Olympia is a 1938 German 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.
Part 1 poster
Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl was a German film director, photographer and actress known for producing Nazi propaganda.
Riefenstahl in a 1930s postcard honoring her for the propaganda film Olympia
Riefenstahl (right) in Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit (1925)
Riefenstahl stands near Heinrich Himmler while instructing her camera crew at Nuremberg, 1934.
Riefenstahl and a camera crew stand in front of Hitler's car during the 1934 rally in Nuremberg.