- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- August 22, 1902
- Place of Birth
- Berlin, Germany
- Died
- September 8, 2003
Leni Riefenstahl
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 international fame, as well as infamy. Although she directed only eight films, just two of which received significant coverage outside of Germany, Riefenstahl was widely known all her life. The propaganda value of her films made during the 1930s repels most modern commentators but many film histories c…
Filmography
movieFASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieRiefenstahl
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieCity of Toys
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieLonging For Innocence
2023 · Director
movieLeni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieChurchill and the Movie Mogul
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Eiskalte Leidenschaft - Leni Riefenstahl und Arnold Fanck zwischen Hitler und Hollywood
movieEiskalte Leidenschaft - Leni Riefenstahl und Arnold Fanck zwischen Hitler und Hollywood
2018 · Self (archive footage)
tvBuffa racconta Jesse Owens
2017
movieHitler's Hollywood
2017 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieThe Run
2016
movieLes Champions d'Hitler
2016 · Self
LENI
movieLENI
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movieIn the Service of the Regime. Leni Riefenstahl
2009 · Self (archive footage)
movieFaszination Bergfilm - Himmelhoch und Abgrundtief
2008 · Self (archive footage)
Speer und er: Nachspiel - Die Täuschung
movieSpeer und er: Nachspiel - Die Täuschung
2005 · Herself
movieThe Goebbels Experiment
2005 · Self (archival footage)
movieLeni Riefenstahl: Her Dream of Africa
2003 · Self
movieUnderwater Impressions
2002 · , Director, Writer
The Immoderation of Me - Sandra Maischberger meets Leni Riefenstahl
movieThe Immoderation of Me - Sandra Maischberger meets Leni Riefenstahl
2002 · Self
movieFrom Stag Beetle to Swastika
2002
movieBirth of a Nation
1997 · Self
movieThe Night of the Filmmakers
1995 · Self
movieThe Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
1993 · Herself
movieTime of Darkness and Silence
1982 · Self
Biographies
tvBiographies
1978 · Self
movieGames of the XXI Olympiad
1977 · Self - Spectator
Das ist Ihr Leben
tvDas ist Ihr Leben
1976 · Self
movieMemories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture
1976 · Self - Interviewee
Je später der Abend
tvJe später der Abend
1973 · Self
Memories of a Summer in Berlin
movieMemories of a Summer in Berlin
1972 · herself
aspekte
tvaspekte
1965 · Self
movieLowlands
1954 · Martha, Editor, Director, Producer, Screenplay
movieHoch der Lambeth Valk
1941 · Idea
movieOlympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
1938 · Director, Producer, Editor, Writer
movieOlympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
1938 · Nude Dancer - Prologue (uncredited), Director, Producer, Editor, Writer
movieDay of Freedom
1935 · Editor, Producer, Director
movieTriumph of the Will
1935 · Director, Producer, Screenplay, Editor
movieThe Victory of Faith
1933 · Director, Editor, Writer
movieS.O.S. Iceberg
1933 · Ellen Lawrence
movieS.O.S. Iceberg
1933 · Hella Lorenz
movieThe Blue Light
1932 · Junta, Director, Editor, Producer, Story
movieThe White Ecstasy
1931 · Leni
movieStorm Over Mont Blanc
1930 · Hella Armstrong
movieThe White Hell of Pitz Palu
1929 · Maria Maioni
movieDas Schicksal derer von Habsburg
1928 · Maria Vetsera
movieThe Great Leap
1927 · Gita
movieThe Holy Mountain
1926 · Diotima
movieWays to Strength and Beauty
1925