Documentary · Germany · 1938 · 1h 44m

Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty

Olympia - Fest der Schönheit

Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty poster
Director
Leni Riefenstahl
Cast
Sheigo Arai as Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited) Albert Bachmann as Self - Gymnastics, Switzerland (uncredited) Daniel Barrow as Self - Single Sculls Rower, USA (uncredited) Jack Beresford as Self - Rower, Britain (uncredited) Ralf Berzsenyi as Self - Small-Bore Rifle, Hungary (uncredited) Ferenc Csík as Self - Swimmer, Hungary (uncredited)
Crew
Willy Hameister — Director of Photography Albert Kling — Director of Photography Wilfried Basse — Director of Photography Leo De Lafrue — Director of Photography Walter Frentz — Director of Photography Hans Karl Gottschalk — Director of Photography
Synopsis

Part two of Leni Riefenstahl's monumental examination of the 1938 Olympic Games, the cameras leave the main stadium and venture into the many halls and fields deployed for such sports as fencing, polo, cycling, and the modern pentathlon, which was won by American Glenn Morris.

Mood & Themes
nazisportsolympic gamesgymnasticsnationalismnational socialismnational socialist partyolympiawoman directornsdap (nazi party)poetic documentary
Key Collaborators
Leni Riefenstahl Director Willy Hameister Director of Photography Albert Kling Director of Photography Wilfried Basse Director of Photography Leo De Lafrue Director of Photography Walter Frentz Director of Photography Hans Karl Gottschalk Director of Photography Richard Groschopp Director of Photography Walter Hege Director of Photography Werner Hundhausen Director of Photography Ernst Kunstmann Director of Photography Guzzi Lantschner Director of Photography
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