An undeniably brilliant filmmaker whose celebration of the Nazi Party in "Triumph of the Will" (1935) would prevent her from pursuing a post-World War II directing career, Leni Riefenstahl began as a dancer under the aegis of Max Reinhardt but happened to see one of Arnold Fanck's "mountain films" while convalescing from a career-ending knee injury. Her enthusiasm for this distinctively German…
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