Leni Riefenstahl
Directing
Born: 1902-08-22 · Berlin, Germany
Died: 2003-09-08
Biography
Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl (22 August 1902 – 8 September 2003) was a German film director, actress and dancer widely noted for her aesthetics and innovations as a filmmaker. Her most famous film was Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will), made at the 1934 Nuremberg congress of the Nazi Party. Riefenstahl's prominence in the Third Reich along with her personal friendship with Adolf Hitler thwarted her film career following Germany's defeat in World War II, after which she was arre
🎬 Movies (20)
FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts
2025
Self (archive footage)
Riefenstahl
2024
Self (archive footage)
City of Toys
2024
Self (archive footage)
Leni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth
2020
Self (archive footage)
Eiskalte Leidenschaft - Leni Riefenstahl und Arnold Fanck zwischen Hitler und Hollywood
2018
Self (archive footage)
Hitler's Hollywood
2017
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Les Champions d'Hitler
2016
Self
LENI
2015
Self (archive footage)
In the Service of the Regime. Leni Riefenstahl
2009
Self (archive footage)
Faszination Bergfilm - Himmelhoch und Abgrundtief
2008
Self (archive footage)
Speer und er: Nachspiel - Die Täuschung
2005
Herself
The Goebbels Experiment
2005
Self (archival footage)
Leni Riefenstahl: Her Dream of Africa
2003
Self
Underwater Impressions
2002
The Immoderation of Me - Sandra Maischberger meets Leni Riefenstahl
2002
Self
From Stag Beetle to Swastika
2002
Birth of a Nation
1997
Self
The Night of the Filmmakers
1995
Self
The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
1993
Herself
Time of Darkness and Silence
1982
Self