Fire from Olympia (2012)

Following three hopeful athletes from Italy, Greece and Spain - this illuminating documentary explores the naked truth behind the story of modern Olympics. In it the athletes discover the challenges of the games by competing in ancient Greek and English Olympics; learning how the ancients in fact actually competed and the true story of the man who really started the modern Games. The film also explains why the torch race was never run at Olympia, and tells the true story of how two Englishmen reinvented the modern Olympics.