Leni Riefenstahl

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Leni Riefenstahl
  • Birth Name: Helene Berta Amalie Riefenstahl
  • Birth Place: Berlin, Germany
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 08/22/1902, Leo
  • Date of Death: 09/08/2003
  • Profession: Director; actor; photographer
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Leni Riefenstahl Fast Facts:
  • Learned filmmaking techniques from director Arnold Fanck, while starring in his popular "mountain films" of the 1920s. 
  • Commissioned to direct films for Adolf Hitler's National Socialist Party, which led to her creation of the infamous Nazi propaganda documentary Triumph of the Will.
  • Follow-up was the documentary Olympia, which focused on displaying the idealized human form at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.
  • Denied accusations of being Hitler's mistress and claimed ignorance of his intentions for Germany.
  • After World War II, was imprisoned for several years in France for participation in and glorifying of the Nazi party.
  • Lived with the Nuba people in southern Sudan during the 1960s; released the resulting book of photographs, The Last of the Nuba, in the early '70s.
  • Published her autobiography, Leni Riefenstahl: A Memoir, in 1987.
  • Continued sporadic photography and film work---including lensing the scuba-diving documentary Underwater Impressions---until her death at 101.
  • Leni Riefenstahl Relationships:
  • Horst Kettner - Significant Other
  • Alfred Riefenstahl - Father
  • Peter Jacob - Husband
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