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67% Critic Match
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
6.7 / 10• 1938• 1h 44m•NR• German
Documentary
Storyline
Part two of Leni Riefenstahl's monumental examination of the 1938 Olympic Games, the cameras leave the main stadium and venture into the many halls and fields deployed for such sports as fencing, polo, cycling, and the modern pentathlon, which was won by American Glenn Morris.
Cast & Crew
SA
Sheigo Arai
Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)
LeadAB
Albert Bachmann
Self - Gymnastics, Switzerland (uncredited)
DB
Daniel Barrow
Self - Single Sculls Rower, USA (uncredited)
Jack Beresford
Self - Rower, Britain (uncredited)
RB
Ralf Berzsenyi
Self - Small-Bore Rifle, Hungary (uncredited)
FC
Ferenc Csík
Self - Swimmer, Hungary (uncredited)
RD
Richard Degener
Self - Springboard Diver, USA (uncredited)
Wd
Willemijntje den Ouden
Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Leni Riefenstahl's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
