Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
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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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2 films
Cast
60 people
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)
Leni Riefenstahl Director · Herbert Windt Composer Willy Hameister Cinematographer
Budget $550K · United States release March 8, 1940 · Produced in Germany
Box office
Budget
$550,000
Production
Olympia-Film GmbH
Production
Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Olympia - Fest der Völker
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
English · French · German · Italian · Japanese · Portuguese
Release dates
Germany · April 20, 1938
Premiere · Berlin
Germany · April 21, 1938
Theatrical
United States · March 8, 1940
Theatrical
Belgium
June 24, 1938 · Theatrical · Brussels
Denmark
August 3, 1938 · Theatrical
Finland
August 5, 1938 · Theatrical
France
June 22, 1938 · Theatrical
Germany
October 31, 2012 · Theatrical · Restored Version
Greece
October 13, 2003 · Premiere · Panorama of European Cinema
Hong Kong SAR China
March 14, 1940 · Theatrical
Hungary
September 1, 1938 · Theatrical
Italy
August 26, 1938 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival
September 29, 1938 · Theatrical
Japan
June 19, 1940 · Theatrical
Mexico
July 6, 1940 · Theatrical
Netherlands
August 5, 1938 · Theatrical · Amsterdam
Portugal
January 3, 1939 · Theatrical
Serbia
June 22, 1938 · Theatrical
Sweden
July 5, 1938 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 4, 2004 · Premiere · London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
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