The Olympic Dream: 1936 Nazi Games

• 6.5 Documentary
• 2016-01-11
• 53 minutes mins

Leni Riefenstahl's flamboyant Nazi aesthetics shaped the public image of the 1936 Olympics. Never before had sports and politics been mixed. Through archive photos and reconstructions, we get a closer look into the historical propaganda show.

Starring:

Simon Schwarz (Wolfgang Fürstner) Sandra von Ruffin (Gretel Bergmann) Gotthard Lange (Wolf-Heinrich von Helldorff) Theresa Scholze (Leonie Fürstner) Annina Hellenthal (Elfriede Kaun) Paul Faßnacht (Edwin Bergmann) Christian Hockenbrink (Carl Diem) Mateusz Dopieralski (Joachim Seyppel)

Director:

Mira Thiel Florian Huber

Writer:

Florian Huber Mira Thiel