Movielogr
Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty (1938)
Directed by Leni Riefenstahl
Overview
Commissioned to make a propaganda film about the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, director Leni Riefenstahl created a celebration of the human form. Where the two-part epic’s first half, Festival of the Nations, focused on the international aspects of the 1936 Olympic Games held in Berlin, part two, The Festival of Beauty, concentrates on individual athletes such as equestrians, gymnasts, and swimmers, climaxing with American Glenn Morris’ performance in the decathalon and the games’ majestic closing ceremonies.
Rated NR | Length 104 minutes
Actors
Sheigo Arai | Albert Bachmann | Daniel Barrow | Jack Beresford | Ralf Berzsenyi | Ferenc Csík | Richard Degener | Willemijntje den Ouden | Charles des Jammonières | Velma Dunn | Konrad Frey | Marjorie Gestring | Albert Greene | Tetsuo Hamuro | Josef Hasenöhrl | Heinz Hax | Adolf Hitler | Alois Hudec | Cornelius Johnson | Wladyslaw Karas | Adolph Kiefer | Masaji Kiyokawa | Reizô Koike | Erich Krempel | Käthe Köhler | Paul Laven | Eugen Mack | Hideko Maehata | Shōzō Makino | Rie Mastenbroek | Jack Medica | Glenn Morris | Dorothy Poynton | Katherine Rawls | Michael Reusch | Elbert Root | Willy Rögeberg | Aleksanteri Saavala | Alfred Schwarzmann | Gustav Schäfer | Johanna Selbach | Neda Senff | Erwin Sietas | Herman Stork | Leon Stukelji | Shigeo Sugiura | Masaharu Taguchi | Noboru Terada | Torsten Ullman | Shunpei Utô | Albert van den Weghe | Cornelius van Oyen | Matthias Volz | Conrad von Wangenheim | Catherina Wagner | Josef Walter | Marshall Wayne | Rolf Wernicke | Masanori Yusa