Memories of the Olympic Summer of 1952

1954 0h 50m FI

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Documentary

Synopsis

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Documentary footage from the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Matti Tamminen
Narrator

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Holger Harrivirta
Writers: Usko Kemppi
Languages: Finnish
Countries: Finland

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RUNTIME

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Tight 50-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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72 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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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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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0345678 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Holger Harrivirta directs. Holger Harrivirta cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Finland. Dialogue in Finnish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 50-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
272 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 Holger Harrivirta shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6IMDB entry: tt0345678 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing: Holger Harrivirta
Runtime: 50 min · 0h 50m
Status: Released
Original language: FI
IMDB: Memories of the Olympic Summer of 1952 (1954)

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.