The read
It runs a compact 53m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael KloftWriter
- Michael KloftDirector
Cast
- Christine HegelerNarrator (voice)
- Nina GladitzSelf - Interviewee
- Jochen BöhlerSelf - Interviewee
- Eva HohenbergerSelf - Interviewee
- Dieter HinrichsSelf - Interviewee
- Leni RiefenstahlSelf (archive footage)
- Willy ZielkeSelf (archive footage)
- Béla BalázsSelf (archive footage)
- Joseph GoebbelsSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Hermann GöringSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Heinrich HimmlerSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)