Plot
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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Cast
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)
