Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 3
Its director stated on the record that "anyone who maintains that everything I did was governed by the spirit of the National Socialists has misunderstood me completely, My films were about athletic…" 1. Its narrative-universality assessment registers 8 of 10 2. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 9 of 100 3. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for Black 4.
- 1Creator statementdirector: "Anyone who maintains that everything I did was governed by the spirit of the National Socialists has misunderstood me completely. My films were about athletic beauty and the human form, not political…"TIME Magazine, August 2002 source ↗
- 2Narrative universalityNarrative universality 8 of 10; identity centrality incidental.WhatSphere content assessment. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
- 3Content balanceAdvocacy 9 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
- 4RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: Black 79.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1
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Starting with a long and lyrical overture, evoking the origins of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece, Riefenstahl covers twenty-one athletic events in the first half of this two-part love letter to the human body and spirit, culminating with the marathon, where Jesse Owens became the first track and field athlete to win four gold medals in a single Olympics.
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Advocacy Over Time in Documentary
The average advocacy score of Documentary titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.
| Year | Average advocacy | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| 1905 | 0 | 5 |
| 1938 | 5 | 2 |
| 1967 | 3 | 2 |
| 1968 | 5 | 2 |
| 1970 | 2 | 3 |
| 1971 | 0 | 2 |
| 1974 | 0 | 3 |
| 1975 | 6 | 3 |
| 1985 | 0 | 2 |
| 1989 | 0 | 3 |
| 1990 | 0 | 2 |
| 1992 | 0 | 3 |
| 1994 | 0 | 3 |
| 1996 | 0 | 4 |
| 1997 | 0 | 5 |
| 1999 | 2 | 7 |
| 2001 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002 | 1 | 11 |
| 2003 | 2 | 15 |
| 2004 | 1 | 9 |
| 2005 | 3 | 11 |
| 2006 | 1 | 20 |
| 2007 | 2 | 9 |
| 2008 | 2 | 13 |
| 2009 | 0 | 5 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 9 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 8 |
| 2014 | 0 | 5 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 12 |
| 2019 | 0 | 7 |
| 2020 | 1 | 17 |
| 2021 | 3 | 6 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2 |
| This title (1938) | 9 | 1 |
● This title (1938): advocacy 9 · explore Documentary →
Cast & Crew
Albert Schattmann (director) · Albert Höcht (director)
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