Note: Although made by the Nazi party's propaganda wing, this film was made with the help of major Hollywood studios as revealed in the opening credits. This minor masterpiece of documentary cinema by Herbert Brieger and Carl Junghans stands alongside the best work by fellow German Leni Reifensthal of OLYMPIAD fame. Nachdem das Blatt von seiner Grndung 19 das Zentralorgan der FDJ in der DDR war und nach der Wende zunchst ein breiteres Spektrum vom Reformsozialismus bis zu orthodoxem Marxismus abdeckte, verengte sich die Blattlinie ab 1997 auf Antiimperialismus und. During the bobsled competition the crowd can be heard to chant "U.S.A.!, U.S.A.! " While viewing this film, I got the impression that Olympic athletes from that era were more heroic than today's in that their equipment was more primitive and conditions more difficult and dangerous. Die junge Welt (jW) ist eine berregionale deutsche Tageszeitung.Sie versteht sich als unabhngiges, marxistisches Medium. The soundtrack is made up of triumphant orchestral music and the roar of on-looking spectators. The film contains no dialogue, only occasional on-screen titles in German. Later on, there is equally impressive cross-cutting from airborne hawks to ski jumpers "flying" through the air. ![]() Most impressive is the quick cutting in the cross-country ski sequences which make several skiers appear to be one. From its ominous opening credit sequence involving beautiful tracking shots through snowy villages to its very creative rhythmic editing, this film has incredible impact. If you can put the offensive swastika-laden propagandistic elements aside, you will discover a masterful little film on the winter Olympics of 1936.
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