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.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 1938-04-21
  • Runtime: 127 min
  • Country: Germany
  • Language: German, Italian, Japanese, French, English, Portuguese
  • Status: Released
  • IMDb Rating: 6.8
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations poster