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Ways to Strength and Beauty (1925)

Original title: Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit

1925-03-16 · 1h 44m · DE
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The perfect body as an object of cult worship. Based on the mass sports and body worship movement of the 1920s, the film propagates physical training and shows in stylized documentary scenes aspects of physical hygiene, gymnastics, sports and dancing as well as scenes in which supposed sportsmen of antiquity pose naked.

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Nicholas KaufmannDirectorWilhelm PragerDirector

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Leni RiefenstahlLeni RiefenstahlJack DempseyJack DempseyJenny HasselqvistJenny HasselqvistHertha von WaltherHertha von WaltherEtelka MaquitaEtelka MaquitaJohnny WeissmüllerJohnny WeissmüllerLa JanaLa JanaTamara KarsavinaTamara KarsavinaBac IshiiBac IshiiNiddy ImpekovenNiddy ImpekovenJosef HolubJosef HolubEva LiebenbergEva Liebenberg

Keywords

Super strengthBlack and whiteBeauty standardsSilent filmSelf imageBody imageSports heroBody buildersWeight trainingPhysical conditionPhysical activity

Movie DNA

Genre affinityDocumentaryTheme affinitySuper Strength · Black And White · Beauty StandardsDirector preference757498 · 1047619Actor preference170749 · 444725 · 463537Country preferenceDeDecade preference1920

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What is Ways to Strength and Beauty about?

The perfect body as an object of cult worship. Based on the mass sports and body worship movement of the 1920s, the film propagates physical training and shows in stylized documentary scenes aspects of physical hygiene, gymnastics, sports and dancing as well as scenes in which supposed sportsmen of antiquity pose naked.

How long is Ways to Strength and Beauty?

Ways to Strength and Beauty has a runtime of 104 minutes.