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Director
  
Romolo Marcellini

Genres
  
Documentary, Sports

Language
  
Italian

6.6/10
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Duration
  

Country
  
Italy

The Grand Olympics movie poster

Cast
  
Wilma Rudolph

Writer
  
Nicolo Ferrari
,
Daniele G. Luisi
,
Romolo Marcellini

Release date
  
May 26, 1961 (1961-05-26)

Nominations
  
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

Similar movies
  
Tokyo Olympiad (1965)

The Grand Olympics (Italian: La grande olimpiade) is a 1961 Italian documentary film, directed by Romolo Marcellini, made in 1961. It was nominated as Best Documentary Feature at 34th Academy Awards in 1961.

Contents

The Grand Olympics The Grand Olympics 1961 IMDb

Plot

142 minutes of the film speak of events and athletes that have characterized the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. From the absolute protagonist Wilma Rudolph, called the black gazelle, to Livio Berruti, the first white to win the 200 meters, to the deeds of Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila, who won the marathon racing barefoot.

Other Official Films of the Olympic Games

  • Olympia (1938), directed by Leni Riefenstahl about Berlin 1936
  • Tokyo Olympiad (1965), directed by Kon Ichikawa about Tokyo 1964
  • 16 Days of Glory (1986), directed by Bud Greenspan about Los Angeles 1984

    • References

    The Grand Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    The Grand Olympics IMDb The Grand Olympics themoviedb.org


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