Olympic Games/ Summer, 1936/ Berlin/ Riefenstahl/ - Lot 131

Olympic Games/ Summer, 1936/ Berlin/ Riefenstahl/ Leni Riefensthal (1902-2003) Set of 4 official items (original book, poster, two distribution flyers) based on Leni Riefenstahl's great Olympic film: "Schönheit im Olympischen Kampf" by L.R. 1937. Without dust jacket, but with beautiful red cloth cover. In his introduction, Rieffenstahl mentions Owens, Gestring... The first 247 pages are photos of the beauty of the Reich's ancient works of art, of ancient Greece and the Games, and of course of the Games themselves, featuring Lovelock, Son, or hammer thrower Hein (bib 882), the last 30 pages give an overview of the technical discoveries of the film's operators and technicians. 282P, 23.5 x 21 cm; b) framed black-and-white film poster: "Olympia fest der Voekler" by Leni Riefenstahl, Tobis, featuring hammer thrower Hein (882), 28.5 x 20 cm; c) two flyers about the film, Film Kurier (4 p each, heavily illustrated), "Olympiade Berlin", the crowned athlete, "Olympia" the three swimmers.