
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
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.
- Year: 1938
- Country: Germany
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: Olympia-Film GmbH
- Keyword: nazi, sports, olympic games, national socialism, national socialist party, beauty, xenophobia, woman director, nsdap (nazi party), professional athlete, poetic documentary
- Director: Leni Riefenstahl
- Cast: David Albritton, Arvo Askola, Jack Beresford, Erwin Blask, Sulo Bärlund, Ibolya Csák