Production Companies

Taglicht Media, Pre TV, ZDF, ORF

Overview

"A story of how the Nazis and the IOC turned a small sports event into the modern Olympics."

The film chronicles the story of how the Nazis and the IOC turned, to their mutual benefit, a small sports event into the modern Olympics. The grand themes and controversial issues from the 1936 Games have continued to this day: Monumentality, budget overruns, collusion with authoritarian regimes, corruption and sometimes even bribery.