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Sunday Play: Momentum

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By Lavinia Murray.

The 1936 Berlin Olympics Games signified the start of the Third Reich's reign of terror and the fusion of sport and politics. Pilot and cameraman Walter Loeb, Jewish high-diver Misha and Dieter of the Hitler Youth are all engaged in the making of Leni Riefenstahl's propaganda film Olympia.

Contributors

Writer:
Lavinia Murray.
Music composed and performed by:
Neil Brand.
Director:
David Hunter
Walter Loeb:
Stephen Critchlow
Misha:
Alison Pettitt
Dieter:
Tom George
Goebbels:
Sean Arnold
Devil:
Robin Brown
Mother:
Suzanna Hamilton
Father:
Andrew Wincott
Anne:
Briony Glassco
Horace:
Garrick Hagon
Martin:
David Holt
Tankred:
David Thorpe
Journalist:
Alex Lowe
Journalist:
Robert Harper
[Actress]:
Kate Harper
[Actress]:
Barbara Barnes
Source: Radio Times

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