Leni Riefenstahl’s film Olympia

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Leni Riefenstahl’s film *Olympia* is a landmark 1938 documentary that artistically chronicles the 1936 Berlin Olympics, renowned for its innovative cinematography and controversial association with Nazi propaganda.

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instanceOf German film
documentary film
sports film
associatedWith Nazi propaganda
awardReceived Coppa Mussolini for Best Foreign Film
National Board of Review: Top Foreign Film
cinematographyBy Hans Ertl
Walter Frentz
commissionedBy Nazi Germany
surface form: Nazi government of Germany
controversialFor aestheticization of Nazi ideology
countryOfOrigin Germany
director Leni Riefenstahl
directorOfPhotographyTechnique dynamic camera movement
underwater photography in diving sequences
use of telephoto lenses
editedBy Leni Riefenstahl
Paul Falkenberg NERFINISHED
featuresAthlete Jesse Owens
featuresEvent Olympic Games opening ceremony television production
surface form: Olympic Games opening ceremony

diving competitions
track and field competitions
filmingLocation Berlin
follows Triumph des Willens
surface form: Triumph of the Will
genre documentary
sports documentary
hasInfluenced later Olympic films
sports cinematography
hasPart Olympia Part One: Festival of Nations
Olympia Part One: Festival of Nations
surface form: Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
language German
musicBy Herbert Windt NERFINISHED
notableFor aerial photography
influence on sports broadcasting aesthetics
innovative cinematography
montage editing
slow-motion sports photography
tracking shots
premiereDate 1938-04-20
premiereLocation Berlin
producer Leni Riefenstahl
productionCompany Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
surface form: Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda
publicationDate 1938
releaseFormat black-and-white film
runningTime approximately 220 minutes
setInPeriod Nazi Germany
subject 1936 Summer Olympics
timePeriodDepicted 1936

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1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) notableFor Leni Riefenstahl’s film Olympia
subject surface form: 1936 Summer Olympics