切利比达克的指挥风格被视作卡拉扬的精细完美风格的对极——随性自然、不事雕琢。他不像卡拉扬是个彻头彻尾的德奥音乐家，切利比达克更崇尚东方哲学，他师从日本禅学大师，精研禅宗学理，他的音乐演绎和哲学中，含有大量东方禅学式的顿悟和冥思。 这部跟踪拍摄长达四年的纪录片，较完整地体现了指挥大师的日常生活，他的音乐活动和灵性体悟。获得1992年芝加哥国际电影节银奖。 该片将于2009年5月参加上海国际音乐节“用眼倾听－古典音乐纪录片展映”，由上海艺术人文频道播映。

Commissioned to make a propaganda film about the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, director Leni Riefenstahl created a celebration of the human form. This first half of her two-part film opens with a renowned introduction that compares modern Olympians to classical Greek heroes, then goes on to provide thrilling in-the-moment coverage of some of the games' most celebrated moments, including African-American athlete Jesse Owens winning a then-unprecedented four gold medals.