Starting with a long and lyrical overture, evoking the origins of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece, Riefenstahl covers twenty-one athletic events in the first half of this two-part love letter to the human body and spirit, culminating with the marathon, where Jesse Owens became the first track and field athlete to win four gold medals in a single Olympics.

Cast & crew

Leni Riefenstahl

Director

David Albritton

Self (uncredited)

A

Arvo Askola

Self (uncredited)

Jack Beresford

Self (uncredited)

E

Erwin Blask

Self (uncredited)

S

Sulo Bärlund

Self (uncredited)

I

Ibolya Csák

Self (uncredited)

G

Glenn Cunningham

Self (uncredited)

Henri de Baillet-Latour

Self (uncredited)

Philip Edwards

Self (uncredited)

Donald Finlay

Self (uncredited)

T

Tilly Fleischer

Self (uncredited)

W

Wilhelm Frick

Self (uncredited)

Joseph Goebbels

Self (uncredited)

Hermann Göring

Self (uncredited)

E

Ernest Harper

Self (uncredited)

K

Karl Hein

Self (uncredited)

H

Heinz Herman

Self (uncredited)

Rudolf Hess

Self (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler

Self (uncredited)

V

Volmari Iso-Hollo

Self (uncredited)