncredited)
- Paula MollenhauerSelf - Discus Throw, Germany (uncredited)
- Väinö MuinonenSelf - Marathon, Finland (uncredited)
- Seung-yong NamSelf - Marathon, Japan (uncredited)
- Henri NannenAnnouncer (uncredited)
- Yrjö NikkanenSelf - Javelin, Finland (uncredited)
- Shûhei NishidaSelf - Pole Vault, Japan (uncredited)
- Paavo NurmiSelf - Spectator Watching 10000 Metres Race (uncredited)
- Dorothy OdamSelf - High Jump, Great Britain (uncredited)
- Martinus OsendarpSelf - 100 Metres, Holland (uncredited)
Jesse OwensSelf (uncredited)
Leni RiefenstahlNude Dancer - Prologue (uncredited)- Mack RobinsonSelf - Second, After Owens (uncredited)
- Ilmari SalminenSelf - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)
- Julius SchaubSelf - Spectator, with Glasses, Behind Hitler (uncredited)
- Kee-chung SohnSelf - Marathon, Japan (uncredited)
Julius StreicherSelf - Spectator (uncredited)- Gerhard StöckSelf - Shot Put, Javelin Throw, Germany (uncredited)
- Naoto TajimaSelf - Triple Jump, Japan (uncredited)
- Erkki TamilaSelf - Marathon, Finland (uncredited)
- Kalervo ToivonenSelf - Javelin, Finland (uncredited)
- Forrest TownsSelf - 110m Hurdles, USA (uncredited)
Werner von BlombergSelf - Spectator (uncredited)- August von MackensenSelf - Spectator (uncredited)
- Hans von Tschammer und OstenSelf (Spectator, in White Suit) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
- Hans WoellkeSelf - Shot Put, Germany (uncredited)
- Sueo ÔeSelf - Pole Vault (uncredited)
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