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I purchased this version of Olympia and wanted to see many different ones because I was so inspired by the film . I also purchased a version by Art Haus on the German Amazon site amazon.de and another one by germanwarfilms.com that claims to have directly transfered it from a 16mm film . I used google translate when I purchased the one on the German Amazon site and can tell you this one has the best film quality of the three. But it all rests on what you want . If you want the absolute best quality get the Art Haus one.It has 3 discs and has Leni Riefenstahls African film features she shot in Africa.It also has her in an underwater film she made .But beware it is in the PAL format and will not play on a regular DVD player from the USA. I have a Philips Model # DVP5990 DVD Player that plays PAL DVDS on all regions that I paid about $75 for.I think I bought it online and it works great putting everything in 1080p if you want to go that route . Also there are no English Subtitles . Everything is in German . It cost $48 shipping included and took a little over a week to get to Tennessee from Germany.
The one from germanwarfilms.com is my favorite.It does not have all the extra stuff but I like the way it was put together ,so simple with a good film transfer .You feel the films essence in this one. It has English Subtitles. The Art Haus film quality is a 10 and this one a 7 and the Pathfinder a 5.
I like the Pathfinder version though for the many additional film clips such as some winter olympic footage ,boxing and fencing . It shows Hitler in the snow and has other clips that are not in any of the other ones. Has footage of thousands of athletes exercising at the same time.It has women doing exercises with what looks like bowling pins. It also has English subtitles.Best complete footage ,worst transfer . But I recommend them all . I watch all 3 from time to time to see the different features.
My Grandfather was 34 years old when this film was made and I can see the honesty and innocence of his generation. Everyone at the events wore suites and ties and the ladys wore dresses. There was no corporate sponsers advertisements in your face and no nike swimsuits. They put a wreath around their heads and the Lady athletes got a tree plant presented to them no doubt to take home and plant to grow and remember the event for years to come . All the boats were identical in the race and so was the bicycles . You had to be the better athlete to win in those days not a better boat or bicycle builder getting the advantage on lighter materials.
So nice to watch , and so nice of them to salute the beauty of the youth of our world at that time. Enjoy !
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