Olympia

E79197
German film black-and-white film documentary film sports film

Olympia is a 1938 German documentary film directed by Leni Riefenstahl that chronicles the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games and is renowned both for its pioneering cinematic techniques and its association with Nazi propaganda.

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Olympia canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German film ⓘ
black-and-white film ⓘ
documentary film ⓘ
sports film ⓘ
associatedWith Nazi Germany ⓘ
Nazi propaganda ⓘ
awardReceived Coppa Mussolini for Best Foreign Film ⓘ
cinematography Hans Ertl ⓘ
Walter Frentz ⓘ
commissionedBy Nazi Germany ⓘ
surface form: Nazi government
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
depicts Olympic Games ⓘ
athletics ⓘ
diving ⓘ
gymnastics ⓘ
track and field ⓘ
director Leni Riefenstahl ⓘ
distributor Tobis Film ⓘ
editedBy Leni Riefenstahl ⓘ
Paul Falkenberg ⓘ
features National Olympic Committee of Germany ⓘ
surface form: German Olympic team

Jesse Owens ⓘ
Luz Long ⓘ
filmingTechnique slow motion ⓘ
tracking shots ⓘ
underwater photography ⓘ
unusual camera angles ⓘ
genre documentary ⓘ
propaganda film ⓘ
hasPart Olympia Part One: Festival of Nations ⓘ
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty ⓘ
influenced documentary filmmaking techniques ⓘ
modern sports broadcasting ⓘ
musicBy Herbert Windt ⓘ
notableFor aestheticization of the athletic body ⓘ
innovative editing ⓘ
pioneering sports cinematography ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
premiereDate 1938-04-20 ⓘ
producer Leni Riefenstahl ⓘ
productionCompany Leni Riefenstahl-Produktion ⓘ
publicationDate 1938 ⓘ
releaseFormat two-part film ⓘ
runtime approximately 220 minutes ⓘ
screenedAt Venice Film Festival ⓘ
screenwriter Leni Riefenstahl ⓘ
setting Berlin ⓘ
subject 1936 Summer Olympics ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted 1936 ⓘ

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Leni Riefenstahl → notableWork → Olympia ⓘ
Leni Riefenstahl → directed → Olympia ⓘ
Helene → notableWork → Olympia ⓘ
subject surface form: Helene "Leni" Riefenstahl
Olympia Part One: Festival of Nations → partOf → Olympia ⓘ
Hans Ertl → notableWork → Olympia ⓘ
Hans Ertl → workedOn → Olympia ⓘ
Leni Riefenstahl-Produktion → notableWorkProduced → Olympia ⓘ
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty → partOf → Olympia ⓘ
Sepp Allgeier → notableWork → Olympia ⓘ
Sepp Allgeier → workedOn → Olympia ⓘ