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Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
GERMANY · 1938

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

Leni Riefenstahl
woman director sports beauty national socialist party nazi
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Synopsis

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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