Leni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth (2020)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Michael Kloft
  • Profile picture of Leni Riefenstahl
    Self (archive footage) Leni Riefenstahl
  • Profile picture of Willy Zielke
    Self (archive footage) Willy Zielke
  • Profile picture of Béla Balázs
    Self (archive footage) Béla Balázs
  • Profile picture of Joseph Goebbels
    Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Joseph Goebbels
  • Profile picture of Hermann Göring
    Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Hermann Göring
  • Profile picture of Heinrich Himmler
    Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Heinrich Himmler
  • Profile picture of Adolf Hitler
    Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Adolf Hitler
  • Profile picture of Julius Streicher
    Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Julius Streicher

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