Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty

Commissioned to make a propaganda film about the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, director Leni Riefenstahl created a celebration of the human form. Where the two-part epic's first half, Festival of the Nations, focused on the international aspects of the 1936 Olympic Games held in Berlin, part two, The Festival of Beauty, concentrates on individual athletes such as equestrians, gymnasts, and swimmers, climaxing with American Glenn Morris' performance in the decathalon and the games' majestic closing ceremonies.

Documentary

Sheigo Arai

(Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited))

Albert Bachmann

(Self - Gymnastics, Switzerland (uncredited))

Daniel Barrow

(Self - Single Sculls Rower, USA (uncredited))

Jack Beresford

(Self - Rower, Britain (uncredited))

Ralf Berzsenyi

(Self - Small-Bore Rifle, Hungary (uncredited))

Ferenc Csík

(Self - Swimmer, Hungary (uncredited))

Richard Degener

(Self - Springboard Diver, USA (uncredited))

Willemijntje den Ouden

(Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited))

Charles des Jammonières

(Self - Free Pistol, France (uncredited))

Velma Dunn

(Self - Platfom Diver, USA (uncredited))

Konrad Frey

(Self - Gymnastics, Germany (uncredited))

Marjorie Gestring

(Self - Springboard Diver, USA (uncredited))

Albert Greene

(Self - Springboard Diver, USA (uncredited))

Tetsuo Hamuro

(Self - 1st Place: 200m Breaststroke, Japan (uncredited))

Josef Hasenöhrl

(Self - Single Sculls Rower, Austria (uncredited))

Heinz Hax

(Self - Rapid-Fire Pistol, Germany (uncredited))

Adolf Hitler

(Self (uncredited))

Alois Hudec

(Self - Gymnastics, Czechoslovakia (uncredited))

Cornelius Johnson

(Self - High Jump Winner (uncredited))

Wladyslaw Karas

(Self - Small-Bore Rifle, Poland (uncredited))

Adolph Kiefer

(Self - Swimmer, USA (uncredited))

Masaji Kiyokawa

(Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited))

Reizô Koike

(Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited))

Erich Krempel

(Self - Free Pistol, Germany (uncredited))

Käthe Köhler

(Self - Platform Diver, Germany (uncredited))

Paul Laven

(Narrator (uncredited))

Eugen Mack

(Self - Gymnastics, Switzerland (uncredited))

Hideko Maehata

(Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited))

Shōzō Makino

(Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited))

Rie Mastenbroek

(Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited))

Jack Medica

(Self - Swimmer, USA (uncredited))

Glenn Morris

(Self - Decathlon, USA (uncredited))

Dorothy Poynton

(Self - Diver, USA (uncredited))

Katherine Rawls

(Self - Springboard Diver, USA (uncredited))

Michael Reusch

(Self - Gymnastics, Switzerland (uncredited))

Elbert Root

(Self - Platform Diver, USA (uncredited))

Willy Rögeberg

(Self - Small-Bore Rifle, Norway (uncredited))

Aleksanteri Saavala

(Self - Gymastics, Finland (uncredited))

Alfred Schwarzmann

(Self - Gymnastics, Germany (uncredited))

Gustav Schäfer

(Self - Single Sculls Rower, Germany (uncredited))

Johanna Selbach

(Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited))

Neda Senff

(Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited))

Erwin Sietas

(Self - Swimmer, Germany (uncredited))

Herman Stork

(Self - Platform Diver, USA (uncredited))

Leon Stukelji

(Self - Gymnastics, Yugoslavia (uncredited))

Shigeo Sugiura

(Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited))

Masaharu Taguchi

(Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited))

Noboru Terada

(Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited))

Torsten Ullman

(Self - Shooting Competitor, Sweden (uncredited))

Shunpei Utô

(Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited))

Albert van den Weghe

(Self - Swimmer, USA (uncredited))

Cornelius van Oyen

(Self - Rapid-Fire Pistol, Germany (uncredited))

Matthias Volz

(Self - Gymnastics, Germany (uncredited))

Conrad von Wangenheim

(Self - Steeplechase, Germany (uncredited))

Catherina Wagner

(Self - Swimmer, Holland (uncredited))

Josef Walter

(Self - Gymnastics, Switzerland (uncredited))

Marshall Wayne

(Self - Diver, USA (uncredited))

Rolf Wernicke

(Narrator (uncredited))

Masanori Yusa

(Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited))