Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)
★ 6.9 (119) · 127 min
Director: Leni Riefenstahl · woman
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.