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person_profile-Leni Riefenstahl

Leni Riefenstahl Died at age: 101

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Leni Riefenstahl

Date of Birth:

Aug 22, 1902

Country of birth:

Germany

Died:

Sep 08, 2003

Biography of

Leni Riefenstahl

    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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Leni Riefenstahl

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Filmography of

Leni Riefenstahl

Found 22 Movies in total

Riefenstahl

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2024

Leni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2020

Hitler's Hollywood

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2017

... 2016

... 2003

... 2002

Birth of a Nation

Self ( Actor )

... 1997

... 1995

... 1993

... 1982

Games of the XXI Olympiad

Herself - Spectator ( Actor )

... 1977

... 1976

Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations

Self (uncredited) ( Actor )

Editor

... 1938

S.O.S. Iceberg

Ellen Lawrence ( Actor )

... 1933

The Blue Light

Junta ( Actor )

Editor

... 1932

White Ecstasy

Leni ( Actor )

... 1931

Storm Over Mont Blanc

Hella Armstrong ( Actor )

... 1930

The White Hell of Pitz Palu

Maria Maioni ( Actor )

... 1929

Das Schicksal derer von Habsburg

Maria Vetsera ( Actor )

... 1928

The Great Leap

Gita ( Actor )

... 1927

The Holy Mountain

Diotima ( Actor )

... 1926

... 1925