Olympia : the complete original version
Leni Riefenstahl (Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter), Herbert Windt (Composer), David Calvert Smith (Writer of accompanying material), Olympia-Film GmbH, International Olympic Committee, Tobis Filmkunst GmbH, Pathfinder Home Entertainment (Firm) (Publisher)
Pt. 1. After being commissioned by the 1936 Olympic Committee to create a feature film of the Berlin Olympics, Riefenstahl shot a documentary that celebrates the human body by combining the poetry of bodies in motion with close-ups of athletes in the heat of competition. Includes the marathon, men's diving, and American track star Jesse Owen's sprint races at the 1936 Olympic games. The production tends to glorify the young male body and, some say, expresses the Nazi attitude toward athletic prowess. Includes the lighting of the torch at the stadium and Adolf Hitler looking on in amazement as Jesse Owens wins an unprecedented four Gold Medals
DVD Video, German, 2006
Pathfinder Home Entertainment, [Venice, California], 2006