Leni Riefenstahl
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderFemale
Birthday22 August 1902
Died8 September 2003 (age 101)
Place of birthBerlin, Germany
Known credits48
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 arrested but released without any charges. Triumph of the Will gave Riefenstahl instant and lasting int…
FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Riefenstahl
2024 · Self (archive footage)
City of Toys
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Longing For Innocence
2023 · Director
Leni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Eiskalte Leidenschaft - Leni Riefenstahl und Arnold Fanck zwischen Hitler und Hollywood
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Buffa racconta Jesse Owens
2017
Hitler's Hollywood
2017 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Run
2016
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
Underwater Impressions
2002 · Director
Underwater Impressions
2002 · Writer
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
Biographies
1978 · Self
Games of the XXI Olympiad
1977 · Self - Spectator
Das ist Ihr Leben
1976 · Self
Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture
1976 · Self - Interviewee
Je später der Abend
1973 · Self
Memories of a Summer in Berlin
1972 · herself
aspekte
1965 · Self
Lowlands
1954 · Martha
Lowlands
1954 · Director
Lowlands
1954 · Producer
Lowlands
1954 · Screenplay
Lowlands
1954 · Editor
Hoch der Lambeth Valk
1941 · Idea
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
1938 · Director
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
1938 · Producer
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
1938 · Editor
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
1938 · Writer
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
1938 · Nude Dancer - Prologue (uncredited)
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
1938 · Director
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
1938 · Producer
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
1938 · Editor
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
1938 · Writer
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