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 an interpretive dancer but after a knee injury she stopped.
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| 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
- Bundesarchiv Bild 152-42-31, Nürnberg, Leni Riefenstahl mit Heinrich Himmler.jpg
Riefenstahl stands near Heinrich Himmler while instructing her camera crew at Nuremberg, 1934.
- Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2004-0312-503, Nürnberg, Reichsparteitag, Marsch der Wehrmacht.jpg
Riefenstahl and a camera crew stand in front of Hitler's car during the 1934 rally in Nuremberg.
- Bundesarchiv Bild 183-S34639, Joseph Goebbels und Leni Riefenstahl crop.jpg
Riefenstahl in conversation with Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, 1937
The controversial photo taken on 12 (for some other sources, 5) September 1939 in Końskie, Poland, in which Riefenstahl is crying and is visibly shocked
- Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2004-0021, Polen, Truppenbesuch von Leni Riefenstahl.jpg
Riefenstahl as a war correspondent in Poland, 1939
- Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2004-0020, Polen, Truppenbesuch von Leni Riefenstahl.jpg
Riefenstahl instructing her film crew in Poland, 1939
- Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1988-106-29, Leni Riefenstahl bei Dreharbeiten.jpg
Riefenstahl filming a difficult scene with the help of two assistants, 1936
- WP Leni Riefenstahl Grabstelle.jpg
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