Olympia Part One: Festival of Nations

E287074

documentary film sports documentary film

Olympia Part One: Festival of Nations is the first part of Leni Riefenstahl’s 1938 documentary film about the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, focusing on the international athletes and opening ceremonies.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Olympia Part One: Festival of Nations canonical	2
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations	2
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty	1
Olympia film	1
Olympia. 1. Teil – Fest der Völker	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2650933 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Olympia Part One: Festival of Nations
Context triple: [Olympia, hasPart, Olympia Part One: Festival of Nations]

A. Autumn of Nations
Autumn of Nations is a term for the wave of largely peaceful anti-communist revolutions across Central and Eastern Europe in 1989 that led to the collapse of Soviet influence and the end of the Cold War era in the region.
B. Springtime of Nations
The Springtime of Nations refers to the wave of liberal and nationalist uprisings that swept across much of Europe in 1848, challenging conservative monarchies and demanding political and social reforms.
C. Einheitsfeier
Einheitsfeier is the central official ceremony held each year to commemorate German reunification and celebrate the Day of German Unity.
D. Instruments of Unity
Instruments of Unity are the four key consultative and coordinating bodies that help maintain cohesion and shared identity across the worldwide Anglican Communion.
E. Ouranoupoli
Ouranoupoli is a coastal village in northern Greece that serves as the main gateway to the monastic community of Mount Athos.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Olympia Part One: Festival of Nations
Target entity description: Olympia Part One: Festival of Nations is the first part of Leni Riefenstahl’s 1938 documentary film about the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, focusing on the international athletes and opening ceremonies.

A. Autumn of Nations
Autumn of Nations is a term for the wave of largely peaceful anti-communist revolutions across Central and Eastern Europe in 1989 that led to the collapse of Soviet influence and the end of the Cold War era in the region.
B. Springtime of Nations
The Springtime of Nations refers to the wave of liberal and nationalist uprisings that swept across much of Europe in 1848, challenging conservative monarchies and demanding political and social reforms.
C. Einheitsfeier
Einheitsfeier is the central official ceremony held each year to commemorate German reunification and celebrate the Day of German Unity.
D. Instruments of Unity
Instruments of Unity are the four key consultative and coordinating bodies that help maintain cohesion and shared identity across the worldwide Anglican Communion.
E. Ouranoupoli
Ouranoupoli is a coastal village in northern Greece that serves as the main gateway to the monastic community of Mount Athos.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	documentary film ⓘ sports documentary film ⓘ
associatedWith	Nazi Germany ⓘ propaganda in Nazi Germany ⓘ
awardReceived	Coppa Mussolini for Best Foreign Film at Venice Film Festival ⓘ linked to: Coppa Mussolini for Best Foreign Film
basedOn	1936 Summer Olympics ⓘ linked to: 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin)
cinematography	Leni Riefenstahl ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
depicts	Olympic opening ceremony ⓘ linked to: Olympic Games opening ceremonies lighting of the Olympic flame ⓘ parade of nations ⓘ
director	Leni Riefenstahl ⓘ
distributor	Tobis Film ⓘ
editedBy	Leni Riefenstahl ⓘ
filmingLocation	Berlin ⓘ Olympiastadion Berlin ⓘ
filmingTechnique	aerial photography ⓘ multiple camera angles ⓘ underwater photography ⓘ
focusesOn	international athletes ⓘ opening ceremonies ⓘ
follows	events of the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games ⓘ
genre	documentary ⓘ sports film ⓘ
hasColor	black-and-white ⓘ
hasPart	sequences of athletic competitions ⓘ
hasSequel	Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty ⓘ
musicBy	Herbert Windt ⓘ
notableFor	aestheticized portrayal of athletes ⓘ innovative sports cinematography ⓘ slow-motion techniques ⓘ tracking shots ⓘ
originalLanguage	German ⓘ
originalTitle	Olympia. 1. Teil – Fest der Völker ⓘ linked to: Olympia Part One: Festival of Nations
partOf	Olympia ⓘ
partOfSeries	Olympia film ⓘ linked to: Olympia Part One: Festival of Nations
producer	Leni Riefenstahl ⓘ
productionCompany	Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda ⓘ linked to: Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
publicationYear	1938 ⓘ
releaseCountry	Germany ⓘ
releaseDate	1938-04-20 ⓘ
runtimeApproxMinutes	115 ⓘ
screenedAt	Venice Film Festival ⓘ
setInPeriod	1936 ⓘ
subject	1936 Summer Olympics ⓘ linked to: 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) Olympic Games ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted	Nazi era Germany ⓘ linked to: Nazi Germany
titleLanguage	English ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Olympia → hasPart → Olympia Part One: Festival of Nations ⓘ

subject linked to: Leni Riefenstahl’s film Olympia

Olympia → hasPart → Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty ⓘ

subject linked to: Leni Riefenstahl’s film Olympia