Leni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth

Countless people around the world know the pictures from Leni Riefenstahl's films, even if they have not seen them in their entirety. The work of the German director has burned itself into the collective memory. Even decades after the end of the Nazi era, she showed no remorse and presented herself as an apolitical, naive follower of the Nazi criminal regime. Her artistic service for the cinema was always recognized. But book author Nina Gladitz shows after decades of research that Hitler's favorite filmmaker was not only a follower, but also a perpetrator during the Third Reich, who instrumentalized other filmmakers such as the brilliant cinematographer Willy Zielke in order to gain fame for herself.

Cast

Christine Hegeler Narrator (voice)

Nina Gladitz Self - Interviewee

Jochen Böhler Self - Interviewee

Eva Hohenberger Self - Interviewee

Dieter Hinrichs Self - Interviewee

Leni Riefenstahl Self (archive footage)

Willy Zielke Self (archive footage)

Béla Balázs Self (archive footage)

Joseph Goebbels Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Hermann Göring Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Heinrich Himmler Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Adolf Hitler Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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