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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.

Genres: Documentary, Foreign

Starring: Leni Riefenstahl, Marlene Dietrich, Walter Frentz

Released: September 11, 1993

Runtime: 180.0

Popularity Rating: 0.569

Arte, Channel Four Films, Nomad Films, Omega Film GmbH, Without Walls, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)

Belgium, France, Germany, United Kingdom

Herself Leni Riefenstahl
Herself Marlene Dietrich
Himself Walter Frentz
Himself Horst Kettner
Himself Ray Muller
Himself Luis Trenker
Himself Guzzi Lantschner

Directing — Director: Ray Muller
Editing — Editor: Beate Koster
Editing — Editor: Vera Dubsikova
Production — Producer: Dimitri de Clercq
Production — Producer: Hans-Jurgen Panitz
Production — Producer: Jacques de Clercq
Sound — Original Music Composer: Ulrich Bassenge
Sound — Original Music Composer: Wolfgang Neumann
Writing — Writer: Ray Muller