The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (1993)
Die Macht der Bilder: Leni Riefenstahl
183 min
This documentary recounts the life and work of one of most famous, and yet reviled, German film directors in history, Leni Riefenstahl. The film recounts the rise of her career from a dancer, to a movie actor to the most important film director in Nazi Germany who directed such famous propaganda films as Triumph of the Will and Olympiad. The film also explores her later activities after Nazi Germany's defeat in 1945 and her disgrace for being so associated with it which includes her amazingly active life over the age of 90.
- Release date
- September 11, 1993
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Music
- Ulrich Bassenge, Wolfgang Neumann
- Box office
- $449,707
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Trailer
Cast
- Leni Riefenstahl as Self
- Walter Frentz as Himself
- Horst Kettner as Self - Leni's Companion
- Ray Müller as Self
- Luis Trenker as Himself
- Guzzi Lantschner as Himself
Crew
- Luis Trenker · Archive footage
- Georg Wilhelm Pabst · Archive footage
- Arnold Fanck · Archive footage
- Joseph Goebbels · Archive footage
- Marlene Dietrich · Archive footage
- Adolf Hitler · Archive footage
- Ernst Röhm · Archive footage
- Ray Müller · Director
- Ray Müller · Writer
- Ulrich Bassenge · Composer
- Wolfgang Neumann · Composer
- Michel Baudour · Cinematographer
- Walter A. Franke · Cinematographer
- Ulrich Jänchen · Cinematographer
- Jürgen Martin · Cinematographer
- Vera Dubsikova · Editor
- Beate Köster · Editor
- Stefan Mothes · Editor