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Leni Riefenstahl (1902–2003)

Actress | Producer | Director

Leni Riefenstahl's show-biz experience began with an experiment: she wanted to know what it felt like to dance on the stage. Success as a dancer gave way to film acting when she attracted the attention of film director Arnold Fanck, subsequently starring in some of his mountaineering pictures. With Fanck as her mentor, Riefenstahl began directing films... See full bio »

Born:

Helene Bertha Amalie Riefenstahl
in Berlin, Germany

Died:

(age 101) in Pöcking, Bavaria, Germany
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1954 Lowlands
Martha, eine spanische Betteltänzerin
 
1933 S.O.S. Eisberg
Hella, seine Frau
 
1933 S.O.S. Iceberg
Ellen Lawrence
 
1932 The Blue Light
Junta
 
1931 White Ecstasy
Leni
 
1930 Avalanche
Hella Armstrong
 
1929 White Hell of Pitz Palu
Maria Maioni
 
1928 Das Schicksal derer von Habsburg
Maria Vetsera
 
1927 Der große Sprung
Gita
 
1926 Der heilige Berg
Diotima
 
1925 Ways to Strength and Beauty
Dancer
 
Show ShowProducer (9 titles)
1954 Lowlands (producer)
 
1944 Arno Breker (documentary short) (producer)
 
1943 Josef Thorak, Werkstatt und Werk (documentary short) (producer)
 
1938 Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (documentary) (producer)
 
1938 Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty (documentary) (producer)
 
1937 Wilde Wasser (short) (producer)
 
1935 Triumph of the Will (documentary) (producer)
 
1935 Tag der Freiheit - Unsere Wehrmacht (documentary short) (producer)
 
1932 The Blue Light (producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (8 titles)
2003 Underwater Impressions (documentary)
 
1954 Lowlands
 
1938 Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (documentary)
 
1938 Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty (documentary)
 
1935 Triumph of the Will (documentary)
 
1935 Tag der Freiheit - Unsere Wehrmacht (documentary short)
 
1933 Victory of the Faith (documentary)
 
1932 The Blue Light
 
Show ShowEditor (6 titles)
2003 Underwater Impressions (documentary)
 
1954 Lowlands
 
1938 Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (documentary)
 
1935 Triumph of the Will (documentary) (uncredited)
 
1935 Tag der Freiheit - Unsere Wehrmacht (documentary short)
 
1932 The Blue Light
 
Show ShowWriter (5 titles)
1954 Lowlands (screenplay)
 
1938 Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (documentary) (writer)
 
1938 Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty (documentary) (writer)
 
1935 Triumph of the Will (documentary)
 
1932 The Blue Light (story)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
2003 Rammstein: Lichtspielhaus (video documentary) (director: archive footage)
 
1998 The Last Days (documentary) (archive source)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (2 titles)
2003 Underwater Impressions (documentary)
 
1954 Lowlands (director of photography)
 
Show ShowSelf (17 titles)
2005 Speer und er (TV mini-series)
Herself / interviwee
 
2003 Leni Riefenstahl im Sudan
Herself
 
2003 Underwater Impressions (documentary) (uncredited)
 
2002 La mandrágora (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 10 December 2002 (2002) … Herself
 
2002 Hitler war ihr Schicksal - Leni Riefenstahl (TV documentary short)
Herself
 
2002 Ich wollte nie so alt werden - Eine persönliche Begegnung mit Leni Riefenstahl (TV movie)
Herself
 
2002 Sandra Maischberger trifft Leni Riefenstahl (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2002 Vom Hirschkäfer zum Hakenkreuz (documentary)
 
1995 Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself / Junta
– The Unchained Camera (1995) … Herself
– End of an Era (1995) … Herself / Junta (also archive footage)
 
1995 Die Nacht der Regisseure (documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1993 The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (documentary)
Herself
 
1977 Games of the XXI Olympiad Montreal 1976 (documentary)
Herself (spectator)
 
1976 Je später der Abend... (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 30 October 1976 (1976) … Herself
 
1976 Aspekte (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode dated 12 October 1976 (1976) … Herself
 
1973 Leni Riefenstahl (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1972 Erinnerungen an einen Sommer in Berlin (TV movie)
Herself
 
1938 Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (documentary)
Nude Dancer - Prologue (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (7 titles)
2007 Hitlers nützliche Idole (TV series documentary)
 
2005 The Goebbels Experiment (documentary)
Herself
 
2004 The 76th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself (Memorial Tribute)
 
2001 Hitlers Frauen (TV series documentary)
 
2000 Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1997 Birth of a Nation (documentary)
Herself
 
1995 Der Gratwanderer - Das Leben des Filmpioniers Hans Ertl (TV documentary)
Herself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Wrote "The Last of the Nuba" (1972). See more »

Publicity Listings:

4 Biographical Movies  | 6 Print Biographies  | 2 Interviews  | 11 Articles  | 3 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[recalling at age 83 her 1936 film Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations, which identified her with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party] "They killed me then. I am a ghost." See more »

Trivia:

A film of her life is being developed by Jodie Foster, who will direct and star in the piece. See more »

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