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Known For
Directing
Birthday
August 22, 1902
Died
September 8, 2003
Place of Birth
Berlin, Germany
Also Known As
- 레니 리펜슈탈
- Helene Bertha Amalia Riefenstahl
Leni Riefenstahl
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Biography
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.
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Self (archive footage)
FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts
2025
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Self (archive footage)
Riefenstahl
2024
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Self (archive footage)
City of Toys
2024
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Self (archive footage)
Leni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth
2020
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Self (archive footage)
Eiskalte Leidenschaft - Leni Riefenstahl und Arnold Fanck zwischen Hitler und Hollywood
2018
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Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Hitler's Hollywood
2017
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Self
Les Champions d'Hitler
2016
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Self (archive footage)
LENI
2015
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Self (archive footage)
In the Service of the Regime. Leni Riefenstahl
2009
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Herself
Speer und er: Nachspiel - Die Täuschung
2005
Credits
FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts
as Self (archive footage)
2025
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Riefenstahl
as Self (archive footage)
2024
7.3
City of Toys
as Self (archive footage)
2024
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Leni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth
as Self (archive footage)
2020
7.7
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Eiskalte Leidenschaft - Leni Riefenstahl und Arnold Fanck zwischen Hitler und Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2018
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Hitler's Hollywood
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2017
6.4
Les Champions d'Hitler
as Self
2016
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LENI
as Self (archive footage)
2015
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In the Service of the Regime. Leni Riefenstahl
as Self (archive footage)
2009
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Speer und er: Nachspiel - Die Täuschung
as Herself
2005
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The Goebbels Experiment
as Self (archival footage)
2005
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Leni Riefenstahl: Her Dream of Africa
as Self
2003
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Underwater Impressions
2002
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The Immoderation of Me - Sandra Maischberger meets Leni Riefenstahl
as Self
2002
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From Stag Beetle to Swastika
2002
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Birth of a Nation
as Self
1997
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The Night of the Filmmakers
as Self
1995
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The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
as Herself
1993
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Time of Darkness and Silence
as Self
1982
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Biographies
as Self
1978
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Games of the XXI Olympiad
as Self - Spectator
1977
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Das ist Ihr Leben
as Self
1976
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Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture
as Self - Interviewee
1976
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Je später der Abend
as Self
1973
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Memories of a Summer in Berlin
as herself
1972
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aspekte
as Self
1965
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Lowlands
as Martha
1954
5.9
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
as Nude Dancer - Prologue (uncredited)
1938
6.9
S.O.S. Iceberg
as Ellen Lawrence
1933
5.0
S.O.S. Iceberg
as Hella Lorenz
1933
6.0
The Blue Light
as Junta
1932
6.9
The White Ecstasy
as Leni
1931
5.2
Storm Over Mont Blanc
as Hella Armstrong
1930
6.5
The White Hell of Pitz Palu
as Maria Maioni
1929
6.8
Das Schicksal derer von Habsburg
as Maria Vetsera
1928
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The Great Leap
as Gita
1927
4.7
The Holy Mountain
as Diotima
1926
6.5
Ways to Strength and Beauty
1925
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