The Olympics in Mexico

1969 2h 40m ES

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★6.1TMDB · 7

Documentary

Synopsis

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Documentary about the XIX Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 1999.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Enrique Lizalde
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Roberto Morales
Narrator
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alberto Isaac
Writers: Alberto Isaac
Languages: Spanish
Countries: Mexico

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Fun facts 🍿

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 160 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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2 / 8

ERA

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57 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Part of the "100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Carlos Savage shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Enrique Lizalde and Roberto Morales and Gustavo Díaz Ordaz carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0064756 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

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Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Alberto Isaac directs. Carlos Savage cuts. Produced in Mexico. Dialogue in Spanish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 160 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
257 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Editor Carlos Savage shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Enrique Lizalde and Roberto Morales and Gustavo Díaz Ordaz carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0064756 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing: Carlos Savage
Runtime: 160 min · 2h 40m
Status: Released
Original language: ES
IMDB: The Olympics in Mexico (1969)

Part of

100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012

Spanning fifty-three movies and forty-one editions of the Olympic Games, 100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012 is the culmination of a monumental, award-winning archival project encompassing dozens of new restorations by the International Olympic Committee. The documentaries collected here cast a cinematic eye on some of the most iconic moments in the history of modern sports, spotlighting athletes who embody the Olympic motto of “Faster, Higher, Stronger”: Jesse Owens shattering world records on the track in 1936 Berlin, Jean-Claude Killy dominating the Grenoble slopes in 1968, Joan Benoit breaking away to win the Games’ first women’s marathon in Los Angeles in 1984.