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Leni Riefenstahl

Leni Riefenstahl

Directing
22 Aug 1902
08 Sept 2003
Berlin, Germany

Biography

Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl (22 August 1902 – 8 September 2003) was a German film director, actress and dancer widely noted for her aesthetics and innovations as a filmmaker. Her most famous film was Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will), made at the 1934 Nuremberg congress of the Nazi Party. Riefenstahl's prominence in the Third Reich along with her personal friendship with Adolf Hitler thwarted her film career following Germany's defeat in World War II, after which she was arre...

Also Known As

레니 리펜슈탈, Helene Bertha Amalia Riefenstahl, Helene Bertha Amalie Riefenstahl

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