Ways to Strength and Beauty_
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.
Starring
Leni Riefenstahl, Jack Dempsey, Jenny Hasselqvist
Updated Feb 16, 2026
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Ways to Strength and Beauty was released 101 years ago in 1925.
Overview
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 sho...
Ways to Strength and Beauty is a Documentary film with a runtime of 1h 44m.
CAST (20)
Leni Riefenstahl
Jack Dempsey
Jenny Hasselqvist
Hertha von Walther
Etelka Maquita
La Jana
Tamara Karsavina
BI
Bac Ishii
Niddy Impekoven
JH
Josef Holub
EL
Eva Liebenberg
PW
Peter Wladimiroff
Camilla Horn
Babe Ruth
Benito Mussolini
CD
Carolina de la Riva
Josephine Baker
Anita Berber
Johnny Weissmüller
Gerhart Hauptmann
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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 (1h 44m).
Who stars in Ways to Strength and Beauty?
The cast of Ways to Strength and Beauty includes Leni Riefenstahl, Jack Dempsey, Jenny Hasselqvist, Hertha von Walther, Etelka Maquita.
What is the rating of Ways to Strength and Beauty?
Ways to Strength and Beauty has a rating of 7.1 out of 10 based on 4 votes on TMDB.
GENRES (1)
Documentary