Special Edition DVD features: Over 5 hours of material including JUGEND DER WELT ("Youth of The World") Official Documentary of the 1936 Winter Olympics at Gaemisch-Partenkirchen, DIE KAMERA FAHRT MIT ("The Camera Goes Too") 1936 Documentary by Bavaria-Filmkunst featuring footage from Leni Rifenstahl?s films OLYMPIA and TRIUMPH OF THE WILL. Deleted Scenes, Biography, Still Gallery, German with ON/OFF English subtitles and English language, Dolby 2.0 audio, Essays by film historian David Calvert Smith, Trailer.

OLYMPIA -The LENI RIEFENSTAHL Archival Collection

• Triumph of the Will
• The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
• The Blue Light
• Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl (Vintage)
• Hitler in Colour
• Tiefland
• Battleship Potemkin (The Ultimate Edition) (2pc) (Full B&W)
• Victory of Faith ( Der Sieg des Glaubens )
• The Lives of Others
• Downfall

And that's just not visible here. You spend the first 15 minutes getting used to the well-used-VHS-tape quality. After that you can usually forget about it, but from all accounts one of the things that made this film great was how Riefenstahl used shading, details, fading. I want to see it again, but I might wait until I find a cleaner version.

I'm glad I saw this movie. She clearly loves spectacle and athleticism, and she does a good job of making you love them too. Even so, this is a great movie. Plus, the Olympics are just made for her type of movie making.

The quality of the restoration is terrible. I want to know who decided that the sort of people who want to see an old art film wouldn't care about the visual quality. Riefenstahl invented half the techniques that she uses here, and does them better than they're usually done today.

The images are washed out: no definition, no crispness. Hard to understand why such a well known documentary was released in this poor condition. Very disappointing. Even as a reference copy it would be a strain on the eyes.

Now I find that the DVD has been marred. Nothing comes remotely close to it's mystical and artistic beauty. I have waited in vain for a theater to re-release it or for there to be a screening of this masterpiece. Shame on Criterion.

Do they think they are "punishing" her. How could anyone disrespect it to this extent. Just because her politics were confused her magnum opus has to be destroyed. This is a glorious example of human artistic achievement.

I have never forgotten the visual and creative impact of this film. My parents took me to see Olympia at a Dartmouth College screening when I was younger. Not fair, not fooled.

Her art is of the highest quality and to that end I highly suggest this DVD (with the reservation on quality that I've mentioned). It is a technical masterpiece and Reifensthal's camera work and eiting sets a standard that modern sport reporting has sadly forgotten in its quest to report without art. This copy would have gotten a 5 star rating, however it is a rather shabby copy of a videotape and as soon as a new restored digital version is available forget this one and purchase the new one. Reifensthal's connection with Hitler and his inner circle puts her accomplishments in film as questionable in the minds of some, however, art should be separated, in my humble opinion, from ideology. Excellent and beautiful film. Still, the art value of this work makes it a must purchase.