Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
Released: April 21, 1938Runtime: 127 minLanguage: DE
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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Gunnar Bergh
as Self - Discus - Sweden
Erich Borchmeyer
as Self - 100 Meters, Germany
Ken Carpenter
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Austin Cassar Torreggiani
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Gordon Glover Dunn
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Doris Eckert
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Siegfried Eifrig
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Tilly Fleischer
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Hans Fritsch
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Fumi Kojima
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