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Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations is a Allemand film of genre Documentary directed by Leni Riefenstahl released in USA on 8 march 1940 with Leni Riefenstahl
Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations (1938)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 8 march 1940
Length 3h21
Directed by Leni Riefenstahl
OriginGerman
Genres Documentary
Themes Politique, Sports films, Athletics films, Documentary films about sports, Films about the Olympic Games, Political films
Rating76%
Olympia is a 1938 German documentary film written, directed and produced by Leni Riefenstahl, documenting the 1936 Summer Olympics, held in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany. The film was released in two parts: Olympia 1. Teil — Fest der Völker (Festival of Nations) and Olympia 2. Teil — Fest der Schönheit (Festival of Beauty). It was the first documentary feature film of the Olympic Games ever made. Many advanced motion picture techniques, which later became industry standards but which were groundbreaking at the time, were employed —including unusual camera angles, smash cuts, extreme close-ups, placing tracking shot rails within the bleachers, and the like. The techniques employed are almost universally admired, but the film is controversial due to its political context. Nevertheless, the film appears on many lists of the greatest films of all-time, including Time magazine's "All-Time 100 Movies."
Olympia set the precedent for future films documenting and glorifying the Olympic Games, particularly the Summer Games. The 1936 Summer Olympics torch relay was devised by the German sports official Dr. Carl Diem for these Olympic Games in Berlin. Riefenstahl later staged the torch relay for this film, as with competitive events of the Games.
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La première partie d'Olympia, un documentaire sur les Jeux olympiques de 1936 à Berlin, réalisé par la réalisatrice allemande Leni Riefenstahl. Le film a été projeté dans les salles en 1938 et à nouveau en 1952 après la chute du régime nazi.Actors
Leni Riefenstahl
(Nude Dancer - Prologue (uncredited))
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