Poster for The Olympic Summer

The Olympic Summer

1993 85 min

In 1936 Nazi Germany, a young, innocent apprentice, full of Olympic fever, leaves his rural village to see the ceremonies in Berlin. Upon arriving in the capitol, he meets a widow and a relationship blossoms. They spend an idyllic summer at her lakeside home, but the forces of totalitarianism cannot be held at bay and soon invade their lives.

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director Gordian Maugg

writers Anne Thiele, Gordian Maugg, Günther Rücker

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