Leni Riefenstahl: The Fallen Film Goddess
Categories: Biographies & Memoirs
Leni Riefenstahl: The Fallen Film Goddess (1976) is Glenn B. Infield's biography of the German director, focusing on her career during the Nazi era. Infield traces Riefenstahl's path from dancer and actress in mountain films to director of Triumph of the Will and Olympia, and examines her relationship with Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders. Drawing on documents and interviews, he considers her later claims that she was an artist with no interest in politics.
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- Quentin Tarantino: “The first of many books I've read on Fräuline Riefenstahl.”