The Olympic Summer

Movie · 1h 25m

Starring Jost Gerstein, Verena Plangger, Otto Ruck, Daniela Kirsch

In 1936 Nazi Germany, a young, innocent apprentice, full of Olympic fever, leaves his rural village to see the ceremonies in Berlin. Upon arriving in the capitol, he meets a widow and a relationship blossoms. They spend an idyllic summer at her lakeside home, but the forces of totalitarianism cannot be held at bay and soon invade their lives.