Olympia :

Duration: 97

Year Published: 19--

Creator: the film of the XI. Olympic Games Berlin 1936, Part II produced by Leni Riefenstahl.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Riefenstahl, Leni.; Windt, Herbert, 1894-1965.; University of California (System). Extension Media Center.

Description: Release title in Germany: Olympia 2. Teil--Fest der Schönheit.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CUY.; Music by Herbert Windt.; After being commissioned by the 1936 Olympic committee to create a feature film of the Berlin Olympics, Riefenstahl made a film that celebrates the human body by combining the poetry of bodies in motion with close-ups of athletes in the heat of competition. Part II includes field hockey, polo, soccer, aquatic sports, bicycling, sailing and rowing events as well as the marathon race and the thrilling decathlon where American Glen Morris won the title of the greatest all-around athlete in the world.; PFA 1620-01-11894. D0004; English narration.; PFA 1620-01-11894. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2004/9/ 7 good; light scratches CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: January 12, 2006 same.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE