Leni Riefenstahl
Directing
Born 1902-08-22
Died 2003-09-08
Berlin, Germany
48 credits
German Olympic Decoration 1
German Olympic Decoration 2nd Class 1
Mussolini Cup 1
Awards
Won 1 German Olympic Decoration Award
German Olympic Decoration 1 won
- — German Olympic Decoration Won
German Olympic Decoration 2nd Class 1 won
- — German Olympic Decoration 2nd Class Won
Mussolini Cup 1 won
- 1938 Mussolini Cup Won Triumph of the Will
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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 gave Riefenstahl instant and lasting international fame, as well as infamy. Although she directed only eight films, just two of which received significant coverage outside of Germany, Riefenstahl was widely known all her life. The propaganda value of her films made during the 1930s repels most modern commentators but many film histories cite the aesthetics as outstanding. The Economist wrote that Triumph of the Will "sealed her reputation as the greatest female filmmaker of the 20th century".
In the 1970s Riefenstahl published her still photography of the Nuba tribes in Sudan in several books such as The Last of the Nuba. She was active up until her death and also published marine life stills and released the marine-based film Impressionen unter Wasser in 2002.
After her death, the Associated Press described Riefenstahl as an "acclaimed pioneer of film and photographic techniques". Der Tagesspiegel newspaper in Berlin noted, "Leni Riefenstahl conquered new ground in the cinema". The BBC said her documentaries "were hailed as groundbreaking film-making, pioneering techniques involving cranes, tracking rails, and many cameras working at the same time".
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Filmography
Directing
9 credits
Triumph of the Will
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
The Victory of Faith
The Blue Light
Day of Freedom
Underwater Impressions
Longing For Innocence
Lowlands
Acting
38 credits
aspekte
Je später der Abend
Riefenstahl
FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts
The Goebbels Experiment
LENI
In the Service of the Regime. Leni Riefenstahl
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
Faszination Bergfilm - Himmelhoch und Abgrundtief
Das ist Ihr Leben
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
Hoch der Lambeth Valk
The Blue Light
The White Hell of Pitz Palu
The White Ecstasy
Hitler's Hollywood
Leni Riefenstahl: Her Dream of Africa
Birth of a Nation
Biographies
Speer und er: Nachspiel - Die Täuschung
The Holy Mountain
Leni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth
The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture
Time of Darkness and Silence
Games of the XXI Olympiad
Storm Over Mont Blanc
The Night of the Filmmakers
Das Schicksal derer von Habsburg
The Immoderation of Me - Sandra Maischberger meets Leni Riefenstahl
The Great Leap
City of Toys
Les Champions d'Hitler
Memories of a Summer in Berlin
Lowlands
Eiskalte Leidenschaft - Leni Riefenstahl und Arnold Fanck zwischen Hitler und Hollywood
S.O.S. Iceberg
S.O.S. Iceberg
Other credits
11 credits
Triumph of the Will
The Run
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
The Victory of Faith
The Blue Light
Day of Freedom
Ways to Strength and Beauty
From Stag Beetle to Swastika
Buffa racconta Jesse Owens
Lowlands
Writing
7 credits
Triumph of the Will
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
The Victory of Faith
The Blue Light
Underwater Impressions
Lowlands
Producing
6 credits
Triumph of the Will
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
The Blue Light
Day of Freedom
Lowlands
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