Drawing on imaginary outtakes from Riefenstahl's infamous film of the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, Dennis Bock weaves together the lives of a family living in the shadow of history. *Olympia* is the story of post-war German immigrants, as told by their son Peter, born in the New World and raised in t
Olympia
β Scribed by Danila Comastri Montanari
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- Italian
- Weight
- 231 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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