Olympic Games 1956

1956 1h 0m EN

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★6.4TMDB · 10

Documentary

Synopsis

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A documentary covering the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne and Stockholm.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Peter Whitchurch
Narrator
Harp McGuire
Narrator

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Peter Whitchurch
Languages: English
Countries: Australia

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RUNTIME

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Tight 60-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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70 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 Hugh McInnes shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Peter Whitchurch and Harp McGuire carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0255438 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Only 10 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Peter Whitchurch directs. Hugh McInnes cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Australia. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 60-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
270 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 Hugh McInnes shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Peter Whitchurch and Harp McGuire carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0255438 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 10 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing: Hugh McInnes
Runtime: 60 min · 1h 0m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Olympic Games 1956 (1956)

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.