Leni Riefenstahl

Režisér, Střihač, Producent, Scénárista, Herec

22. srpna 1902 — 8. září 2003 (101 let)
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 arrested but released without any charges.

Triumph of the Will gave Riefenstahl instant and lasting international fame, as well as infamy. Although she directed only eight films, just two of which received significant coverage outside of Germany, Riefenstahl was widely known all her life. The propaganda value of her films made during the 1930s repels most modern commentators but many film histories cite the aesthetics as outstanding. The Economist wrote that Triumph of the Will "sealed her reputation as the greatest female filmmaker of the 20th century".

In the 1970s Riefenstahl published her still photography of the Nuba tribes in Sudan in several books such as The Last of the Nuba. She was active up until her death and also published marine life stills and released the marine-based film Impressionen unter Wasser in 2002.

After her death, the Associated Press described Riefenstahl as an "acclaimed pioneer of film and photographic techniques". Der Tagesspiegel newspaper in Berlin noted, "Leni Riefenstahl conquered new ground in the cinema". The BBC said her documentaries "were hailed as groundbreaking film-making, pioneering techniques involving cranes, tracking rails, and many cameras working at the same time".

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Filmy a seriály na Plexu

  • Olymp II
    Olymp II1938

Známý pro

  • Triumf vůle
    Triumf vůle1935
  • Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
    Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations1938
  • Olymp II
    Olymp II1938
  • Vítězství
    Vítězství1933
  • Day of Freedom: Our Armed Forces
    Day of Freedom: Our Armed Forces1935
  • The Blue Light
    The Blue Light1932
  • Svatá hora - Madonna sněžných hor
    Svatá hora - Madonna sněžných hor1926
  • Bílé peklo
    Bílé peklo1929
  • Lowlands
    Lowlands1954
  • Underwater Impressions
    Underwater Impressions2002
  • Ways to Strength and Beauty
    Ways to Strength and Beauty1925
  • The Great Leap
    The Great Leap1927
  • S.O.S. Iceberg
    S.O.S. Iceberg1933
  • Der Marsch zum Führer
    Der Marsch zum Führer1940
  • Campaign in Poland
    Campaign in Poland1940

Filmografie