Leni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth

Synopsis

Countless people around the world know the pictures from Leni Riefenstahl's films, even if they have not seen them in their entirety. The work of the German director has burned itself into the collective memory. Even decades after the end of the Nazi era, she showed no remorse and presented herself as an apolitical, naive follower of the Nazi criminal regime. Her artistic service for the cinema was always recognized. But book author Nina Gladitz shows after decades of research that Hitler's favorite filmmaker was not only a follower, but also a perpetrator during the Third Reich, who instrumentalized other filmmakers such as the brilliant cinematographer Willy Zielke in order to gain fame for herself.

Main Cast

Christine Hegeler

Narrator (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Nina Gladitz

Self - Interviewee

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Jochen Böhler

Self - Interviewee

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Eva Hohenberger

Self - Interviewee

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Dieter Hinrichs

Self - Interviewee

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Leni Riefenstahl

Self (archive footage)

Age : 101 | Popularity : 3%

Willy Zielke

Self (archive footage)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Béla Balázs

Self (archive footage)

Age : 64 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Michael Kloft
Writing	Writer	Michael Kloft
Crew	Commissioning Editor	Sabine Bubeck-Paaz
	Cinematography	Alexis Jentzsch Egon Braun Ralph Klingelhöfer Dominik van Alst
Editing	Editor	Monika Finneisen
Production	Production Manager	Holger Kreit
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