Leni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 22, 2020

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Production

ZDF

Cast

Christine Hegeler,Nina Gladitz,Jochen Böhler,Eva Hohenberger,Dieter Hinrichs,Leni Riefenstahl,Willy Zielke,Béla Balázs,Joseph Goebbels,Hermann Göringand 3 more

Director

Michael Kloft

Writer

Michael Kloft

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt13353524