Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty (1938)

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.

Cast (60)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

S

Sheigo Arai

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

A

Albert Bachmann

Self - Gymnastics, Switzerland (uncredited)

D

Daniel Barrow

Self - Single Sculls Rower, USA (uncredited)

Jack Beresford

Self - Rower, Britain (uncredited)

R

Ralf Berzsenyi

Self - Small-Bore Rifle, Hungary (uncredited)

F

Ferenc Csík

Self - Swimmer, Hungary (uncredited)

R

Richard Degener

Self - Springboard Diver, USA (uncredited)

W

Willemijntje den Ouden

Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited)

C

Charles des Jammonières

Self - Free Pistol, France (uncredited)

V

Velma Dunn

Self - Platfom Diver, USA (uncredited)

K

Konrad Frey

Self - Gymnastics, Germany (uncredited)

M

Marjorie Gestring

Self - Springboard Diver, USA (uncredited)

A

Albert Greene

Self - Springboard Diver, USA (uncredited)

T

Tetsuo Hamuro

Self - 1st Place: 200m Breaststroke, Japan (uncredited)

J

Josef Hasenöhrl

Self - Single Sculls Rower, Austria (uncredited)

H

Heinz Hax

Self - Rapid-Fire Pistol, Germany (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler

Self (uncredited)

A

Alois Hudec

Self - Gymnastics, Czechoslovakia (uncredited)

C

Cornelius Johnson

Self - High Jump Winner (uncredited)

W

Wladyslaw Karas

Self - Small-Bore Rifle, Poland (uncredited)

A

Adolph Kiefer

Self - Swimmer, USA (uncredited)

M

Masaji Kiyokawa

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

R

Reizô Koike

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

E

Erich Krempel

Self - Free Pistol, Germany (uncredited)

K

Käthe Köhler

Self - Platform Diver, Germany (uncredited)

P

Paul Laven

Narrator (uncredited)

E

Eugen Mack

Self - Gymnastics, Switzerland (uncredited)

H

Hideko Maehata

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

Shōzō Makino

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

R

Rie Mastenbroek

Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited)

J

Jack Medica

Self - Swimmer, USA (uncredited)

G

Glenn Morris

Self - Decathlon, USA (uncredited)

D

Dorothy Poynton

Self - Diver, USA (uncredited)

K

Katherine Rawls

Self - Springboard Diver, USA (uncredited)

M

Michael Reusch

Self - Gymnastics, Switzerland (uncredited)

E

Elbert Root

Self - Platform Diver, USA (uncredited)

W

Willy Rögeberg

Self - Small-Bore Rifle, Norway (uncredited)

A

Aleksanteri Saavala

Self - Gymastics, Finland (uncredited)

A

Alfred Schwarzmann

Self - Gymnastics, Germany (uncredited)

G

Gustav Schäfer

Self - Single Sculls Rower, Germany (uncredited)

J

Johanna Selbach

Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited)

N

Neda Senff

Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited)

E

Erwin Sietas

Self - Swimmer, Germany (uncredited)

H

Herman Stork

Self - Platform Diver, USA (uncredited)

L

Leon Stukelji

Self - Gymnastics, Yugoslavia (uncredited)

S

Shigeo Sugiura

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

M

Masaharu Taguchi

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

N

Noboru Terada

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

T

Torsten Ullman

Self - Shooting Competitor, Sweden (uncredited)

S

Shunpei Utô

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

A

Albert van den Weghe

Self - Swimmer, USA (uncredited)

C

Cornelius van Oyen

Self - Rapid-Fire Pistol, Germany (uncredited)

M

Matthias Volz

Self - Gymnastics, Germany (uncredited)

C

Conrad von Wangenheim

Self - Steeplechase, Germany (uncredited)

C

Catherina Wagner

Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited)

J

Josef Walter

Self - Gymnastics, Switzerland (uncredited)

M

Marshall Wayne

Self - Diver, USA (uncredited)

R

Rolf Wernicke

Narrator (uncredited)

M

Masanori Yusa

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

A

August von Mackensen

Self (uncredited)

If you liked Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty, you might also like…

91% match

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

1938

87% match

I Am Ali

2014

81% match

Naqoyqatsi

2002

81% match

Riefenstahl

2024

77% match

Mountain

2017

73% match

Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds

2025

70% match

Pumping Iron

1977

68% match

RBG

2018

64% match

Powaqqatsi

1988

60% match

Anselm

2023

60% match

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

2011

60% match

Killing for Love

2016

60% match

Diego Maradona

2019

60% match

The War Room

1993

60% match

The Deepest Breath

2023

60% match

Andre the Giant

2018

60% match

14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible

2021

60% match

Nothing Like a Dame

2018

60% match

Love, Marilyn

2013

60% match

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

2022

Similar films

Breaking Their Silence: Inside the Gymnastics Scandal

2018

Take the Ball, Pass the Ball

2018

Desert Fire: the World Cup Rebels of Kurdistan

2016

Karalahti

2021

The Invisible String

2012

Tyke Elephant Outlaw

2015

The Ballad of Bering Strait

2003

Keep Your Eyes Open

2002

Venus and Serena

2012

The Pleasures of Uninhibited Excess

1991

A Calculated Forecast Of Ultimate Doom / The Deliberate Evolution Of A War Zone

1996

Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski

2006