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.
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6.9/10
1938
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Cast
David Albritton
As Self - High Jump, USA (uncredited)
Arvo Askola
As Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)
Jack Beresford
As Self - Carries British Flag (uncredited)
Erwin Blask
As Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)
Sulo Bärlund
As Self - Shot Put, Finland (uncredited)
Ibolya Csák
As Self - High Jump, Hungary (uncredited)
Glenn Cunningham
As Self (uncredited)
Henri de Baillet-Latour
As Self - IOC, Stands with Hitler, with Hurdlers (uncredited)
Philip Edwards
As Self - 800 Metres, Canada (uncredited)
Donald Finlay
As Self - 110m Hurdles, Great Britain (uncredited)
Tilly Fleischer
As Self - Javelin Throw, Germany (uncredited)
Wilhelm Frick
As Self - Spectator (uncredited)
Joseph Goebbels
As Self - Spectator (uncredited)
Hermann Göring
As Self - Spectator (uncredited)
Ernest Harper
As Self - Marathon, Great Britain (uncredited)
Karl Hein
As Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)
Heinz Herman
As German Flag Carrier (uncredited)
Rudolf Hess
As Self - Stands with Hitler (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
As Self - Declares Games Open (uncredited)
Volmari Iso-Hollo
As Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)
Cornelius Johnson
As Self - High Jump, USA (uncredited)
Matti Järvinen
As Self - Javelin, Finland (uncredited)
Elfriede Kaun
As Self - High Jump, Germany (uncredited)
King Umberto II
As Self - Stands with Hitler, Salutes Italian Team (uncredited)
Kalevi Kotkas
As Self - High Jump, Finland (uncredited)
Gustaf Alfons Koutonen
As Self - Hammer Throw, Finland (uncredited)
Luise Krüger
As Self - Javelin Throw, Germany (uncredited)
Maria Kwasniewska
As Self - Javelin Throw, Poland (uncredited)
Theodor Lewald
As Self - German Olympic Committee, Stands with Hitler (uncredited)
Luz Long
As Self (uncredited)
Spiridon Louis
As Self - Walks Behind Greek Flag, in Greek Costume (uncredited)
John Lovelock
As Self - 1500 Metres, New Zealand (uncredited)
Gisela Mauermayer
As Self - Discus Throw, Germany (uncredited)
Earle Meadows
As Self - Pole Vault, USA (uncredited)
Ralph Metcalfe
As Self - Sprinter, USA (uncredited)
Paula Mollenhauer
As Self - Discus Throw, Germany (uncredited)
Väinö Muinonen
As Self - Marathon, Finland (uncredited)
Seung-yong Nam
As Self - Marathon, Japan (uncredited)
Henri Nannen
As Announcer (uncredited)
Yrjö Nikkanen
As Self - Javelin, Finland (uncredited)
Shûhei Nishida
As Self - Pole Vault, Japan (uncredited)
Paavo Nurmi
As Self - Spectator Watching 10000 Metres Race (uncredited)
Dorothy Odam
As Self - High Jump, Great Britain (uncredited)
Martinus Osendarp
As Self - 100 Metres, Holland (uncredited)
Jesse Owens
As Self (uncredited)
Leni Riefenstahl
As Nude Dancer - Prologue (uncredited)
Mack Robinson
As Self - Second, After Owens (uncredited)
Ilmari Salminen
As Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)
Julius Schaub
As Self - Spectator, with Glasses, Behind Hitler (uncredited)
Kee-chung Sohn
As Self - Marathon, Japan (uncredited)
Julius Streicher
As Self - Spectator (uncredited)
Gerhard Stöck
As Self - Shot Put, Javelin Throw, Germany (uncredited)
Naoto Tajima
As Self - Triple Jump, Japan (uncredited)
Erkki Tamila
As Self - Marathon, Finland (uncredited)
Kalervo Toivonen
As Self - Javelin, Finland (uncredited)
Forrest Towns
As Self - 110m Hurdles, USA (uncredited)
Werner von Blomberg
As Self - Spectator (uncredited)
August von Mackensen
As Self - Spectator (uncredited)
Hans von Tschammer und Osten
As Self (Spectator, in White Suit) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Hans Woellke
As Self - Shot Put, Germany (uncredited)
Sueo Ôe
As Self - Pole Vault (uncredited)
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