The Olympic Summer
(Der Olympische Sommer)

Screening on Film

Directed by Gordian Maugg.
With Jost Gerstein, Verena Plangger, Otto Ruck.
Germany, 1992, 35mm, black & white, 85 min.

A tale of lost innocence and a reflection on the relationship between the historical and the personal, this story of a young man and his affair with a wealthy widow in Berlin takes us from the Olympic summer of 1936 to the end of the Second World War. The film’s visually arresting world was created through the use of a hand-cranked Askania camera manufactured in 1927 as well as through vintage shooting and editing techniques and rare archival footage. Completely narrated and devoid of any dialogue, The Olympic Summer is a unique work and a true labor of love.