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Leni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth
20207.70h 53m
Overview
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.
Directed by Michael Kloft
Written by Michael Kloft
0Top Cast
C
Christine Hegeler
Narrator (voice)
N
Nina Gladitz
Self - Interviewee
J
Jochen Böhler
Self - Interviewee
E
Eva Hohenberger
Self - Interviewee
D
Dieter Hinrichs
Self - Interviewee
Leni Riefenstahl
Self (archive footage)
Willy Zielke
Self (archive footage)
Béla Balázs
Self (archive footage)
Joseph Goebbels
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hermann Göring
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
About Leni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth
Leni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth is a documentary film released in 2020. Directed by Michael Kloft, it stars Christine Hegeler, Nina Gladitz, Jochen Böhler. 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.
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