Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)
6.9(123)2h 7mApril 21, 1938
Leni Riefenstahl
Director
Leni Riefenstahl
Writer
Rate
Diary
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.
