Overview - Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

Overview

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.

Cast

• Name: David Albritton

  Character: Self - High Jump, USA (uncredited)

  Popularity: 0.2143

  

• Name: Arvo Askola

  Character: Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)

  Popularity: 0.1721

  

• Name: Jack Beresford

  Character: Self - Carries British Flag (uncredited)

  Popularity: 0.2639

  

• Name: Erwin Blask

  Character: Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)

  Popularity: 0.1538

  

• Name: Sulo Bärlund

  Character: Self - Shot Put, Finland (uncredited)

  Popularity: 0.1269

  

• Name: Ibolya Csák

  Character: Self - High Jump, Hungary (uncredited)

  Popularity: 0.167

  

• Name: Glenn Cunningham

  Character: Self (uncredited)

  Popularity: 0.3097

  

• Name: Henri de Baillet-Latour

  Character: Self - IOC, Stands with Hitler, with Hurdlers (uncredited)

  Popularity: 0.1811