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