Live stream preview

Watch this video and more on The Criterion Channel

Watch this video and more on The Criterion Channel

Start your free trial

Already subscribed? Sign in

100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012

Sensation of the Century

2h 36m

Up Next in 100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012

  • 13 Days in France

    Directed by Claude Lelouch and François Reichenbach • 1968 • France

    13 DAYS IN FRANCE, a personal project for French filmmaker Claude Lelouch, approaches the X Olympic Winter Games in a radical way, ignoring certain disciplines and dwelling on others. This impressionistic kaleidoscope of a movie...

  • Snows of Grenoble

    Directed by Jacques Ertaud and Jean-Jacques Languepin • 1968 • France

    SNOWS OF GRENOBLE, which covers the 1968 Olympic Winter Games in Grenoble, is wide-ranging in its coverage, though it strives to capture the kinetic energy of the Games rather than attempting a detailed analysis, making viewer...

  • The Olympics in Mexico

    Directed by Alberto Isaac • 1969 • Mexico

    Mexican former Olympic swimmer Alberto Isaac's record of the Mexico City Olympic Games is a celebration not of national achievement (very few national anthems are heard during the film), but of individual heroism. This thoughtful and comprehensive film b...