Leni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth (2020)

  • NR
  • 10/22/2020 (DE)
  • Documentary
  • 53m

Overview

Countless people around the world know the pictures from Leni Riefenstahl's films, even if they have not seen them in their entirety. The work of the German director has burned itself into the collective memory. Even decades after the end of the Nazi era, she showed no remorse and presented herself as an apolitical, naive follower of the Nazi criminal regime. Her artistic service for the cinema was always recognized. But book author Nina Gladitz shows after decades of research that Hitler's favorite filmmaker was not only a follower, but also a perpetrator during the Third Reich, who instrumentalized other filmmakers such as the brilliant cinematographer Willy Zielke in order to gain fame for herself.

Michael Kloft

Writer, Director

Cast

Christine Hegeler's headshot

Christine Hegeler

Narrator (voice)
Nina Gladitz's headshot

Nina Gladitz

Self - Interviewee
Jochen Böhler's headshot

Jochen Böhler

Self - Interviewee
Eva Hohenberger's headshot

Eva Hohenberger

Self - Interviewee
Dieter Hinrichs's headshot

Dieter Hinrichs

Self - Interviewee
Leni Riefenstahl's headshot

Leni Riefenstahl

Self (archive footage)
Willy Zielke's headshot

Willy Zielke

Self (archive footage)
Béla Balázs's headshot

Béla Balázs

Self (archive footage)

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