A Leni Riefensthal production of the documentary of the 1936 Berlin Olympic games, the greatest sports documentary ever produced.
It was the first documentary feature film of the Olympic Games ever made. Many advanced motion picture techniques, which later became industry standards but which were groundbreaking at the time, were employed —including unusual camera angles, smash cuts, extreme close-ups, placing tracking shot rails within the bleachers, and the like—all techniques now widely used by movie makers all over the world.
The film appears on many lists of the greatest films of all-time, including Time magazine’s “All-Time 100 Movies.”
Olympia set the precedent for future films documenting and glorifying the Olympic Games, particularly the Summer Games. The 1936 Summer Olympics torch relay was devised by the German sports official Dr. Carl Diem for these Olympic Games in Berlin. Riefenstahl later staged the torch relay for this film, as with competitive events of the Games.
Below please choose the desired format (DVD or VHS) and which parts you like to order (either of them or both).
DVD or VHS, Part I: 111 min.; Part 2: 90 min
