Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

Name: Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)
Uploaded: 1938-04-21
Description: 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.

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

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