Overview

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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Genres

Documentary

Language

DE

Release Date

1938-04-21

Runtime

127 min

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Cast

David Albritton

Arvo Askola

Jack Beresford

Erwin Blask

Sulo Bärlund

Ibolya Csák

Glenn Cunningham

Henri de Baillet-Latour

Philip Edwards

Donald Finlay