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简介:ThefilmchroniclesthestoryofhowtheNazisandtheIOCturned,totheirmutualbenefit,asmallsportseventintothemodernOlympics.Thegrandthemesandcontroversialissuesfromthe1936Gameshavecontinuedtothisday:Monumentality,budgetoverruns,collusionwithauthoritarianregimes,corruptionandsometimesevenbribery. Featuringneverbeforeseenarchivalfootageandnewresearch,TheNaziGamesrevealshowtheOlympicsaswehavecometoknowthemwereshapedbythecollaborationofinterestsbetweenHitlerandambitiousOlympicgentlemen.Afterinitialdistrust,boththeIOCandtheNazisfoundcommongroundinturningthe1936GamesintothebiggestOlympicshowtheworldhaseverseen. Tothisaim,HitlerofficiallypromisedthatJewswouldnotbeexcludedfromGermany’sOlympicteam,andtheIOCdecidednottocontrolit.Atthesametime,westerndemocraciesbegandoubtingthemoralityofOlympicGameshostedbytheNaziregime.Togoornottogo?Thatwasthequestion.ButthepresidentoftheAmericanOlympicCommittee,AveryBrundage,successfullydiscreditedtheboycottmovementasa“Jewishconspiracy.”Thus,afirstlarge-scaleOlympicboycottwasavoided.…