Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations

Name: Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations
Director: Leni Riefenstahl
Released: 1938
Duration: 127 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: David Albritton, Arvo Askola, Jack Beresford, Erwin Blask, Sulo Bärlund

1938 · 127 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 5,498 VOTES · DIR. Leni Riefenstahl

Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations poster

Overview

Commissioned to make a propaganda film about the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, director Leni Riefenstahl created a celebration of the human form. This first half of her two-part film opens with a renowned introduction that compares modern Olympians to classical Greek heroes, then goes on to provide thrilling in-the-moment coverage of some of the games' most celebrated moments, including African-American athlete Jesse Owens winning a then-unprecedented four gold medals.

Dialogue Timeline — 552 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:25 DEDICATED TO THE FOUNDER OF THE MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES

00:26:16 Oberweger, Italy

00:30:57 The Polish girl

00:36:22 Hein, Germany

00:41:54 Osendarp tries with all his might

00:44:57 Also out

00:49:49 StÃ¶ck, Germany

00:53:20 Woodruff attacks and takes the lead.

00:57:48 New world record and gold medal for Japan

01:01:01 Then comes the German Schaumburg.

01:02:59 Ny tries to attack the American runner

01:05:49 It begins, Thurber, USA

01:09:53 Kotkas, Finland, the best European, starts.

01:12:32 And Finlay is the first, with style!

01:15:51 Toivonen, Finland

01:18:59 Then Askola and Iso-Hollo, Finland

01:20:57 First: Iso-Hollo

01:26:37 The fight for victory in the pole vault is not over.

01:31:45 Sefton

01:35:11 Germany cannot lose

01:36:44 The Dutchman, Osendarp was third when he lost the baton

01:38:12 and passes by the two others...

01:39:24 Brown has to fight...

01:43:27 Zabala still in the lead

Cast & Characters

David Albritton Self - High Jump, USA Arvo Askola Self - 10000 Metres, FIN Jack Beresford Self - Carries British Flag Erwin Blask Self - Hammer Throw, German Sulo Bärlund Self - Shot Put, Finland Ibolya Csák Self - High Jump, Hungary Glenn Cunningham Self Henri de Baillet-Latour Self - IOC, Stands with Hitler, with Hurdlers Philip Edwards Self - 800 Metres, Canada Donald Finlay Self - 110m Hurdles, GB

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed552

Dialogue density4.3 lines / min

First line00:00:25

Final line01:43:27

Production Record

DirectorLeni Riefenstahl

LanguageGerman

Budget$550,000

IMDb votes5,498