Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
1938•NR•1h 44m•6.7•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Leni Riefenstahl
Writer
Leni Riefenstahl
Budget
$1M
Languages
German
Studio
Olympia-Film GmbH
Cast
Sheigo Arai
Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)
Albert Bachmann
Self - Gymnastics, Switzerland (uncredited)
Daniel Barrow
Self - Single Sculls Rower, USA (uncredited)
Jack Beresford
Self - Rower, Britain (uncredited)
Ralf Berzsenyi
Self - Small-Bore Rifle, Hungary (uncredited)
Ferenc Csík
Self - Swimmer, Hungary (uncredited)
Richard Degener
Self - Springboard Diver, USA (uncredited)
Willemijntje den Ouden
Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited)
Charles des Jammonières
Self - Free Pistol, France (uncredited)
Velma Dunn
Self - Platfom Diver, USA (uncredited)
Konrad Frey
Self - Gymnastics, Germany (uncredited)
Marjorie Gestring
Self - Springboard Diver, USA (uncredited)
Albert Greene
Self - Springboard Diver, USA (uncredited)
Tetsuo Hamuro
Self - 1st Place: 200m Breaststroke, Japan (uncredited)
Josef Hasenöhrl
Self - Single Sculls Rower, Austria (uncredited)
Production
Company
Olympia-Film GmbH
Producer
Leni Riefenstahl
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