Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

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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  Leni Riefenstahl

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  David Albritton
  Self - High Jump, USA (uncredited)
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  Arvo Askola
  Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)
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  Jack Beresford
  Self - Carries British Flag (uncredited)
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  Erwin Blask
  Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)
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  Sulo Bärlund
  Self - Shot Put, Finland (uncredited)
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  Ibolya Csák
  Self - High Jump, Hungary (uncredited)
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  Glenn Cunningham
  Self (uncredited)
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  Henri de Baillet-Latour
  Self - IOC, Stands with Hitler, with Hurdlers (uncredited)
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  Philip Edwards
  Self - 800 Metres, Canada (uncredited)
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  Donald Finlay
  Self - 110m Hurdles, Great Britain (uncredited)
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  Tilly Fleischer
  Self - Javelin Throw, Germany (uncredited)
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  Wilhelm Frick
  Self - Spectator (uncredited)
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  Joseph Goebbels
  Self - Spectator (uncredited)
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  Hermann Göring
  Self - Spectator (uncredited)
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  Ernest Harper
  Self - Marathon, Great Britain (uncredited)
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  Karl Hein
  Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)
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  Heinz Herman
  German Flag Carrier (uncredited)
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  Rudolf Hess
  Self - Stands with Hitler (uncredited)
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  Adolf Hitler
  Self - Declares Games Open (uncredited)
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  Volmari Iso-Hollo
  Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)