Played: The Games of the 1936 Olympic Olympics is a fictionalized account of the most intriguing Olympic games in the event's history. It was the first time an Olympic torch was used as a display of unity - despite the lunacy of the reality of the time. The U.S.S.R. had yet to join an Olympic games. Spain and Ireland chose to boycott. Yet the U.S. traveled to Berlin - at first to compete but to marvel at the spectacle that had been built. Jewish athletes were told they would not be able to compete. Black athletes and German athletes would integrate and form friendships through rivalries. And young men and women - one as young as 13 - would have the whole world watching their every move as an athletic contest became a political showcase.

There were games played at the Olympics. But before and after, the real games were played.

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