Leni Riefenstahl
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| + | "We might even wonder whether he did not merely organize [[Nuremberg Rally|Nuremberg]] for [[Leni Riefenstahl]], as certain elements lead us to suppose, and taking the argument a little further, whether the whole of the [[Second World War]]…was not indeed conducted as a [[List of most expensive films |big budget]] [[war film]], solely put on so it could be projected as [[newsreel]] each evening in his bunker…the artistic organization of these mass ceremonies, recorded on celluloid, and even the organization of the final collapse, were part of the overall programme of this movement." --''[[Die freudlose Gesellschaft]]'', 1981, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg. | ||
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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 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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"We might even wonder whether he did not merely organize Nuremberg for Leni Riefenstahl, as certain elements lead us to suppose, and taking the argument a little further, whether the whole of the Second World War…was not indeed conducted as a big budget war film, solely put on so it could be projected as newsreel each evening in his bunker…the artistic organization of these mass ceremonies, recorded on celluloid, and even the organization of the final collapse, were part of the overall programme of this movement." --Die freudlose Gesellschaft, 1981, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg. |
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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.
