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.
Leni Riefenstahl
Director, Writer
David Albritton
Self - High Jump, USA (uncredited)
Arvo Askola
Self - 10000 Metres, Finland (uncredited)
Jack Beresford
Self - Carries British Flag (uncredited)
Erwin Blask
Self - Hammer Throw, Germany (uncredited)
Sulo Bärlund
Self - Shot Put, Finland (uncredited)
Ibolya Csák
Self - High Jump, Hungary (uncredited)
Glenn Cunningham
Self (uncredited)
Henri de Baillet-Latour
Self - IOC, Stands with Hitler, with Hurdlers (uncredited)
Philip Edwards
Self - 800 Metres, Canada (uncredited)
Olympia - Fest der Schönheit67%
I Am Ali67%
Riefenstahl73%
Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds69%
The Class of ‘9271%
Diego Maradona73%
RBG74%
American Teen63%
The War Room68%
Pumping Iron71%
Hitchcock/Truffaut72%
The Queen of Versailles69%
Powaqqatsi72%
Naqoyqatsi61%
Das Versprechen61%
Baraka82%
Fed Up73%
Mountain69%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Andre the Giant73%
