Leni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth

7.7
202053m

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.

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Photo of Leni Riefenstahl

Leni Riefenstahl

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Willy Zielke

Willy Zielke

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Béla Balázs

Béla Balázs

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Joseph Goebbels

Joseph Goebbels

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Photo of Hermann Göring

Hermann Göring

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Photo of Heinrich Himmler

Heinrich Himmler

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Photo of Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Photo of Julius Streicher

Julius Streicher

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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