Leni Riefenstahl

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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Leni Riefenstahl, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Popularity : 2.151
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1902-08-22
  • Place of Birth : Berlin, Germany
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Leni Riefenstahl Movies

  • 1938
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    Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations

    Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations

    6.9 1938 HD

    Commissioned to make a propaganda film about the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, director Leni Riefenstahl created a celebration of the human form....

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  • 2024
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    Riefenstahl

    Riefenstahl

    6.833 2024 HD

    Explores Leni Riefenstahl's artistic legacy and her complex ties to the Nazi regime, juxtaposing her self-portrayal with evidence suggesting...

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  • 1954
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    Lowlands

    Lowlands

    5.9 1954 HD

    Set in the early part of 20th century Europe. There lived a dancer who becomes the romantic bone of contention between a humble shepherd and an...

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  • 2017
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    Hitler's Hollywood

    Hitler's Hollywood

    6.4 2017 HD

    Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came into power, until 1945, when the Third Reich...

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  • 1929
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    The White Hell of Pitz Palu

    The White Hell of Pitz Palu

    6.81 1929 HD

    Dr. Johannes Krafft climbs a 12,000-foot mountain over and over again to search for his wife, who was lost on their honeymoon. Another couple makes...

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  • 1993
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    The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl

    The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl

    7.065 1993 HD

    This documentary recounts the life and work of one of most famous, and yet reviled, German film directors in history, Leni Riefenstahl. The film...

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  • 1932
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    The Blue Light

    The Blue Light

    6.7 1932 HD

    A young woman, Junta, lives apart from her village and, for her solitude and strangeness, is considered to be a witch; when she comes to the village...

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  • 1926
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    The Holy Mountain

    The Holy Mountain

    6.6 1926 HD

    Professional dancer Diotima finds herself the apex of a love triangle when she is pursued by two mountain climbers, Vigo and his older friend.

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  • 1933
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    S.O.S. Iceberg

    S.O.S. Iceberg

    6 1933 HD

    An expedition goes in search of a party lost in the Arctic the year before. The English language version of this German film was made at the same...

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  • 1995
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    The Night of the Filmmakers

    The Night of the Filmmakers

    5 1995 HD

    A meditation on the first 100 years of German cinema, featuring an assembly of German filmmakers.

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  • 1927
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    The Great Leap

    The Great Leap

    5.2 1927 HD

    A young Italian girl living in the Dolomites falls in love with a member of a tourist party skiing on the nearby mountains.

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  • 1930
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    Storm Over Mont Blanc

    Storm Over Mont Blanc

    6.5 1930 HD

    In a lonely outpost atop the treacherous Mont Blanc, an intrepid scientist lives with minimal connection to the world below. Through the telegraph,...

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  • 2002
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    Underwater Impressions

    Underwater Impressions

    6.571 2002 HD

    Riefenstahl explores the undersea world of coral reefs in various oceans around the world. Soundtrack by Giorgio Moroder.

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  • 1931
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    White Ecstasy

    White Ecstasy

    5.2 1931 HD

    Leni, a daring young girl, is visiting for the second time a ski-resort. The local ski-teachers agree to organize a "fox-hunt" for her. Leni and...

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  • 1925
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    Ways to Strength and Beauty

    Ways to Strength and Beauty

    7.1 1925 HD

    The perfect body as an object of cult worship. Based on the mass sports and body worship movement of the 1920s, the film propagates physical training...

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  • 2003
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    Leni Riefenstahl: Her Dream of Africa

    Leni Riefenstahl: Her Dream of Africa

    4 2003 HD

    At the age of 97 Riefenstahl returns to Sudan for one final farewell to the Nuba that she lived with for 8 months and photographed and filmed...

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  • 1933
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    S.O.S. Iceberg

    S.O.S. Iceberg

    5 1933 HD

    An expedition goes in search of a party lost in the Arctic the year before. This is the English language version of the German film S.O.S. Eisberg...

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  • 2016
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    Les Champions d'Hitler

    Les Champions d'Hitler

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2015
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    LENI

    LENI

    1 2015 HD

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  • 2002
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    From Stag Beetle to Swastika

    From Stag Beetle to Swastika

    1 2002 HD

    From Stag Beetle to Swastika narrates in a richly detailed, associative montage the boundless possibilities of manipulating images and using images...

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  • 1977
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    Games of the XXI Olympiad

    Games of the XXI Olympiad

    4.8 1977 HD

    Edited from almost 100 km of film footage shot during the Games, this feature documentary is a breathtaking portrait of the 1976 Montreal Olympics....

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  • 1997
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    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    6.3 1997 HD

    Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

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  • 2002
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    The Immoderation of Me - Sandra Maischberger meets Leni Riefenstahl

    The Immoderation of Me - Sandra Maischberger meets Leni Riefenstahl

    1 2002 HD

    An interview with infamous German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl carried out by Sandra Maischberger in preparation for the subject's 100th birthday, and...

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  • 2000
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    Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co

    Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co

    1 2000 HD

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  • 1928
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    Das Schicksal derer von Habsburg

    Das Schicksal derer von Habsburg

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1976
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    Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture

    Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture

    1 1976 HD

    The film tells the cultural story of Berlin during the Weimar Republic through interviews with a number of persons who were involved in literature,...

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  • 1972
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    Memories of a Summer in Berlin

    Memories of a Summer in Berlin

    1 1972 HD

    A semi-documentary account of the author Thomas Wolfe's trip to Berlin in the summer of 1936.

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  • 2005
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    Speer und er: Nachspiel - Die Täuschung

    Speer und er: Nachspiel - Die Täuschung

    1 2005 HD

    Documentary continuing Breloer's exploration of Speer's life, focusing on the post-Spandau years.

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  • 1982
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    Time of Darkness and Silence

    Time of Darkness and Silence

    6 1982 HD

    An investigation of Leni Reifenstahl’s infamous film production of “Teifland” during the holocaust, one which used Sinti extras...

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  • 2020
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    Leni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth

    Leni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth

    7.667 2020 HD

    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...

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  • 1938
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    Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations

    Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations

    6.9 1938 HD

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  • 1938
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    Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty

    Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty

    6.7 1938 HD

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  • 1938
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    Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations

    Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations

    6.9 1938 HD

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  • 1938
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    Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty

    Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty

    6.7 1938 HD

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  • 1938
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    Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty

    Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty

    6.7 1938 HD

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  • 1938
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    Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations

    Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations

    6.9 1938 HD

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  • 1954
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    Lowlands

    Lowlands

    5.9 1954 HD

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  • 1954
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    Lowlands

    Lowlands

    5.9 1954 HD

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  • 1954
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    Lowlands

    Lowlands

    5.9 1954 HD

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  • 1954
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    Lowlands

    Lowlands

    5.9 1954 HD

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  • 1935
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    Day of Freedom

    Day of Freedom

    6.8 1935 HD

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  • 1935
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    Day of Freedom

    Day of Freedom

    6.8 1935 HD

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  • 1935
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    Triumph of the Will

    Triumph of the Will

    6.959 1935 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Blue Light

    The Blue Light

    6.7 1932 HD

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  • 2002
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    Underwater Impressions

    Underwater Impressions

    6.571 2002 HD

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  • 1935
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    Day of Freedom

    Day of Freedom

    6.8 1935 HD

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  • 1933
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    The Victory of Faith

    The Victory of Faith

    5.265 1933 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Blue Light

    The Blue Light

    6.7 1932 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Blue Light

    The Blue Light

    6.7 1932 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Blue Light

    The Blue Light

    6.7 1932 HD

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  • 1941
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    Hoch der Lambeth Valk

    Hoch der Lambeth Valk

    7.3 1941 HD

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  • 2002
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    Underwater Impressions

    Underwater Impressions

    6.571 2002 HD

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  • 1935
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    Triumph of the Will

    Triumph of the Will

    6.959 1935 HD

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  • 1935
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    Triumph of the Will

    Triumph of the Will

    6.959 1935 HD

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  • 1935
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    Triumph of the Will

    Triumph of the Will

    6.959 1935 HD

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  • 1933
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    The Victory of Faith

    The Victory of Faith

    5.265 1933 HD

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  • 1933
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    The Victory of Faith

    The Victory of Faith

    5.265 1933 HD

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  • 1938
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    Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations

    Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations

    6.9 1938 HD

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  • 1938
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    Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty

    Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty

    6.7 1938 HD

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  • 1978
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    Lebensläufe

    Lebensläufe

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1976
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    Das ist Ihr Leben

    Das ist Ihr Leben

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1973
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    Je später der Abend

    Je später der Abend

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1965
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    aspekte

    aspekte

    7 1965 HD

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