Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations 1938
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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.
- Released: 1938-04-21
- Runtime: 127 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: David Albritton, Arvo Askola, Jack Beresford, Erwin Blask, Sulo Bärlund
- Director: Herbert Windt, Hans Scheib, Leni Riefenstahl, Guzzi Lantschner, Kurt Neubert
