Olympia

1938 black-and-white Nazi propaganda documentary film, written, directed and produced by Leni Riefenstahl, about the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin
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Olympia is a documentary film and propaganda film. The film is classified under two genres: documentary film and propaganda film [1][2].

Olympia

Summary

Olympia is a film[1]. Olympia ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (383 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Olympia's image is recorded as Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1988-106-29, Leni Riefenstahl bei Dreharbeiten.jpg[3].
  • Olympia's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • Olympia's instance of is recorded as film duology[5].
  • Olympia's director is recorded as Leni Riefenstahl[6].
  • Olympia's screenwriter is recorded as Leni Riefenstahl[7].
  • Olympia's composer is recorded as Herbert Windt[8].
  • Olympia's genre is recorded as documentary film[9].
  • Olympia's genre is recorded as propaganda film[10].
  • Olympia's based on is recorded as 1936 Summer Olympics[11].
  • Olympia's producer is recorded as Leni Riefenstahl[12].
  • Olympia's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 208328462[13].
  • Olympia's GND ID is recorded as 4324728-3[14].
  • Olympia's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85374908[15].
  • Olympia's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 137481224[16].
  • Olympia's IdRef ID is recorded as 196299977[17].
  • Olympia's director of photography is recorded as Paul Holzki[18].
  • Olympia's director of photography is recorded as Wilfried Basse[19].
  • Olympia's director of photography is recorded as Hans Ertl[20].
  • Olympia's director of photography is recorded as Walter Frentz[21].
  • Olympia's director of photography is recorded as Hans Karl Gottschalk[22].
  • Olympia's director of photography is recorded as Richard Groschopp[23].
  • Olympia's director of photography is recorded as Willy Hameister[24].
  • Olympia's director of photography is recorded as Walter Hege[25].
  • Olympia's director of photography is recorded as Albert Höcht[26].
  • Olympia's director of photography is recorded as Carl Junghans[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Olympia's producer is recorded as Leni Riefenstahl[12]. Olympia's director is recorded as Leni Riefenstahl[6]. Olympia's screenwriter is recorded as Leni Riefenstahl[7].

Publication

Olympia's publication date is recorded as +1938-01-01T00:00:00Z[28]. Olympia's original language of film or TV show is recorded as German[29]. Genres include documentary film[9] and propaganda film[10].

Subject and Themes

Olympia's main subject is recorded as Olympic Games[30].

Reception

Reviews include 8.1/10[31], 7.3/10[32], and 80%[33].

Why It Matters

Olympia ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (383 views/month).[2] Olympia has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Olympia is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . nytimes.com. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . wikidata.org.
  27. [31] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [33] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.
  31. [30] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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