Leni Riefenstahl
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| - | '''Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl''' ([[August 22]] [[1902]] – [[September 8]] [[2003]]) was a [[Germany|German]] [[film director]], dancer and [[actress]], and widely noted for her [[aesthetics]] and advances in film technique. Her most famous film was ''[[Triumph of the Will|Triumph des Willens]]'', a [[documentary film|documentary]] of the 1934 [[Nuremberg]] congress of the [[Nazi Party]], which was used by the [[Third Reich]] as a powerful [[propaganda film]]. Because of Riefenstahl's social prominence in the Third Reich, including a personal acquaintance with [[Adolf Hitler]] and [[Joseph Goebbels]], Leni Riefenstahl's film career ended after Germany's defeat in [[World War II]], when she was arrested but not found guilty of war crimes. | + | '''Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl''' ([[August 22]] [[1902]] – [[September 8]] [[2003]]) was a [[German film director]], dancer and [[actress]], and widely noted for her [[aesthetics]] and advances in film technique. Her most famous film was ''[[Triumph of the Will|Triumph des Willens]]'', a [[documentary film|documentary]] of the 1934 [[Nuremberg]] congress of the [[Nazi Party]], which was used by the [[Third Reich]] as a powerful [[propaganda film]]. Because of Riefenstahl's social prominence in the Third Reich, including a personal acquaintance with [[Adolf Hitler]] and [[Joseph Goebbels]], Leni Riefenstahl's film career ended after Germany's defeat in [[World War II]], when she was arrested but not found guilty of war crimes. |
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Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl (August 22 1902 – September 8 2003) was a German film director, dancer and actress, and widely noted for her aesthetics and advances in film technique. Her most famous film was Triumph des Willens, a documentary of the 1934 Nuremberg congress of the Nazi Party, which was used by the Third Reich as a powerful propaganda film. Because of Riefenstahl's social prominence in the Third Reich, including a personal acquaintance with Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels, Leni Riefenstahl's film career ended after Germany's defeat in World War II, when she was arrested but not found guilty of war crimes.
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