Summary 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. View more details
Directed : Michael Kloft
Written : Michael Kloft
Stars : Nina Gladitz Christine Hegeler Jochen Böhler Eva Hohenberger
Genres : History Biography Documentary
Release date : Oct 21, 2020
Countries of origin : Germany
Official sites : Arte Arte
Language : German
Production companies : ARTE Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) Spiegel TV
Summary 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. View more details
Genres : History Biography Documentary
Release date : Oct 21, 2020
Countries of origin : Germany
Official sites : Arte Arte
Language : German
Production companies : ARTE Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) Spiegel TV
