Leni Riefenstahl

Also Credited As:

Helene Berta Amalie Riefenstahl
Photo of Leni Riefenstahl

Biography

In fact, her extraordinary talent proved to be her downfall; she used her genius to create the breathtaking, but frightening "Triumph of the Will" (1935), a chronicle of Hitler's famed Nuremberg rally that portrayed the Fuehrer as a god come to Earth to save the German people. Though the film was hailed as masterpiece, Riefenstahl was unable to live down her reputation for being a Nazi sympathizer - a label that dogged her for the rest of her …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Editor, Other

Born

August 22, 1902

LATEST CREDITS

The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl

Herself

Tiefland

Marta, Director, Screenplay

Strume Uber Dem Montblanc

Actor

Der Weisse Rauch - Nue Wunder Des Schneeschuhs

Actor

Die Weisse Holle Vom Piz Palu

Actor

Der Heilige Berg

Actor

Der Grosse Sprung

Actor

Das Schicksal Derer Von Habsburg

Actor

Das Blaue Licht

Actor, Director, Screenplay

Hitler's Women

Interviewee

S.O.S. Eisberg

Actor

The Night of the Film-Makers

Herself

Triumph of the Will

Director, Producer, artistic producer

Tag Der Freiheit - Unsere Wehrmacht

Director

Olympia

Director, Producer, Editor

Sieg Des Glaubens

Director

The Jesse Owens Story

excerpts from ("Olympia" )