📜 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.
💵 Budget: USD
550,000
🌏 Languages Available:
German
📆 Date Released:
1938-06-02
⌚ Running Time:
104 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
6.8
Beloved Cast
Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)
Sheigo Arai
Self - Gymnastics, Switzerland (uncredited)
Albert Bachmann
Self - Single Sculls Rower, USA (uncredited)
Daniel Barrow
Self - Rower, Britain (uncredited)
Jack Beresford
Self - Small-Bore Rifle, Hungary (uncredited)
Ralf Berzsenyi
Self - Swimmer, Hungary (uncredited)
Ferenc Csík
Self - Springboard Diver, USA (uncredited)
Richard Degener
Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited)
Willemijntje den Ouden
Self - Free Pistol, France (uncredited)
Charles des Jammonières
Self - Platfom Diver, USA (uncredited)
Velma Dunn
Self - Gymnastics, Germany (uncredited)
Konrad Frey
Self - Springboard Diver, USA (uncredited)
Marjorie Gestring
Self - Springboard Diver, USA (uncredited)
Albert Greene
Self - 1st Place: 200m Breaststroke, Japan (uncredited)
Tetsuo Hamuro
Self - Single Sculls Rower, Austria (uncredited)
Josef Hasenöhrl
Self - Rapid-Fire Pistol, Germany (uncredited)
Heinz Hax
Self (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
Self - Gymnastics, Czechoslovakia (uncredited)
Alois Hudec
Self - High Jump Winner (uncredited)
Cornelius Johnson
Self - Small-Bore Rifle, Poland (uncredited)
Wladyslaw Karas
Self - Swimmer, USA (uncredited)
Adolph Kiefer
Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)
Masaji Kiyokawa
Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)
Reizô Koike
Self - Free Pistol, Germany (uncredited)
Erich Krempel
Self - Platform Diver, Germany (uncredited)
Käthe Köhler
Narrator (uncredited)
Paul Laven
Self - Gymnastics, Switzerland (uncredited)
Eugen Mack
Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)
Hideko Maehata
Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)
Shōzō Makino
Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited)
Rie Mastenbroek
Self - Swimmer, USA (uncredited)
Jack Medica
Self - Decathlon, USA (uncredited)
Glenn Morris
Self - Diver, USA (uncredited)
Dorothy Poynton
Self - Springboard Diver, USA (uncredited)
Katherine Rawls
Self - Gymnastics, Switzerland (uncredited)
Michael Reusch
Self - Platform Diver, USA (uncredited)
Elbert Root
Self - Small-Bore Rifle, Norway (uncredited)
Willy Rögeberg
Self - Gymastics, Finland (uncredited)
Aleksanteri Saavala
Self - Gymnastics, Germany (uncredited)
Alfred Schwarzmann
Self - Single Sculls Rower, Germany (uncredited)
Gustav Schäfer
Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited)
Johanna Selbach
Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited)
Neda Senff
Self - Swimmer, Germany (uncredited)
Erwin Sietas
Self - Platform Diver, USA (uncredited)
Herman Stork
Self - Gymnastics, Yugoslavia (uncredited)
Leon Stukelji
Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)
Shigeo Sugiura
Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)
Masaharu Taguchi
Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)
Noboru Terada
Self - Shooting Competitor, Sweden (uncredited)
Torsten Ullman
Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)
Shunpei Utô
Self - Swimmer, USA (uncredited)
Albert van den Weghe
Self - Rapid-Fire Pistol, Germany (uncredited)
Cornelius van Oyen
Self - Gymnastics, Germany (uncredited)
Matthias Volz
Self - Steeplechase, Germany (uncredited)
Conrad von Wangenheim
Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited)
Catherina Wagner
Self - Gymnastics, Switzerland (uncredited)
Josef Walter
Self - Diver, USA (uncredited)
Marshall Wayne
Narrator (uncredited)
Rolf Wernicke
Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)
Masanori Yusa
