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The German film director Leni Riefenstahl (born 1902) achieved fame and notoriety for her propaganda film Triumph of the Will and her two part rendition of the 1936 Olympic Games, Olympia, both made f...
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In the following essay, originally published in the February 6, 1975, edition of New York Review of Books, Sontag argues that Riefenstahl's The Last of the Nuba expresses a “fascist aest...
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In the following review, Murray-Brown asserts that the central interest of Leni Riefenstahl: A Memoir lies in Riefenstahl's descriptions of her relationship with Adolf Hitler.
Soon after the Ge...
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In the following essay, Starkman presents an overview of Riefenstahl's life and career and argues that The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl, a documentary film directed by Ray M�...
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In the following obituary, Meza observes that, although Riefenstahl was unrepentant about her role in Nazi Germany, she was nonetheless granted a respectful tribute by various German officials on her ...
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In the following essay, Rentschler examines the use of a popular German song in five different German films from different eras of German history, asserting that Riefenstahl's use of the song i...
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In the following essay, Sklar asserts that Riefenstahl's pretenses to artistic filmmaking are at the core of the ongoing controversy surrounding her work.
The man who directed the first Nazi fi...
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In the following review of The Sieve of Time, Elsaesser explores Riefenstahl's film career within the context of German cinema during the 1930s.
Leni Riefenstahl at 90: photographed by Helmut N...
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In the following review, Leffland faults Riefenstahl for failing to question her own moral responsibilities regarding her role in Nazi Germany in Leni Riefenstahl: A Memoir.
In 1989, Leni Riefenstahl&...
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In the following review, Mesic criticizes Riefenstahl for ignoring the moral and ethical questions surrounding her life and work in Leni Riefenstahl: A Memoir.
It is one of the more telling ironies of...
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Critical Essay by Leni Riefenstahl
I knew that in all of my films, whatever they were, whether it concerned Triumph of the Will, Olympia or Tiefland, there was … yes: let us say purity. Yunta [...
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Critical Essay by Paul D. Zimmerman
"The People of Kau" reflects a perfect marriage of artist and subject. The villagers seem to have built their village to suit Riefenstahl's spe...
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Leni Riefenstahl is above all known for her involvement with the Nazi regime and her part in establishing the image of National Socialism in Germany.
Riefenstahl always disputed her significance in ...
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Leni Riefenstahl was born on the 22nd of August 1902 in Berlin Germany. She rose quite significantly as a prominent personality during the 1930's through her love of art including dance, acting and ci...
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Leni Riefenstahl
Critical Essay by Susan Sontag
Leni Riefenstahl
