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OLYMPIA - Photographs (25), Color Transparencies (2), and Programs (2) (6" x 7.5" up to 9.5" x 11.7

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:1,250.00 USD Estimated At:2,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD
OLYMPIA - Photographs (25), Color Transparencies (2), and Programs (2)  (6  x 7.5  up to 9.5  x 11.7
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OLYMPIA

Photographs (25), Color Transparencies (2), and Programs (2) (6" x 7.5" up to 9.5" x 11.75"); Country-of-Origin
Very Fine+
Tobis-Filmverleih, 1938

German director Leni Riefenstahl documented the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin in a two-part epic. This group consists of nineteen 9.5" x 11.75" black-and-white double-weight photographs (which includes one duplicate, the majority of which have a rubber credits stamp on the verso), one 6" x 7.5" double-weight black-and-white photograph, one 6.5" x 9" double-weight black-and-white photograph, three 7" x 9" double-weight black-and-white photographs, one 7" x 9.5" double-weight black-and-white photograph, two 9.25" x 11.5" color transparencies and two 7.25" x 10.5" 4-page programs for Parts I and 2 of the film, respectively.

"Olympia," set in Berlin's Olympic Stadium, captures the iconic 1936 Summer Olympics where Jesse Owens achieved global fame. Leni Riefenstahl, with a substantial budget, documented the event in a groundbreaking manner, employing cutting-edge and occasionally novel cinematographic techniques, including tracking shots, smash cuts, underwater filming, and distinctive camera angles. "Olympia" stands as a seminal documentary, renowned for its controversy and influence.

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