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Visions of Eight

Eight film artists from different countries are given carte blanche to make a collection of short documentaries on the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, offering unexpected, original and often humorous perspectives.

Director

Milos Forman, Kon Ichikawa, Claude Lelouch

Year

Genre

documentary, sport

Box Office

$277,805

Production

N/A

Awards

1 win

Self

Vasiliy Alekseev

Self

Self

Self

Self - Runner

Maurice Charlotin

Self

Hasely Crawford

Narrator

Self

Ilona Gusenbauer

Self

Narrator

Self

Self

Narrator

Self - Runner

Self

Ulrike Meyfarth

Self

Wolfgang Nordwig

Narrator

Narrator

Self

Narrator

Michael Pfleghar

Self

Heide Rosendahl

Self

Wolfgang Sawallisch

Narrator

John Schlesinger

Self - Javelin

Self

Heidi Schüller

Self

Self

Self

Self

Self

Self

Ludmilla Turishcheva

Self

Self

Narrator

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Narrator Self - Runner

(camera shutter clicking) - Visions of Eight

(camera shutter clicking)

NARRATOR: An enormous honeycomb
houses athletes from 122 nations - Visions of Eight

NARRATOR: An enormous honeycomb houses athletes from 122 nat...

It's then that the athlete realizes that he is alone out there - Visions of Eight

It's then that the athlete realizes that he is alone...

Some nations bring teams who can be
counted on the fingers of one hand. - Visions of Eight

Some nations bring teams who can be counted on the fingers o...

80,000 people crammed beneath
the surrealistic canopy of Munich Stadium, - Visions of Eight

80,000 people crammed beneath the surrealistic canopy of Mun...

Beyond the stadium
and the thousands clustered on the hill, - Visions of Eight

Beyond the stadium and the thousands clustered on the hill,

80 000 people crammed beneath the surrealistic canopy of Munich Stadium - Visions of Eight

80 000 people crammed beneath the surrealistic canopy of...

Facing the ultimate test, - Visions of Eight

Facing the ultimate test,

Now is the longest moment - Visions of Eight

Now is the longest moment

ZETTERLING: I chose weight lifting
because I knew nothing about it. - Visions of Eight

ZETTERLING: I chose weight lifting because I knew nothing ab...

I am not interested in sports - Visions of Eight

I am not interested in sports

(band: Anthem) - Visions of Eight

(exhales) - Visions of Eight

That the following quantities would be required - Visions of Eight

That the following quantities would be required

That the following quantities would be required - Visions of Eight

That the following quantities would be required

Technology will assist everyone - Visions of Eight

Technology will assist everyone

(kitchen staff speaking German) - Visions of Eight

(kitchen staff speaking German)

MAN (onPA): The games of the 20th Olympiad - Visions of Eight

MAN (onPA): The games of the 20th Olympiad

(spectators applauding,
cheering, whistling) - Visions of Eight

(spectators applauding, cheering, whistling)

WEIGHT LIFTER:
No. Two-and-a... (panting) - Visions of Eight

WEIGHT LIFTER: No. Two-and-a... (panting)

- (spectators shouting)
- (groans) - Visions of Eight

- (spectators shouting) - (groans)

(conversing, faint, indistinct) - Visions of Eight

(conversing, faint, indistinct)

(spectators shouting) - Visions of Eight

(spectators shouting)

- MAN (shouts): Ja!
- (spectators shouting) - Visions of Eight

- MAN (shouts): Ja! - (spectators shouting)

(exhales) - Visions of Eight

MAN (shouts): Come on, Terry! - Visions of Eight

MAN (shouts): Come on, Terry!

(spectators shouting, cheering) - Visions of Eight

(spectators shouting, cheering)

(hammering, metal clanking) - Visions of Eight

(hammering, metal clanking)

(clanking continues) - Visions of Eight

(clanking continues)

(conversation, faint, indistinct) - Visions of Eight

(conversation, faint, indistinct)

(cheering fades out) - Visions of Eight

(cheering fades out)

(people chanting, faint) - Visions of Eight

(people chanting, faint)

(spectators groaning) - Visions of Eight

(spectators groaning)

(spectators booing, whistling) - Visions of Eight

(spectators booing, whistling)

(applause fades) - Visions of Eight

(applause fades)

(spectators chanting) - Visions of Eight

(spectators chanting)

(applause fading in) - Visions of Eight

(applause fading in)

(chattering) - Visions of Eight

- What are you doing?
- Stay here. Stay here. - Visions of Eight

- What are you doing? - Stay here. Stay here.

(booing, whistling fade out) - Visions of Eight

(booing, whistling fade out)

(orchestra: Fanfare, faint) - Visions of Eight

(orchestra: Fanfare, faint)

(spectators cheering) - Visions of Eight

(spectators cheering)

(spectators murmuring) - Visions of Eight

(spectators murmuring)

(murmuring continues, fades out) - Visions of Eight

(murmuring continues, fades out)

(cheering continues) - Visions of Eight

(cheering continues)

ANNOUNCER (on radio): Heide Rosendahl
is also competing in the pentathlon - Visions of Eight

ANNOUNCER (on radio): Heide Rosendahl is also competing in t...

(spectators cheering, applauding) - Visions of Eight

(spectators cheering, applauding)

(spectators gasping) - Visions of Eight

(spectators gasping)

(announcer continues speaking German) - Visions of Eight

(announcer continues speaking German)

(soprano continues) - Visions of Eight

(soprano continues)

- (ends)
- (spectators cheering, applauding) - Visions of Eight

- (ends) - (spectators cheering, applauding)

The men who compete in the 700 meter finals - Visions of Eight

The men who compete in the 700 meter finals

(starting blocks clang) - Visions of Eight

(starting blocks clang)

Eyes. - Visions of Eight

Expression. - Visions of Eight

Breathing. - Visions of Eight

(spectators gasping, murmuring) - Visions of Eight

(spectators gasping, murmuring)

(spectators shouting, faint) - Visions of Eight

(spectators shouting, faint)

(spectators murmuring, chattering) - Visions of Eight

(spectators murmuring, chattering)

- (starter pistol fires)
- (spectators cheering, shouting) - Visions of Eight

- (starter pistol fires) - (spectators cheering, shouting)

(multiple announcers
speaking various languages) - Visions of Eight

(multiple announcers speaking various languages)

ANNOUNCER: It's too close! - Visions of Eight

ANNOUNCER: It's too close!

They run and run - Visions of Eight

They run and run

FORMAN:Ever since I was a young boy, - Visions of Eight

FORMAN:Ever since I was a young boy,

(horn, cowbells continue) - Visions of Eight

(horn, cowbells continue)

(polka continues) - Visions of Eight

(polka continues)

(ends) - Visions of Eight

(portentous anthem) - Visions of Eight

(portentous anthem)

(anthem continues) - Visions of Eight

(anthem continues)

(field announcer speaks German) - Visions of Eight

(field announcer speaks German)

♪♪ (continues) - Visions of Eight

♪♪ (continues)

♪♪ (ends) - Visions of Eight

♪♪ (guitar, man yodeling plaintively) - Visions of Eight

♪♪ (guitar, man yodeling plaintively)

♪♪ (yodeling continues, rapid tempo) - Visions of Eight

♪♪ (yodeling continues, rapid tempo)

♪♪ (yodeling continues) - Visions of Eight

♪♪ (yodeling continues)

♪♪ (band: Bavarian folk tune) - Visions of Eight

♪♪ (band: Bavarian folk tune)

FORMAN: The last event - 1,500-meters run. - Visions of Eight

FORMAN: The last event - 1,500-meters run.

♪♪ ("Beethoven's Ninth Symphony") - Visions of Eight

♪♪ ("Beethoven's Ninth Symphony")

♪♪ (tempo increases) - Visions of Eight

♪♪ (tempo increases)

♪♪ (singing in German) - Visions of Eight

♪♪ (singing in German)

♪♪ (singing continues) - Visions of Eight

♪♪ (singing continues)

♪♪ (symphony, singer continues) - Visions of Eight

♪♪ (symphony, singer continues)

♪♪ (symphony continues, chorus) - Visions of Eight

♪♪ (symphony continues, chorus)

- (clanging)
- ♪ (symphony continues, loud) - Visions of Eight

- (clanging) - ♪ (symphony continues, loud)

♪♪ (ends) - Visions of Eight

♪♪ (up-tempo Bavarian folk tune fades in) - Visions of Eight

♪♪ (up-tempo Bavarian folk tune fades in)

♪♪ (ends) - Visions of Eight

LELOUCH: At some point in life,
everyone must learn to live with defeat. - Visions of Eight

LELOUCH: At some point in life, everyone must learn to live ...

- (shouting in native language)
- (spectators continue shouting) - Visions of Eight

- (shouting in native language) - (spectators continue shout...

(spectators groaning, cheering) - Visions of Eight

(spectators groaning, cheering)

Visions of Eight poster

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Eight film artists from different countries are given carte blanche to make a collection of short documentaries on the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, offering unexpected, original and often humorous perspectives.

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Director: Milos Forman, Kon Ichikawa, Claude Lelouch

Writer: David Hughes, Deliara Ozerowa, Shuntarô Tanikawa

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary, sport

Year: 1973

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.9

BoxOffice: $277,805

Released: 20 Aug 1973

Awards: 1 win

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