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Leni Riefenstahl


Born
in Berlin, German Empire, Germany
August 22, 1901

Died
September 08, 2003

Genre
Arts & Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, Entertainment


Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl (German pronunciation: [ˈʁiːfənʃtaːl]; 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), a propaganda film 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 re ...more

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Average rating: 4.03 · 581 ratings · 86 reviews · 26 distinct works • Similar authors
A Memoir
3.80 avg rating — 359 ratings — published 1987 — 42 editions
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Africa
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The Last of the Nuba
4.59 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1973 — 17 editions
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People of Kau
4.49 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1976 — 18 editions
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Olympia
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Coral Gardens
4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1978 — 7 editions
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Vanishing Africa
4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1982 — 10 editions
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Behind the Scenes of the Na...
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Memoiren 1. 1902-1945
3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions
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Memoiren 2, 1945-1987
3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions
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“I feel as though I have lived many lives, experienced the heights and depths of each and like the waves of the ocean, never known rest. Throughout the years, I looked always for the unusual, for the wonderful, for the mysteries at the heart of life.”
― Leni Riefenstahl
tags: life, mystery-of-life, reincarnation
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“I am fascinated by what is beautiful, strong, healthy, what is living. I seek harmony.”
― Leni Riefenstahl
tags: beauty, fascinating, harmony, physical-nature, strength
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“The applause was so loud and insistent that I had to respond with several encores. I was numb with happiness, when it was over, I knew that this alone must be my life and my world.”
― Leni Riefenstahl
tags: adoration, applause, recognition
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