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Conflict of Doves

David Buck - Conflict of Doves

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Athlete Jesse Owens’ dominance at 1936’s Berlin Olympics unsettled Hitler.

Athlete Jesse Owens’ dominance at 1936’s Berlin Olympics - filmed by Leni Riefenstahl – unsettles Hitler. Stars John Castle.

American athlete Jesse Owens dominated the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games - and unsettled Adolf Hitler in the process.

The world event was conceived by the German leader as a public display of Aryan superiority to be captured on film by Leni Riefenstahl. 

But the emergence of the black athletes threw the Nazi leadership into confusion as they tried every way to lessen the impact - and to undermine the true sporting spirit of the Games. 

Written by David Buck

Adolf Hitler …. John Castle
Leni Riefenstahl …. Cheryl Campbell
Joseph Goebbels …. Nigel Anthony
Avery Brundage …. Don Fellows
Richard Strauss …. Michael Gough
Rudolf Hess …. Brian Hewlett
Reinhard Heydrich …. Stuart Organ
Julius Streicher …. John Hollis
Carl Diem …. David Buck
Hans von Tschammer und Osten …. Bernard Brown
Werner March …. Manning Wilson
Willi …. Tim Reynolds
Max …. Jonathan Tafler
Catering Expert …. Peter Howell 
Anatole …. Andrew Branch

Director: Martin Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1986.

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