Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)

Plot Summary

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.

Full Cast & Characters

David Albritton

Self (uncredited)

Arvo Askola

Self (uncredited)

Jack Beresford

Self (uncredited)

Erwin Blask

Self (uncredited)

Sulo Bärlund

Self (uncredited)

Ibolya Csák

Self (uncredited)

Glenn Cunningham

Self (uncredited)

Henri de Baillet-Latour

Self (uncredited)

Philip Edwards

Self (uncredited)

Donald Finlay

Self (uncredited)

Tilly Fleischer

Self (uncredited)

Wilhelm Frick

Self (uncredited)

Director & Crew

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