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.
Director: Leni Riefenstahl
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David Albritton as Self - High Jump, USA (uncredited) |
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Arvo Askola as Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited) |
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Jack Beresford as Self - Carries British Flag (uncredited) |
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Erwin Blask as Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited) |
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Sulo Bärlund as Self - Shot Put, Finland (uncredited) |
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Ibolya Csák as Self - High Jump, Hungary (uncredited) |
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Glenn Cunningham as Self (uncredited) |
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Henri de Baillet-Latour as Self - IOC, Stands with Hitler, with Hurdlers (uncredited) |
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Philip Edwards as Self - 800 Metres, Canada (uncredited) |
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Donald Finlay as Self - 110m Hurdles, Great Britain (uncredited) |
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Tilly Fleischer as Self - Javelin Throw, Germany (uncredited) |
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Wilhelm Frick as Self - Spectator (uncredited) |
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Joseph Goebbels as Self - Spectator (uncredited) |
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Hermann Göring as Self - Spectator (uncredited) |
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Ernest Harper as Self - Marathon, Great Britain (uncredited) |
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Karl Hein as Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited) |
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Heinz Herman as German Flag Carrier (uncredited) |
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Rudolf Hess as Self - Stands with Hitler (uncredited) |
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Adolf Hitler as Self - Declares Games Open (uncredited) |
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Volmari Iso-Hollo as Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited) |
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Cornelius Johnson as Self - High Jump, USA (uncredited) |
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Matti Järvinen as Self - Javelin, Finland (uncredited) |
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Elfriede Kaun as Self - High Jump, Germany (uncredited) |
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King Umberto II as Self - Stands with Hitler, Salutes Italian Team (uncredited) |
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Kalevi Kotkas as Self - High Jump, Finland (uncredited) |
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Gustaf Alfons Koutonen as Self - Hammer Throw, Finland (uncredited) |
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Luise Krüger as Self - Javelin Throw, Germany (uncredited) |
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Maria Kwasniewska as Self - Javelin Throw, Poland (uncredited) |
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Theodor Lewald as Self - German Olympic Committee, Stands with Hitler (uncredited) |
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Luz Long as Self (uncredited) |
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Spiridon Louis as Self - Walks Behind Greek Flag, in Greek Costume (uncredited) |
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John Lovelock as Self - 1500 Metres, New Zealand (uncredited) |
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Gisela Mauermayer as Self - Discus Throw, Germany (uncredited) |
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Earle Meadows as Self - Pole Vault, USA (uncredited) |
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Ralph Metcalfe as Self - Sprinter, USA (uncredited) |
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Paula Mollenhauer as Self - Discus Throw, Germany (uncredited) |
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Väinö Muinonen as Self - Marathon, Finland (uncredited) |
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Seung-yong Nam as Self - Marathon, Japan (uncredited) |
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Henri Nannen as Announcer (uncredited) |
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Yrjö Nikkanen as Self - Javelin, Finland (uncredited) |
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Shûhei Nishida as Self - Pole Vault, Japan (uncredited) |
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Paavo Nurmi as Self - Spectator Watching 10000 Metres Race (uncredited) |
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Dorothy Odam as Self - High Jump, Great Britain (uncredited) |
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Martinus Osendarp as Self - 100 Metres, Holland (uncredited) |
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Jesse Owens as Self (uncredited) |
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Leni Riefenstahl as Nude Dancer - Prologue (uncredited) |
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Mack Robinson as Self - Second, After Owens (uncredited) |
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Ilmari Salminen as Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited) |
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Julius Schaub as Self - Spectator, with Glasses, Behind Hitler (uncredited) |
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Kee-chung Sohn as Self - Marathon, Japan (uncredited) |
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Julius Streicher as Self - Spectator (uncredited) |
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Gerhard Stöck as Self - Shot Put, Javelin Throw, Germany (uncredited) |
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Naoto Tajima as Self - Triple Jump, Japan (uncredited) |
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Erkki Tamila as Self - Marathon, Finland (uncredited) |
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Kalervo Toivonen as Self - Javelin, Finland (uncredited) |
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Forrest Towns as Self - 110m Hurdles, USA (uncredited) |
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Werner von Blomberg as Self - Spectator (uncredited) |
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August von Mackensen as Self - Spectator (uncredited) |
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Hans von Tschammer und Osten as Self (Spectator, in White Suit) (uncredited) (unconfirmed) |
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Hans Woellke as Self - Shot Put, Germany (uncredited) |
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Sueo Ôe as Self - Pole Vault (uncredited) |
| Directing | Leni Riefenstahl | Director |
| Production | Leni Riefenstahl | Producer |
| Camera | Hans Ertl | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Walter Frentz | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Guzzi Lantschner | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Kurt Neubert | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Hans Scheib | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Herbert Windt | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Leni Riefenstahl | Editor |
| Camera | Albert Kling | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Willy Hameister | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Paul Holzki | Director of Photography |
| Production | Walter Traut | Production Manager |
| Editing | Erna Peters | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Luggi Waldleitner | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Georg Fleischmann | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Walter Gronostay | Music |
| Writing | Leni Riefenstahl | Writer |
| Camera | Wilfried Basse | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Leo De Lafrue | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Josef Dietze | Director of Photography |
| Camera | E. Epkins | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Hans Karl Gottschalk | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Richard Groschopp | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Wolf Hart | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Hasso Hartnagel | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Walter Hege | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Werner Hundhausen | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Albert Höcht | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Carl Junghans | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Herbert Kebelmann | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Sepp Ketterer | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Ernst Kunstmann | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Leo de Laforgue | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Lagorio | Director of Photography |
| Camera | E. Lambertini | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Otto Lantschner | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Waldemar Lembke | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Georg Lemke | Director of Photography |
| Camera | C.A. Linke | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Erich Nitzschmann | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Albert Schattmann | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Wilhelm Schmidt | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Hugo O. Schulze | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Leo Schwedler | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Alfred Siegert | Director of Photography |
| Camera | W. Siehm | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Ernst Sorge | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Károly Vass | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Andor von Bàrsy | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Eberhard von der Heyden | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Fritz von Friedl | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Heinz von Jaworsky | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Hugo von Kaweczynski | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Alexander von Lagorio | Director of Photography |
| Camera | H. von Stwolinski | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Willy Zielke | Director of Photography |
