Leni Riefenstahl
Born in Berlin, Germany — Aug 22 1902• Died Sep 08 2003
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Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl (22 August 1902 – 8 September 2003) was a German film director, actress and dancer widely noted for her aesthetics and innovations as a filmmaker. Her most famous film was Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will), made at the 1934 Nuremberg congress of the Nazi Party. Riefenstahl's prominence in the Third Reich along with her personal friendship with Adolf Hitler thwarted her film career following Germany's defeat in World War II, after which she was arrested but released without any charges. Triumph of the Will…
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Je später der Abend
Self
Riefenstahl
Self (archive footage)
Triumph of the Will
Directing
The White Hell of Pitz Palu
Maria Maioni
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
Nude Dancer - Prologue (uncredited)
Birth of a Nation
Self
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
Directing
Hitler's Hollywood
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Night of the Filmmakers
Self
The Holy Mountain
Diotima
Storm Over Mont Blanc
Hella Armstrong
The Goebbels Experiment
Self (archival footage)
Games of the XXI Olympiad
Self - Spectator
The Blue Light
Junta
The Victory of Faith
Directing
The Great Leap
Gita
Ways to Strength and Beauty
In the Service of the Regime. Leni Riefenstahl
Self (archive footage)
Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture
Self - Interviewee
The White Ecstasy
Leni
LENI
Self (archive footage)
Longing For Innocence
Directing
Hoch der Lambeth Valk
Writing
Les Champions d'Hitler
Self
Underwater Impressions
Leni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth
Self (archive footage)
S.O.S. Iceberg
Ellen Lawrence
S.O.S. Iceberg
Hella Lorenz
Lowlands
Martha
Speer und er: Nachspiel - Die Täuschung
Herself
Faszination Bergfilm - Himmelhoch und Abgrundtief
Self (archive footage)
Day of Freedom
Editing
The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
Herself
Eiskalte Leidenschaft - Leni Riefenstahl und Arnold Fanck zwischen Hitler und Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Leni Riefenstahl: Her Dream of Africa
Self
The Immoderation of Me - Sandra Maischberger meets Leni Riefenstahl
Self
FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts
Self (archive footage)
From Stag Beetle to Swastika
Das Schicksal derer von Habsburg
Maria Vetsera
Time of Darkness and Silence
Self
City of Toys
Self (archive footage)
Memories of a Summer in Berlin
herself