Leni Riefenstahl
Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl (22 August 1902 – 8 September 2003) was a German movie director who made propaganda for the Nazis. Her most famous movies are Triumph of the Will and Olympia. She was a interpretive dancer but after a knee injury she stopped.
Leni Riefenstahl | |
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 at the film cutting table, 1935 | |
| Born | Helene Bertha Amalie Riefenstahl 22 August 1902 |
| Died | 8 September 2003 (aged 101) |
| Years active | 1925-1954, 2002 |
| Spouse(s) | Peter Jacob (m. 1944-1946, divorced) Horst Kettner (m. 1968-2003, her death) |
Leni Riefenstahl Media
Riefenstahl stands near Heinrich Himmler while instructing her camera crew at Nuremberg, 1934.
Riefenstahl and a camera crew stand in front of Hitler's car during the 1934 rally in Nuremberg.
Riefenstahl in conversation with Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, 1937
Riefenstahl as a war correspondent in Poland, 1939
Riefenstahl instructing her film crew in Poland, 1939
Riefenstahl filming a difficult scene with the help of two assistants, 1936
Riefenstahl's grave in Munich Waldfriedhof
Riefenstahl at work on Tiefland in 1940
Other websites
Media related to Leni Riefenstahl at Wikimedia Commons
- Leni Riefenstahl on IMDb
- Leni Riefenstahl - The Independent Obituary Archived 2010-06-23 at the Wayback Machine