Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
1938 · 1h 44m · Not Rated
Documentary
Directed by
Leni Riefenstahl
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Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
Overview
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 and cast
- Leni Riefenstahl Director
- Jack Beresford as himself
- Sheigo Arai as Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)
- Ralf Berzsenyi as himself
- Albert Bachmann as Self - Gymnastics, Switzerland (uncredited)
- Ferenc Csík as himself
- Daniel Barrow as Self - Single Sculls Rower, USA (uncredited)
- Richard Degener as himself
- Willemijntje den Ouden Cast
- Charles des Jammonières Cast
- Velma Dunn Cast
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