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
- Leni Riefenstahl - Końskie, Poland - prisoners shot - 1939.png
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
- Leni Riefenstahl, 1940.jpg
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