Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty

6.7
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 104 min
  • Premiere: 1938. June 2.

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.

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Sheigo Arai

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

Albert Bachmann

Self - Gymnastics, Switzerland (uncredited)

Daniel Barrow

Self - Single Sculls Rower, USA (uncredited)

Jack Beresford

Self - Rower, Britain (uncredited)

Ralf Berzsenyi

Self - Small-Bore Rifle, Hungary (uncredited)

Ferenc Csík

Self - Swimmer, Hungary (uncredited)

Richard Degener

Self - Springboard Diver, USA (uncredited)

Willemijntje den Ouden

Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited)

Charles des Jammonières

Self - Free Pistol, France (uncredited)

Velma Dunn

Self - Platfom Diver, USA (uncredited)

Konrad Frey

Self - Gymnastics, Germany (uncredited)

Marjorie Gestring

Self - Springboard Diver, USA (uncredited)

Albert Greene

Self - Springboard Diver, USA (uncredited)

Tetsuo Hamuro

Self - 1st Place: 200m Breaststroke, Japan (uncredited)

Josef Hasenöhrl

Self - Single Sculls Rower, Austria (uncredited)

Heinz Hax

Self - Rapid-Fire Pistol, Germany (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler

Self (uncredited)

Alois Hudec

Self - Gymnastics, Czechoslovakia (uncredited)

Cornelius Johnson

Self - High Jump Winner (uncredited)

Wladyslaw Karas

Self - Small-Bore Rifle, Poland (uncredited)

Adolph Kiefer

Self - Swimmer, USA (uncredited)

Masaji Kiyokawa

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

Reizô Koike

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

Erich Krempel

Self - Free Pistol, Germany (uncredited)

Käthe Köhler

Self - Platform Diver, Germany (uncredited)

Paul Laven

Narrator (uncredited)

Eugen Mack

Self - Gymnastics, Switzerland (uncredited)

Hideko Maehata

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

Shōzō Makino

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

Rie Mastenbroek

Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited)

Jack Medica

Self - Swimmer, USA (uncredited)

Glenn Morris

Self - Decathlon, USA (uncredited)

Dorothy Poynton

Self - Diver, USA (uncredited)

Katherine Rawls

Self - Springboard Diver, USA (uncredited)

Michael Reusch

Self - Gymnastics, Switzerland (uncredited)

Elbert Root

Self - Platform Diver, USA (uncredited)

Willy Rögeberg

Self - Small-Bore Rifle, Norway (uncredited)

Aleksanteri Saavala

Self - Gymastics, Finland (uncredited)

Alfred Schwarzmann

Self - Gymnastics, Germany (uncredited)

Gustav Schäfer

Self - Single Sculls Rower, Germany (uncredited)

Johanna Selbach

Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited)

Neda Senff

Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited)

Erwin Sietas

Self - Swimmer, Germany (uncredited)

Herman Stork

Self - Platform Diver, USA (uncredited)

Leon Stukelji

Self - Gymnastics, Yugoslavia (uncredited)

Shigeo Sugiura

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

Masaharu Taguchi

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

Noboru Terada

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

Torsten Ullman

Self - Shooting Competitor, Sweden (uncredited)

Shunpei Utô

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

Albert van den Weghe

Self - Swimmer, USA (uncredited)

Cornelius van Oyen

Self - Rapid-Fire Pistol, Germany (uncredited)

Matthias Volz

Self - Gymnastics, Germany (uncredited)

Conrad von Wangenheim

Self - Steeplechase, Germany (uncredited)

Catherina Wagner

Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited)

Josef Walter

Self - Gymnastics, Switzerland (uncredited)

Marshall Wayne

Self - Diver, USA (uncredited)

Rolf Wernicke

Narrator (uncredited)

Masanori Yusa

Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

Camera

Albert Kling

Director of Photography

Willy Hameister

Director of Photography

Hans Ertl

Underwater Director of Photography

Werner Hundhausen

Director of Photography

Hugo O. Schulze

Director of Photography

Fritz von Friedl

Director of Photography

Leo De Lafrue

Director of Photography

Walter Hege

Director of Photography

Wilfried Basse

Director of Photography

Andor von Bàrsy

Director of Photography

Hans Karl Gottschalk

Director of Photography

Heinz von Jaworsky

Director of Photography

Hans Scheib

Director of Photography

Richard Groschopp

Director of Photography

Kurt Neubert

Director of Photography

Ernst Kunstmann

Director of Photography

Otto Lantschner

Director of Photography

Károly Vass

Director of Photography

Walter Frentz

Director of Photography

Erich Nitzschmann

Director of Photography

Willy Zielke

Director of Photography

Hugo von Kaweczynski

Director of Photography

Guzzi Lantschner

Director of Photography

Alexander von Lagorio

Director of Photography

Directing

Editing

Erna Peters

Assistant Editor

Production

Walter Traut

Production Manager

Sound

Herbert Windt

Original Music Composer

Writing

Camera

Albert Kling

Director of Photography

Willy Hameister

Director of Photography

Hans Ertl

Underwater Director of Photography

Werner Hundhausen

Director of Photography

Hugo O. Schulze

Director of Photography

Fritz von Friedl

Director of Photography

Leo De Lafrue

Director of Photography

Walter Hege

Director of Photography

Wilfried Basse

Director of Photography

Andor von Bàrsy

Director of Photography

Hans Karl Gottschalk

Director of Photography

Heinz von Jaworsky

Director of Photography

Hans Scheib

Director of Photography

Richard Groschopp

Director of Photography

Kurt Neubert

Director of Photography

Ernst Kunstmann

Director of Photography

Otto Lantschner

Director of Photography

Károly Vass

Director of Photography

Walter Frentz

Director of Photography

Erich Nitzschmann

Director of Photography

Willy Zielke

Director of Photography

Hugo von Kaweczynski

Director of Photography

Guzzi Lantschner

Director of Photography

Alexander von Lagorio

Director of Photography

Directing

Editing

Erna Peters

Assistant Editor

Production

Walter Traut

Production Manager

Sound

Herbert Windt

Original Music Composer

Writing