Movie
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
Released: April 21, 1938 (1938)
Runtime: 127 minutes
Genres: Documentary
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Glenn Cunningham as Self (uncredited)
Age at release: 28
- David Albritton as Self - High Jump, USA (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Arvo Askola as Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Jack Beresford as Self - Carries British Flag (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Erwin Blask as Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Sulo Bärlund as Self - Shot Put, Finland (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Ibolya Csák as Self - High Jump, Hungary (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Henri de Baillet-Latour as Self - IOC, Stands with Hitler, with Hurdlers (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Philip Edwards as Self - 800 Metres, Canada (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Donald Finlay as Self - 110m Hurdles, Great Britain (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
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- Wilhelm Frick as Self - Spectator (uncredited)
Age at release: 61
- Adolf Hitler as Self - Declares Games Open (uncredited)
Age at release: 49
- Hermann Göring as Self - Spectator (uncredited)
Age at release: 45
- Rudolf Hess as Self - Stands with Hitler (uncredited)
Age at release: 43
- Joseph Goebbels as Self - Spectator (uncredited)
Age at release: 40
- Tilly Fleischer as Self - Javelin Throw, Germany (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Ernest Harper as Self - Marathon, Great Britain (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Karl Hein as Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Heinz Herman as German Flag Carrier (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Volmari Iso-Hollo as Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Cornelius Johnson as Self - High Jump, USA (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Matti Järvinen as Self - Javelin, Finland (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Elfriede Kaun as Self - High Jump, Germany (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- King Umberto II as Self - Stands with Hitler, Salutes Italian Team (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Kalevi Kotkas as Self - High Jump, Finland (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Gustaf Alfons Koutonen as Self - Hammer Throw, Finland (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Luise Krüger as Self - Javelin Throw, Germany (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Maria Kwasniewska as Self - Javelin Throw, Poland (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Theodor Lewald as Self - German Olympic Committee, Stands with Hitler (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Luz Long as Self (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown