The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl

Name: The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1993-09-11
Duration: 188 min
Cast: Walter Frentz, Leni Riefenstahl, Ray Müller, Horst Kettner, Luis Trenker

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Release Date

9/11/1993

Runtime

188 mins

Genres

Documentary

Overview

This documentary recounts the life and work of one of most famous, and yet reviled, German film directors in history, Leni Riefenstahl. The film recounts the rise of her career from a dancer, to a movie actor to the most important film director in Nazi Germany who directed such famous propaganda films as Triumph of the Will and Olympiad. The film also explores her later activities after Nazi Germany's defeat in 1945 and her disgrace for being so associated with it which includes her amazingly active life over the age of 90.

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Released

Original Language

German

Budget

Revenue

$449,707

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A probing examination of artistic ambition and moral complicity that refuses easy judgment. The film sits in the uncomfortable space between fascination with a master filmmaker's technique and revulsion at what she created in service of Nazi ideology.