Leni Riefenstahl

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Trained as an dancer, Leni Riefenstahl was an up-and-coming actress in German movies of the 1920s before becoming a film director. She impressed Adolf Hitler so much he put her in charge of filming the 1934 Nazi rally at Nuremberg, as well as the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. The two films, Triumph of the Will (1935) and Olympia (1938) are landmark documentaries, and Riefenstahl is considered one of the great innovators in moving pictures. But she was also accused of being a great propagandist for the Nazis, and it ruined her film career. After World War II she escaped being charged with war crimes (and she was never a Nazi party member), but she remained a controversial figure. Later in her career Riefenstahl turned to still and underwater photography; her 2002 film Impressions Under Water was compiled from footage she took while scuba diving. She lived to be 101, dying in September 2003.

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posted by Richard
Despicable woman. May she burn in hell.
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posted by mjnyc
In my opinion, the 1936 Olympics documentary was her magnum opus. So many things you see nowadays such as swim racers underwater, divers in slow motion, pole vaulters filmed from below, all sorts of sports shot from odd angles -- she pioneered them all.
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posted by Alice
It was never an affair, she was fascinated by his nature and obsessive personality. He was a companion but never a lover, Hitler could never give himself so.
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posted by Mike T
In her youth, she was a silent movie star in Germany. She was one of the very few to survive an affair with Adolph Hitler. She died 8 Sep 2003.
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    Name Leni Riefenstahl
    (Helene Bertha Amalie Riefenstahl)
    Hair Color Blonde
    Date of Birth August 221902
    Birthplace Berlin
    Star Sign Leo
    Died September 82003 (Aged 101)
    Location of Death Pöcking, Bavaria, Germany
    Cause of Death cancer
    Nationality German
    Ethnicity White
    Religion Lutheran
    Occupation Director
    Celebrity Index Le
    Claim to Fame director of nazi propaganda movies

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  • Through my optimism I naturally prefer and capture the beauty in life.
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  • I set about seeking a thread, a theme, a style, in the realm of legend. Something that might allow me to give free rein to my juvenile sense of romanticism and the beautiful image.
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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 have looked always for the unusual, for the wonderful, for the mysteries at the heart of life.
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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.
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  • I am fascinated by what is beautiful, strong, healthy, what is living. I seek harmony.
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  • Reality doesn`t interest me.
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  • I want to see, that`s all. This is my life. I want to see.
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