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Olympia
Uniform Title
Olympia (Motion picture)
Title
Olympia [videorecording] / A Pathfinder Home Entertainment release ; a Leni Riefenstahl film ; written, produced and directed by Leni Riefenstahl.
Published
[Venice, Calif.] : Pathfinder Home Entertainment, 1938, c2006.
Physical Description
2 videodisc (ca. 204 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally released in Germany in 1938 by Tobis.
Special features: Deleted scene: "Olympia Oath", alternate scenes ; Essay by film historian David Calvert Smith. Biography of Leni Riefenstahl, short film "Jugend der welt" , official documentary of the 1936 Winter Olympics at Garmisch-Partenkirchen ; "Die Kamera fahrt mit", 1936 documentary by Bavaria-Filmkunst featuring footage from Leni Riefenstahl's film "Olympia" and "Triumph of the will".
Camera, Hans Ertl ... [et al.]; music, Herbert Windt.
In German with on/off English subtitles, dubbed English language ; Dolby 2.0 audio
Venice 1938: Best foreign movie; Olympic Gold Medal of the International Olympic Committee.
Summary
The first of two films made to record the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin. Although controversial for its ties to, and representation of National Socialism, it is considered by many to be a brilliant and ground-breaking sports documentary.
Variant and related titles
Festival of the nations
Festival of beauty
Subtitle on container: Complete original version
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Multiple languages; German; English
Added to Catalog
September 12, 2006
Credits
Camera, Hans Ertl ... [et al.]; music, Herbert Windt.
Contents
Disc 1: Olympia 1. Teil-Fest der völker=Festival of Nations-part 1
Disc 2: Olympia 2 Teil -Fest der schönheit=Festival of beauty-part 2.
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