---
title: 'Olympia (1938)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Leni Riefenstahl'
released: '1938-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 226
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'German Reich'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/olympia-1938'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030522/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Olympia (1938)

1938 · 226 min · Documentary · German Reich


## Synopsis

Olympia is a 1938 German propaganda and documentary film written, directed and produced by Leni Riefenstahl, which documented the 1936 Summer Olympics, held in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin during the Nazi period. The film was released in two parts: Olympia 1. Teil — Fest der Völker and Olympia 2. Teil — Fest der Schönheit. The 1936 Summer Olympics torch relay, as devised for the Games by the secretary general of the Organizing Committee, Dr. Carl Diem, is shown in the film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Leni Riefenstahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/leni-riefenstahl)
- **Screenplay:** [Leni Riefenstahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/leni-riefenstahl)
- **Producer:** [Leni Riefenstahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/leni-riefenstahl)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Herbert Windt](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-windt)
- **Director of Photography:** [Walter Frentz](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-frentz), [Willy Zielke](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-zielke), [Willy Hameister](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-hameister), [Hans Ertl](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-ertl), [Sepp Ketterer](https://cinepixo.com/people/sepp-ketterer), [Wilfried Basse](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilfried-basse), [Paul Holzki](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-holzki), [Andor von Barsy](https://cinepixo.com/people/andor-von-barsy)

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