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Title:

Olympia [videorecording] / A Pathfinder Home Entertainment release ; a Leni Riefenstahl film ; written, produced and directed by Leni Riefenstahl.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Pathfinder Home Entertainment,

Copyright Date:

1938, c2006

Description:

2 videodisc (ca. 204 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Olympic Games--(11th :--1936 :--Berlin, Germany)
Documentary films--Germany--20th century.
Documentary videos.
Sports videos.
Documentary.
Sports (Nonfiction)

Other Authors:

Riefenstahl, Leni.
Ertl, Hans.
Windt, Herbert, 1894-1965.
Pathfinder Home Entertainment (Firm)

Notes:

Originally released in Germany in 1938 by Tobis. Special features: Deleted scene: "Olympia Oath," alternate scenes ; Essay by film historian David Calvert Smith. Biography of Leni Riefenstahl, short film "Jugend der Welt," official documentary of the 1936 Winter Olympics at Garmisch-Partenkirchen ; "Die Kamera fahrt mit", 1936 documentary by Bavaria-Filmkunst featuring footage from Leni Riefenstahl's films "Olympia" and "Triumph of the will".

Contents:

Disc 2: Olympia. 2. Teil : Fest der Schönheit = Part 2 : Festival of beauty. Disc 2: Olympia. 2. Teil : Fest der Schönheit = Part 2 : Festival of beauty.

Summary:

The first of two films made to record the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin. Although controversial for its ties to, and representation of National Socialism, it is considered by many to be a brilliant and ground-breaking sports documentary.

Series:

The Leni Riefenstahl archival collection

UPC:

825307915990

Locations:

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)