Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
1938·Documentary·1h 44m
7.1
★
Part two of Leni Riefenstahl's monumental examination of the 1938 Olympic Games, the cameras leave the main stadium and venture into the many halls and fields deployed for such sports as fencing, polo, cycling, and the modern pentathlon, which was won by American Glenn Morris.
Directed by Leni Riefenstahl
nazi
sports
olympic games
gymnastics
nationalism
national socialism
national socialist party
olympia
woman director
nsdap (nazi party)
poetic documentary
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Cast
Jack Beresford
Self - Rower, Britain (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
Self (uncredited)
Shōzō Makino
Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)
Crew
Leni Riefenstahl
Director
Leni Riefenstahl
Writer
Leni Riefenstahl
Editor
Willy Zielke
Director of Photography
Richard Groschopp
Director of Photography
Leni Riefenstahl
Producer
Popular Reviews
20 reviews
Kian Roberts
A bit better than the first, mainly because it's shorter. Still 1h 44m of Nazi propaganda and athletic bullshit. Two of my least favourite things. Shite.
A bit better than the first, mainly because it's shorter. Still 1h 44m of Nazi propaganda and athletic bullshit. Two of my least favourite things. Shite.
Lucas Ernstberger
8.0★ · 08/05/25
The diving segments were pretty solid. This was, to me, more dull than the first installment, but had some great moments like that. Breathtaking truly.
I also loved how that one Dutch horse refused to hope the fence into the trench.
I also loved how that one Dutch horse refused to hope the fence into the trench.
The diving segments were pretty solid. This was, to me, more dull than the first installment, but had some great moments like that. Breathtaking truly.
I also loved how that one Dutch horse refused to hope the fence into the trench.
I also loved how that one Dutch horse refused to hope the fence into the trench.
Erik Olsson
8.0★ · 01/07/25
The last time I watched this much mildly erotic slow motion footage of extremely muscular men, it was a Zack Snyder movie. Also, does this count as female gaze? Nazi female gaze? I hate the questions these movies make me ask...
The last time I watched this much mildly erotic slow motion footage of extremely muscular men, it was a Zack Snyder movie. Also, does this count as female gaze? Nazi female gaze? I hate the questions these movies make me ask...
Devin Esser
8.0★ · 04/27/23
Week 4 of 10 of 10 weeks of film history
The second part of Olympia is just a continuation of the previous part of the film so the review will stay short here but again the movie is engaging for what it is and the cinematography is incredible, just obviously has hints of the terrible things happening behind smiles in berlin at the time.
84/100
The second part of Olympia is just a continuation of the previous part of the film so the review will stay short here but again the movie is engaging for what it is and the cinematography is incredible, just obviously has hints of the terrible things happening behind smiles in berlin at the time.
84/100
Week 4 of 10 of 10 weeks of film history
The second part of Olympia is just a continuation of the previous part of the film so the review will stay short here but again the movie is engaging for what it is and the cinematography is incredible, just obviously has hints of the terrible things happening behind smiles in berlin at the time.
84/100
The second part of Olympia is just a continuation of the previous part of the film so the review will stay short here but again the movie is engaging for what it is and the cinematography is incredible, just obviously has hints of the terrible things happening behind smiles in berlin at the time.
84/100
Gamias
8.0★ · 01/31/22
Fuck the Nazis part 2, but "Festival of Beauty" was just pure art and beauty. It is also quite an irony that she is the best female director lol
Fuck the Nazis part 2, but "Festival of Beauty" was just pure art and beauty. It is also quite an irony that she is the best female director lol