

Starting with a long and lyrical overture, evoking the origins of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece, Riefenstahl covers twenty-one athletic events in the first half of this two-part love letter to the human body and spirit, culminating with the marathon, where Jesse Owens became the first track and field athlete to win four gold medals in a single Olympics.
Leni Riefenstahl

Henri de Baillet-Latour
Self (uncredited)

Philip Edwards
Self (uncredited)

Donald Finlay
Self (uncredited)
Tilly Fleischer
Self (uncredited)
Wilhelm Frick
Self (uncredited)