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 for Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. Leni Riefenstahl was...

Die letzten Bilder Leni Riefenstahls - für die arte-Produktion "Impressionen unter Wasser" (2002) - zeigten sie abgetaucht, schemenhaft auf dem Weg ins mysteriöse Tageslicht jenseits der Wasseroberfläche. Wer wollte, konnte diese Einstellung rückbeziehen auf ihr Regiedebüt "Das blaue Licht" (1932), in dem sie selbst...

It's terribly difficult knowing what to think about Leni Riefenstahl's Memoir. She began writing it when she was 80, finished it at 85, and now that she's 91 the English-language edition has just been issued. While the Memoir concludes in 1982, a new...

The problem with writing a book about a screenwriter is made obvious by the title of this book: If you have to give top billing to a director, you’re in trouble. Ian Scott’s In Capra’s Shadow examines one of the most interesting screenwriting talents of...

The problem with writing a book about a screenwriter is made obvious by the title of this book: If you have to give top billing to a director, you’re in trouble. Ian Scott’s In Capra’s Shadow examines one of the most interesting screenwriting talents...

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 in Triumph of the Will represents an act of historical revisionism.

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 aesthetic” in its representation of the human body, which is further reflected in Riefenstahl's films.

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 Müller, expresses a sense of awe regarding Riefenstahl's status as both filmmaker and a charismatic personality.

Brief look at the life of Leni Riefenstahl and her involvment with the Nazi Regime.

A look at the life of German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl before her involvement with the Third Reich. Riefenstahl's love of art, including dance, acting and cinematography, helped establish her as a prominent personality in Germany and led to the start of her film production company in 1931.