Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty

Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty

1938/06/02 • $550,000 • Released • German

Documentary
6.7
1h 44m

Overview

Commissioned to make a propaganda film about the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, director Leni Riefenstahl created a celebration of the human form. Where the two-part epic's first half, Festival of the Nations, focused on the international aspects of the 1936 Olympic Games held in Berlin, part two, The Festival of Beauty, concentrates on individual athletes such as equestrians, gymnasts, and swimmers, climaxing with American Glenn Morris' performance in the decathalon and the games' majestic closing ceremonies.

Director : Leni Riefenstahl

Casts

Sheigo Arai

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

Albert Bachmann

Self - Gymnastics, Switzerland (uncredited)

Daniel Barrow

Self - Single Sculls Rower, USA (uncredited)

Jack Beresford

Jack Beresford

Self - Rower, Britain (uncredited)

Ralf Berzsenyi

Self - Small-Bore Rifle, Hungary (uncredited)

Ferenc Csík

Self - Swimmer, Hungary (uncredited)

Richard Degener

Self - Springboard Diver, USA (uncredited)

Willemijntje den Ouden

Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited)

Charles des Jammonières

Self - Free Pistol, France (uncredited)

Velma Dunn

Self - Platfom Diver, USA (uncredited)

Konrad Frey

Self - Gymnastics, Germany (uncredited)

Marjorie Gestring

Self - Springboard Diver, USA (uncredited)

Albert Greene

Self - Springboard Diver, USA (uncredited)

Tetsuo Hamuro

Self - 1st Place: 200m Breaststroke, Japan (uncredited)

Josef Hasenöhrl

Self - Single Sculls Rower, Austria (uncredited)

Heinz Hax

Self - Rapid-Fire Pistol, Germany (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self (uncredited)

Alois Hudec

Self - Gymnastics, Czechoslovakia (uncredited)

Cornelius Johnson

Self - High Jump Winner (uncredited)

Wladyslaw Karas

Self - Small-Bore Rifle, Poland (uncredited)

Adolph Kiefer

Self - Swimmer, USA (uncredited)

Masaji Kiyokawa

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

Reizô Koike

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

Erich Krempel

Self - Free Pistol, Germany (uncredited)

Käthe Köhler

Self - Platform Diver, Germany (uncredited)

Paul Laven

Narrator (uncredited)

Eugen Mack

Self - Gymnastics, Switzerland (uncredited)

Hideko Maehata

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

Shōzō Makino

Shōzō Makino

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

Rie Mastenbroek

Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited)

Jack Medica

Self - Swimmer, USA (uncredited)

Glenn Morris

Self - Decathlon, USA (uncredited)

Dorothy Poynton

Self - Diver, USA (uncredited)

Katherine Rawls

Self - Springboard Diver, USA (uncredited)

Michael Reusch

Self - Gymnastics, Switzerland (uncredited)

Elbert Root

Self - Platform Diver, USA (uncredited)

Willy Rögeberg

Self - Small-Bore Rifle, Norway (uncredited)

Aleksanteri Saavala

Self - Gymastics, Finland (uncredited)

Alfred Schwarzmann

Self - Gymnastics, Germany (uncredited)

Gustav Schäfer

Self - Single Sculls Rower, Germany (uncredited)

Johanna Selbach

Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited)

Neda Senff

Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited)

Erwin Sietas

Self - Swimmer, Germany (uncredited)

Herman Stork

Self - Platform Diver, USA (uncredited)

Leon Stukelji

Self - Gymnastics, Yugoslavia (uncredited)

Shigeo Sugiura

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

Masaharu Taguchi

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

Noboru Terada

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

Torsten Ullman

Self - Shooting Competitor, Sweden (uncredited)

Shunpei Utô

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

Albert van den Weghe

Self - Swimmer, USA (uncredited)

Cornelius van Oyen

Self - Rapid-Fire Pistol, Germany (uncredited)

Matthias Volz

Self - Gymnastics, Germany (uncredited)

Conrad von Wangenheim

Self - Steeplechase, Germany (uncredited)

Catherina Wagner

Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited)

Josef Walter

Self - Gymnastics, Switzerland (uncredited)

Marshall Wayne

Self - Diver, USA (uncredited)

Rolf Wernicke

Narrator (uncredited)

Masanori Yusa

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

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