Curiously, for a woman who directed a movie called Triumph of the Will, Leni Riefenstahl seemed to lose control over her own person when she first met Adolf Hitler. “I had hot sweats,” the German ...
Leni Riefenstahl remains a problem to be solved, not because there’s any doubt about who she was, but because we are uncertain as to who we are. Riefenstahl, a filmmaker of exceptional talent, worked ...
Beginning on March 13, Brave New World Repertory Theatre will debut its 2024 Season with the world premiere of “Leni’s Last Lament,” a one-woman show about the controversial World War II filmmaker ...
To what degree was infamous filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl a Nazi collaborator who knew about Adolf Hitler’s concentration camps? In the documentary “Riefenstahl,” which debuted at the 2024 Venice Film ...
Propagandists for evil, when exposed, have their work cut out for them. After the Nazis were defeated, “Triumph of the Will” director Leni Riefenstahl, stripped of her Third Reich protections but ...
Exclusive: Director Andres Veiel obtained access to Leni Riefenstahl's personal archives to assemble a damning profile of the director, one that obliterates her attempts at distancing herself from ...
These questions are important, given Riefenstahl’s enduring influence; her work is still taught in cinema classes for her ...