100 years of Olympic films : 1912-2012

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Title

100 years of Olympic films : 1912-2012.

ISBN

9781681433622

1681433621

Edition

DVD edition.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2017]

Distribution

[New York, NY] : Janus Films

Physical Description

43 videodiscs (6253 min.) : silent and sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (216 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 x 27 cm)

Medium

stamping

Notes

Title from container.

Films originally produced between 1912 and 2012.

Accompanying book text by Peter Cowie ; message to viewers by Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee.

4K restorations of Olympia, Tokyo Olympiad, and Visions of Eight, among other titles.

New scores for the silent films, composed by Maud Nelissen, Donald Sosin, and Frido ter Beek.

In English and other languages; and silent with English intertitles, with optional subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH).

Summary

Spanning fifty-three movies and forty-one editions of the Olympic Games, this set is the culmination of a monumental, award-winning archival project encompassing dozens of new restorations by the International Olympic Committee. The documentaries collected here cast a cinematic eye on some of the most iconic moments in the history of modern sports, spotlighting athletes who embody the Olympic motto of "Faster, Higher, Stronger": Jesse Owens shattering world records on the track in 1936 Berlin, Jean-Claude Killy dominating the Grenoble slopes in 1968, Joan Benoit breaking away to win the Games' first women's marathon in Los Angeles in 1984. In addition to the impressive ten-feature contribution of Bud Greenspan, this stirring collective chronicle of triumph and defeat includes such documentary landmarks as Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia and Kon Ichikawa's Tokyo Olympiad, along with captivating lesser-known works by major directors like Claude Lelouch, Carlos Saura, and Miloš Forman. It also offers a fascinating glimpse of the development of film itself, and of the technological progress that has brought viewers ever closer to the action. Traversing continents and decades, reflecting the social, cultural, and political changes that have shaped our recent history, this movie marathon showcases a hundred years of human endeavor.

Variant and related titles

One hundred years of Olympic films

Format

Images / Video & Film

Language

English; Multiple languages

Added to Catalog

May 18, 2018

Series

Criterion collection ; 900.

The Criterion collection 900

Credits

New scores for the silent films, composed by Maud Nelissen, Donald Sosin, and Frido ter Beek.

System details note

DVD, NTSC, region 1, Dolby digital.

Contents

[Disc 1]. Stockholm 1912. The games of the V Olympiad Stockholm, 1912 / director, Adrian Wood ; original newsreel produced by Siegmund Popert (2016, 170 min., black & white, silent with English intertitles)

[Disc 2]. Chamonix 1924. The Olympic Games held at Chamonix in 1924 / director, Jean de Rovera (1924, 37 min., black & white, silent with English intertitles) ; Paris 1924. The Olympic Games as they were practiced in Ancient Greece / director, Jean de Rovera (1924, 8 min., black & white, silent with English intertitles) ; The Olympic Games in Paris 1924 / director, Jean de Rovera (174 min., black & white, silent with English intertitles)

[Disc 3]. St. Moritz 1928. The White Stadium = Das weisse stadion / directors, Arnold Fanck, Othmar Gurtner (1928, 124 min., black & white, silent with German and French intertitles and English subtitles)

[Disc 4]. Amsterdam 1928. The IX Olympiad in Amsterdam, part 1 / director unknown (1928, 119 min., black & white, silent with Italian intertitles and English subtitles)

[Disc 5]. Amsterdam 1928. The IX Olympiad in Amsterdam, part 2 / director unknown (1928, 132 min., black & white, silent with Italian intertitles and English subtitles)

[Disc 6]. Amsterdam 1928. The Olympic Games, Amsterdam 1928 = De Olympische spelen, Amsterdam 1928 / director, Wilhelm Prager (1928, 192 min., black & white, silent with Dutch intertitles and English subtitles)

[Disc 7]. Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936. Youth of the world = Jugend der Welt / director, Carl Junghans (1936, 38 min., black & white, in German with English subtitles) ; Berlin 1936. Olympia part one: Festival of the nations = Olympia, Fest der Voelker / director, Leni Riefenstahl (1938, 127 min., black & white, in German with English subtitles)

[Disc 8]. Berlin 1936. Olympia part two: Festival of beauty = Olympia, Fest der Schoenheit / director, Leni Riefenstahl (1938, 103 min., black & white, in German with English subtitles)

[Disc 9]. St. Moritz 1948. Fight without hate = Combat sans haine / director, André Michel (1948, 91 min., black & white, in French with English subtitles)

[Disc 10]. London 1948. XIVth Olympiad: The glory of sport / director, Castleton Knight (1948, 138 min., color)

[Disc 11]. Oslo 1952. The VI Olympic Winter Games, Oslo 1952 = De VI Olympiske vinterleker Oslo 1952 / director, Tancred Ibsen (1952, 103 min., black & white, in Norwegian with English subtitles)

[Disc 12]. Helsinki 1952. Where the world meets = Maailmat kohtaavat - XV Olympiakisat Helsingissä / director, Hannu Leminen (1952, 101 min., black & white, in Finnish with English subtitles)

[Disc 13]. Helsinki 1952. Gold and glory = Kultaa ja kunniaa / director, Hannu Leminen (1953, 97 min., black & white, in Finnish with English subtitles) ; Memories of the Olympic Summer of 1952 = Muistojen kisakesä / director unknown (1954, 50 min., color, in Finnish with English subtitles)

[Disc 14]. Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956. White vertigo = Vertigine bianca / director, Giorgio Ferroni (1956, 96 min., color, in Italian with English subtitles)

[Disc 15]. Melbourne/Stockholm 1956. Olympic Games, 1956 / director, Peter Whitchurch (1956, 60 min., color) ; The Melbourne rendez-vous = Rendez-vous à Melbourne / director, René Lucot (1957, 106 min., color, in French with English subtitles) ; Alain Mimoun / director, Louis Gueguen (1959, 24 min., black & white, in French with English subtitles) ; The horse in focus = Hästen i centrum / director unknown (1956, 16 min., color, in Swedish with English subtitles)

[Disc 16]. Squaw Valley 1960. People, hopes, medals = Menschen, Hoffnungen, Madaillen / director, Heribert Meisel (1960, 93 min., color, in German with English subtitles)

[Disc 17]. Rome 1960. The grand Olympics = La grande Olimpiade / director, Romolo Marcellini (1961, 147 min., color, in Italian with English subtitles)

[Disc 18]. Innsbruck 1964. IX Olympic Winter Games, Innsbruck 1964 = IX Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1964 / director, Theo Hörmann (1964, 90 min., color, in German with English subtitles)

[Disc 19]. Tokyo 1964. Tokyo Olympiad = Tokyo Orinpikku / director, Kon Ichikawa (1965, 170 min., color, in Japanese with English subtitles)

[Disc 20]. Tokyo 1964. Sensation of the century = Seiki no kando / producer, Taguchi Suketaro (1966, 156 min., color, in Japanese with English subtitles)

[Disc 21]. Grenoble 1968. 13 days in France = 13 jours en France / directors, Claude Lelouch, François Reichenbach (1968, 112 min., color, in French with English subtitles) ; Snows of Grenoble = Neiges de Grenoble / directors, Jacques Ertaud, Jean-Jacques Languepin (1968, 97 min., color, in French with English subtitles)

[Disc 22]. Mexico City 1968. The Olympics in Mexico = Olimpiada en México / director, Alberto Isaac (1969, 160 min., color, in Spanish with English subtitles)

[Disc 23]. Sapporo 1972. Sapporo Winter Olympics = Sapporo Orinpikku / director, Masahiro Shinoda (1972, 167 min., color, in Japanese with English subtitles)

[Disc 24]. Munich 1972. Visions of eight / directors, Miloš Forman, Kon Ichikawa, Claude Lelouch, Yuri Ozerov, Arthur Penn, Michael Pfleghar, John Schlesinger, Mai Zetterling (1973, 110 min., color)

[Disc 25]. Innsbruck 1976. White rock / director, Tony Maylam (1977, 77 min., color) ; Montreal 1976. Games of the XXI Olympiad = Jeux de la XXIème olympiade / directors, Jean-Claude Labrecque, Jean Beaudin, Marcel Carrière, Georges Dufaux (1977, 118 min., color, in French with English subtitles)

[Disc 26]. Lake Placid 1980. Olympic spirit / directors, Drummond Challis, Tony Maylam (1980, 27 min., color) ; Moscow 1980. O sport, you are peace! = O sport, ty

mir! / director, Yuri Ozerov (1981, 149 min., color, in Russian with English subtitles)

[Disc 27]. Sarajevo 1984. A turning point / director, Kim Takal (1984, 82 min., color)

[Disc 28]. Los Angeles 1984. 16 days of glory, part 1 / director, Bud Greenspan (1986, 284 min., color)

[Disc 29]. Los Angeles 1984. 16 days of glory, part 2 / director, Bud Greenspan (1986, 142 min., color)

[Disc 30]. Calgary 1988 Calgary '88: 16 days of glory / director, Bud Greenspan (1989, 202 min., color)

[Disc 31]. Seoul 1988. Seoul 1988 / director, Lee Kwang-soo (1989, 139 min., color)

[Disc 32]. Seoul 1988. Hand in hand / director, Im Kwon-taek (1989, 119 min., color, in Korean with English subtitles)

[Disc 33]. Seoul 1988. Beyond all barriers / director, Lee Ji-won (1989, 92 min., color, in Korean with English subtitles)

[Disc 34]. Albertville 1992. One light, one world / directors, Joe Jay Jalbert, R. Douglas Copsey (1992, 104 min., color)

[Disc 35]. Barcelona 1992. Marathon = Maratón / director, Carlos Saura (1993, 130 min., color, in Spanish with English subtitles)

[Disc 36]. Lillehammer 1994. Lillehammer '94: 16 days of glory, part 1 / director, Bud Greenspan (1994, 104 min., color)

[Disc 37]. Lillehammer 1994. Lillehammer '94: 16 days of glory, part 2 / director, Bud Greenspan (1994, 105 min., color)

[Disc 38]. Atlanta 1996. Atlanta's Olympic glory / director, Bud Greenspan (1997, 206 min., color)

[Disc 39]. Nagano 1998. Nagano '98 Olympics: stories of honor and glory / director, Bud Greenspan (1998, 119 min., color) ; Olympic glory / director, Kieth Merrill (1999, 42 min., color)

[Disc 40]. Sydney 2000. Sydney 2000: stories of Olympic glory / director, Bud Greenspan (2001, 117 min., color)

[Disc 41]. Salt Lake City 2002 Salt Lake City 2002: Bud Greenspan's stories of Olympic glory / director, Bud Greenspan (2003, 119 min., color) ; Athens 2004. Bud Greenspan's Athens 2004: stories of Olympic glory / director, Bud Greenspan (2005, 96 min., color)

[Disc 42]. Turin 2006 Bud Greenspan's Torino 2006: stories of Olympic glory / director, Bud Greenspan (2007, 88 min., color) ; Beijing 2008. The everlasting flame / director, Gu Jun (2010, 101 min., color)

[Disc 43]. Vancouver 2010. Bud Greenspan presents Vancouver 2010: stories of Olympic glory / producers, Bud Greenspan, Nancy Beffa (2010, 116 min., color) ; London 2012. First / director, Caroline Rowland (2012, 109 min., color).

Videorecording number

CC2812D Criterion Collection

Subjects

Genre/Form

Documentary films.

Feature films.

Nonfiction films.

Sports films.