Youth of the World (1936)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
German documentary covering the 1936 Winter Olympics sets its site on cross-country skiing, bobsleding and airborne ski jumping. This 27-minute short is included on Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia disc and it's really hard to pay too much attention to this compared to that other masterpiece. Having watched the Riefenstahl film first, this movie comes off really ugly with shaky camera-work and some really bad editing, which appears to have been done by a kid with scissors. Even though the film isn't too pretty it remains interesting due to the sports. The most interesting scenes involve the bobsled teams who often find themselves crashing on the ramp. I'm guessing there was something wrong with the ramp because at least three teams crash and seem to be injured, although nothing is ever said about their condition. There are quite a few shots of Hitler and various other Nazi items.
** 1/2 (out of 4)
German documentary covering the 1936 Winter Olympics sets its site on cross-country skiing, bobsleding and airborne ski jumping. This 27-minute short is included on Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia disc and it's really hard to pay too much attention to this compared to that other masterpiece. Having watched the Riefenstahl film first, this movie comes off really ugly with shaky camera-work and some really bad editing, which appears to have been done by a kid with scissors. Even though the film isn't too pretty it remains interesting due to the sports. The most interesting scenes involve the bobsled teams who often find themselves crashing on the ramp. I'm guessing there was something wrong with the ramp because at least three teams crash and seem to be injured, although nothing is ever said about their condition. There are quite a few shots of Hitler and various other Nazi items.