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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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Leni Riefenstahl, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
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March 2nd, 2025 | FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
August 29th, 2024 | Riefenstahl | Self (archive footage) | 7.3 | |
August 26th, 2024 | City of Toys | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
October 22nd, 2020 | Leni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth | Self (archive footage) | 7.7 | |
June 20th, 2018 | Eiskalte Leidenschaft - Leni Riefenstahl und Arnold Fanck zwischen Hitler und Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
February 23rd, 2017 | Hitler's Hollywood | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | 6.5 | |
May 2nd, 2016 | Les Champions d'Hitler | Self | TBD | |
January 1st, 2015 | LENI | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
May 1st, 2009 | In the Service of the Regime. Leni Riefenstahl | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
December 4th, 2008 | Faszination Bergfilm - Himmelhoch und Abgrundtief | Self (archive footage) | 10 | |
May 12th, 2005 | Speer und er: Nachspiel - Die Täuschung | Herself | 10 | |
April 13th, 2005 | The Goebbels Experiment | Self (archival footage) | 6.4 | |
September 28th, 2003 | Leni Riefenstahl: Her Dream of Africa | Self | 6 | |
August 21st, 2002 | Underwater Impressions | TBD | 6.9 | |
August 15th, 2002 | The Immoderation of Me - Sandra Maischberger meets Leni Riefenstahl | Self | 8 | |
January 24th, 2002 | From Stag Beetle to Swastika | TBD | 10 | |
August 6th, 1997 | Birth of a Nation | Self | 7 | |
February 12th, 1995 | The Night of the Filmmakers | Self | 6.3 | |
September 11th, 1993 | The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl | Herself | 7.2 | |
September 3rd, 1982 | Time of Darkness and Silence | Self | 6 | |
April 21st, 1977 | Games of the XXI Olympiad | Self - Spectator | 5.1 | |
October 7th, 1976 | Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture | Self - Interviewee | TBD | |
August 22nd, 1972 | Memories of a Summer in Berlin | herself | 8 | |
February 11th, 1954 | Lowlands | Martha | 6 | |
April 21st, 1938 | Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations | Nude Dancer - Prologue (uncredited) | 6.9 | |
September 22nd, 1933 | S.O.S. Iceberg | Ellen Lawrence | 5.3 | |
August 30th, 1933 | S.O.S. Iceberg | Hella Lorenz | 6.4 | |
March 24th, 1932 | The Blue Light | Junta | 6.9 | |
December 10th, 1931 | The White Ecstasy | Leni | 5.6 | |
December 25th, 1930 | Storm Over Mont Blanc | Hella Armstrong | 6.6 | |
October 10th, 1929 | The White Hell of Pitz Palu | Maria Maioni | 6.9 | |
November 16th, 1928 | Das Schicksal derer von Habsburg | Maria Vetsera | 8 | |
December 20th, 1927 | The Great Leap | Gita | 5.1 | |
November 1st, 1926 | The Holy Mountain | Diotima | 6.5 | |
March 16th, 1925 | Ways to Strength and Beauty | TBD | 7.1 |