Olympia Part One Festival of the Nations (1938)

6.8

Documentary

127 min min

1938

David Albritton Arvo Askola Jack Beresford Erwin Blask Sulo Bärlund

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.