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The Grand Olympics (1961)
Directed by Romolo Marcellini
“The most colorful pageant of sports in film!”
Documentary · 2h 22m
Events and athletes that 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.
Cast
Jesse Owens
Bing Crosby
Rafer Johnson
John XXIII.
Constantine II of Greece
Crew
- Director
- Romolo Marcellini
- Director of Photography
- Mario Fioretti, Aldo Alessandri, Francesco Attenni, Libio Bartoli, Cesare Colò, Mario Damicelli, Renato del Frate, Angelo Filippini, Angelo Jannarelli, Luigi Kuveiller, Emanuel Lomiry, Angelo Lotti, Masino Manunza, Erico Menczer, Ugo Nudi, Emanuele Piccirilli, Marco Scarpelli, Antonio Secchi, Renato Sinistri, Vittorio della Valle, Carlo Ventimiglia, Fausto Zuccoli
- Original Music Composer
- Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, Armando Trovajoli
- Editor
- Mario Serandrei, Jolanda Benvenuti, Alberto Verdejo
Details
- Original title
- La grande olimpiade
- Release date
- 1961-05-26
- Runtime
- 2h 22m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- IT
- Spoken languages
- Italian
- Countries
- Italy
- Production
- Istituto Luce Cinecittà, CONI