Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)

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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David Albritton

Self - High Jump, USA (uncredited)

A

Arvo Askola

Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)

Jack Beresford

Self - Carries British Flag (uncredited)

E

Erwin Blask

Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)

S

Sulo Bärlund

Self - Shot Put, Finland (uncredited)

I

Ibolya Csák

Self - High Jump, Hungary (uncredited)

G

Glenn Cunningham

Self (uncredited)

Henri de Baillet-Latour

Self - IOC, Stands with Hitler, with Hurdlers (uncredited)

Philip Edwards

Self - 800 Metres, Canada (uncredited)

Donald Finlay

Self - 110m Hurdles, Great Britain (uncredited)

T

Tilly Fleischer

Self - Javelin Throw, Germany (uncredited)

W

Wilhelm Frick

Self - Spectator (uncredited)

Joseph Goebbels

Self - Spectator (uncredited)

Hermann Göring

Self - Spectator (uncredited)

E

Ernest Harper

Self - Marathon, Great Britain (uncredited)

K

Karl Hein

Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)

H

Heinz Herman

German Flag Carrier (uncredited)

Rudolf Hess

Self - Stands with Hitler (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler

Self - Declares Games Open (uncredited)

V

Volmari Iso-Hollo

Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)

C

Cornelius Johnson

Self - High Jump, USA (uncredited)

M

Matti Järvinen

Self - Javelin, Finland (uncredited)

E

Elfriede Kaun

Self - High Jump, Germany (uncredited)

King Umberto II

Self - Stands with Hitler, Salutes Italian Team (uncredited)

K

Kalevi Kotkas

Self - High Jump, Finland (uncredited)

G

Gustaf Alfons Koutonen

Self - Hammer Throw, Finland (uncredited)

L

Luise Krüger

Self - Javelin Throw, Germany (uncredited)

M

Maria Kwasniewska

Self - Javelin Throw, Poland (uncredited)

Theodor Lewald

Self - German Olympic Committee, Stands with Hitler (uncredited)

Luz Long

Self (uncredited)

S

Spiridon Louis

Self - Walks Behind Greek Flag, in Greek Costume (uncredited)

J

John Lovelock

Self - 1500 Metres, New Zealand (uncredited)

G

Gisela Mauermayer

Self - Discus Throw, Germany (uncredited)

E

Earle Meadows

Self - Pole Vault, USA (uncredited)

R

Ralph Metcalfe

Self - Sprinter, USA (uncredited)

P

Paula Mollenhauer

Self - Discus Throw, Germany (uncredited)

V

Väinö Muinonen

Self - Marathon, Finland (uncredited)

S

Seung-yong Nam

Self - Marathon, Japan (uncredited)

H

Henri Nannen

Announcer (uncredited)

Y

Yrjö Nikkanen

Self - Javelin, Finland (uncredited)

S

Shûhei Nishida

Self - Pole Vault, Japan (uncredited)

P

Paavo Nurmi

Self - Spectator Watching 10000 Metres Race (uncredited)

D

Dorothy Odam

Self - High Jump, Great Britain (uncredited)

M

Martinus Osendarp

Self - 100 Metres, Holland (uncredited)

Jesse Owens

Self (uncredited)

Leni Riefenstahl

Nude Dancer - Prologue (uncredited)

M

Mack Robinson

Self - Second, After Owens (uncredited)

I

Ilmari Salminen

Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)

J

Julius Schaub

Self - Spectator, with Glasses, Behind Hitler (uncredited)

K

Kee-chung Sohn

Self - Marathon, Japan (uncredited)

Julius Streicher

Self - Spectator (uncredited)

G

Gerhard Stöck

Self - Shot Put, Javelin Throw, Germany (uncredited)

N

Naoto Tajima

Self - Triple Jump, Japan (uncredited)

E

Erkki Tamila

Self - Marathon, Finland (uncredited)

K

Kalervo Toivonen

Self - Javelin, Finland (uncredited)

F

Forrest Towns

Self - 110m Hurdles, USA (uncredited)

Werner von Blomberg

Self - Spectator (uncredited)

A

August von Mackensen

Self - Spectator (uncredited)

H

Hans von Tschammer und Osten

Self (Spectator, in White Suit) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

H

Hans Woellke

Self - Shot Put, Germany (uncredited)

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