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Leni Riefenstahl

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Leni Riefenstahl

Born August 22, 1902 · Berlin, Germany

Died September 8, 2003 · aged 101

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 …

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The Blue LightThe Blue Light · 1932
The Blue Light
★ 6.91932
MovieDramaAdventure
Junta is hated by the people in the village where she lives, especially by the women, who suspect her of being a witch. Only she can climb the nearby mountains to a cave high up, whence a mysterious blue light glows when the moon is full. Many young men of the village have died trying to follow her. She is driven out of town, and takes to living in the mountains. Eventually she shares the secret of the blue light with one man, and he betrays it.
Triumph of the WillTriumph of the Will · 1935
Triumph of the Will
★ 6.91935
MovieDocumentary
A showcase of German chancellor and Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler at the 1934 Nuremberg Rally.
Olympia Part Two: Festival of BeautyOlympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty · 1938
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
★ 6.71938
MovieDocumentary
Part two of Leni Riefenstahl's monumental examination of the 1938 Olympic Games, the cameras leave the main stadium and venture into the many halls and fields deployed for such sports as fencing, polo, cycling, and the modern pentathlon, which was won by American Glenn Morris.
Olympia Part One: Festival of the NationsOlympia Part One: Festival of the Nations · 1938
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
★ 6.91938
MovieDocumentary
Starting with a long and lyrical overture, evoking the origins of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece, Riefenstahl covers twenty-one athletic events in the first half of this two-part love letter to the human body and spirit, culminating with the marathon, where Jesse Owens became the first track and field athlete to win four gold medals in a single Olympics.
The White Hell of Pitz PaluThe White Hell of Pitz Palu · 1929
The White Hell of Pitz Palu
★ 7.01929
MovieDramaAdventure
Dr. Johannes Krafft climbs a 12,000-foot mountain over and over again to search for his wife, who was lost on their honeymoon. Another couple makes the dangerous climb with him.
Storm Over Mont BlancStorm Over Mont Blanc · 1930
Storm Over Mont Blanc
★ 6.61930
MovieAdventureDrama
Hannes is employed at the Mont Blanc Observatory; the only outside connection is a pilot and Hella over the radio. Hella ascends the mountain but her father dies along the way.
S.O.S. IcebergS.O.S. Iceberg · 1933
S.O.S. Iceberg
★ 5.31933
MovieAdventureDrama
An expedition goes in search of a party lost in the Arctic a year earlier. (The English-language version of S.O.S. Eisberg.)
The Holy MountainThe Holy Mountain · 1926
The Holy Mountain
★ 6.51926
MovieDramaAdventure
In the mountains, Diotima meets Karl and fall in love and have an affair. Karl's friend Vigo mistakenly believes she's in love with him, causing rifts in all relationships.

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