cinematic realism 1930s Cars in Period Settings Opel Olympia - German Countryside, Harvest Time A pale green Opel Olympia cabriolet travels a tree-lined rural road through German farmlands during harvest time. Workers pause from gathering wheat to watch the modern machine pass, its clean unibody design representing the engineering renaissance under Germany's industrial revival. Young couple picnics beside their car, radio playing popular music while farmers with horse-drawn wagons continue ancient rhythms of agriculture nearby. The Olympia – named for the 1936 games – exemplifies scientific progress with its weight-saving integrated body construction. Apple trees heavy with fruit line one side of the country lane while propaganda posters promoting national agricultural self-sufficiency decorate the village visible ahead. The car's efficient design and construction techniques would soon be repurposed for military vehicle production, but today it simply carries carefree citizens enjoying countryside abundance, temporarily insulated from political realities transforming their nation.