With Leni Riefenstahl in 1937

Helene Bertha Amalie " Leni " Riefenstahl (; August 22, 1902 – September 8, 2003 ) was a German film director, actress and dancer widely noted for her aesthetics and innovations as a filmmaker.

Der Tagesspiegel newspaper in Berlin noted, “ Leni Riefenstahl conquered new ground in the cinema ”.

She co-wrote, directed and starred in the film and produced it under the banner of her own company, Leni Riefenstahl Productions.

According to the Daily Express of April 24, 1934, Leni Riefenstahl had read Mein Kampf during the making of her film The Blue Light.

In interviews for the 1993 film The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl, Riefenstahl adamantly denied any deliberate attempt to create pro-Nazi propaganda and said she was disgusted that Triumph of the Will was used in such a way.

Leni Riefenstahl died in her sleep on the late evening of September 8, 2003 at her home in Pöcking, Germany.

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During this time Leni Riefenstahl, a filmmaker working in Nazi Germany, created one of the best-known propaganda movies, Triumph of the Will, a film commissioned by Hitler to chronicle the 1934 Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg.

Triumph of the Will () is a propaganda film made by Leni Riefenstahl.

* 1938 Olympia 1. Teil – Fest der Völker by Leni Riefenstahl ( Germany )

* Leni Riefenstahl – dancer, actress, and film director

* August 22 – Leni Riefenstahl, German film director ( d. 2003 )

Filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, a favourite of Adolf Hitler, was commissioned by the German Olympic Committee to film the Games for $ 7 million.

Leni Riefenstahl appears at the Nazi rally.

According to Jürgen Trimborn's biography of Nazi propaganda film-maker Leni Riefenstahl, both Chaplin and French film-maker René Clair viewed Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will together at a showing at the New York Museum of Modern Art.

* Olympia ( 1938 film ), by Leni Riefenstahl, documenting the Berlin-hosted Olympic Games

Leni Riefenstahl later staged the torch relay for the 1938 film Olympia.

A notable element in the Pathescope catalogue was pre-war German mountain films by such directors as G. W. Pabst and Leni Riefenstahl.

Examples of this exist not only in posters but also in the films of Leni Riefenstahl and Sergei Eisenstein.

* Leni Riefenstahl

The Leni Riefenstahl film Der Sieg des Glaubens was made at this rally.

The Leni Riefenstahl film Triumph des Willens was made at this rally.

Block's case has continued for five years and he has gone from being a successful businessman to being almost bankrupt and is virtually enslaved by his dependence on the lawyer and Leni, with whom he appears to be sexually involved.

Until the day I die people will keep saying, ‘ Leni is a Nazi ’, and I ’ ll keep saying, ‘ But what did she do ?’” Although she won more than 50 libel cases against people accusing her of collaborating with the Nazis, there are many unanswered questions about her relation to National Socialism in particular and fascism more generally.

Shortly after his meeting with General Marshall, Capra viewed Leni Riefenstahl's " terrifying motion picture ," Triumph of the Will.

He also co-directed with Arnold Fanck a mountain film entitled The White Hell of Pitz Palu ( 1929 ) starring Leni Riefenstahl.

Leni, one of these girls, becomes infatuated with " Jupp ", but he dares not take advantage-Leni is a fervent Nazi and even speaks of wanting to kill Jews.

After several months without seeing Leni, Solek visits her mother, who does not sympathize with the Nazis.

The event was filmed by Hitler's favorite director, Leni Riefenstahl, and branded with the giants of German industry: the lighting-mirrors were made by the Zeiss corporation, and the torches themselves, fueled with magnesium to prevent them from going out in bad weather, were constructed by Krupp, the huge steel and munitions conglomerate that armed Germany for both world wars.

Later, he co-wrote ( with Carl Mayer ) and helped Leni Riefenstahl direct the film Das Blaue Licht ( 1932 ).

Hintertreppe ( German for Backstairs ), Jessner's first film ( co-directed with Paul Leni ), highlighted Jessner's use of these heavily stylised staircases.

* Hintertreppe ( 1921 ) ( aka Backstairs ) ( Directed with Paul Leni )

Long's competition with Owens is recorded in Leni Riefenstahl's documentary Olympia-Fest der Völker.

Motian subsequently worked with musicians such as Marilyn Crispell, Bill Frisell, Leni Stern, Joe Lovano, Alan Pasqua, Bill McHenry, Stephane Oliva, Frank Kimbrough, Eric Watson and many more.

She made her debut with the company on October 22, 1953 portraying three roles ( Fraulein Burstner, Frau Grubach, and Leni ) in the United States premiere of Gottfried von Einem's The Trial.

He was assisted by Sepp Allgeier, a cameraman who later worked with Leni Riefenstahl, and worked mostly in the Alps in locations such as the Engadine, Zermatt and the Arlberg and on mountains such as Mont Blanc and Piz Palü.

* The Holy Mountain ( 1926 ), with Leni Riefenstahl

* The White Hell of Pitz Palu ( 1929 Silent / 1935 Sound ), with Ernst Udet and Leni Riefenstahl

* Der weiße Rausch – neue Wunder des Schneeschuhs ( 1931 ), with Leni Riefenstahl, Gustav Lantschner, and Rudolph Matt

Eisberg ( 1933 ), filmed in Engadin, Switzerland and in Greenland, with Leni Riefenstahl and Gibson Gowland

In her famous 1974 essay " Fascinating Fascism ", Susan Sontag lamented that " The purification of Leni Riefenstahl's reputation of its Nazi dross has been gathering momentum for some time, but it has reached some kind of climax this year, with Riefenstahl the guest of honor at a new cinéphile-controlled film festival held in the summer in Colorado ….

His biography of the Nazi-associated filmmaker Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl ( 2007 ) overturns many of the claims Riefenstahl put forward in her self-defence regarding her contact with Hitler's regime, and was named by the New York Times as one of the most notable books of 2007.

A different piece, created by Ned O ' Hanlon and Maurice Linnane of Dreamchaser video productions, was used on the 1993 legs ; it wove looped video from Leni Riefenstahl's films Triumph of the Will and Olympia with various video clips featuring war and news.

Lectures and workshops given by prominent artists have been a staple of the camp since its inception, with visits ranging from Leni Riefenstahl to Maury Yeston.