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Leni Riefenstahl

Leni Riefenstahl

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

22/08/1902

Day of Death

08/09/2003
(101) years old

Place of Birth

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 Na... Read More

Known For

FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts

FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts

Riefenstahl

Riefenstahl

Leni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth

Leni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth

Hitler's Hollywood

Hitler's Hollywood

Les Champions d'Hitler

Les Champions d'Hitler

Leni Riefenstahl: Her Dream of Africa

Leni Riefenstahl: Her Dream of Africa

Underwater Impressions

Underwater Impressions

Filmography

Cast

2025

FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts

as Herself

2024

Riefenstahl

as Self (archive footage)

2020

Leni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth

as Self (archive footage)

2018

Eiskalte Leidenschaft - Leni Riefenstahl...

as Self (archive footage)

2017

Hitler's Hollywood

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2016

Les Champions d'Hitler

as Self

2015

LENI

as Self (archive footage)

2005

Speer und er: Nachspiel - Die Täuschung

as Herself

2003

Leni Riefenstahl: Her Dream of Africa

2002

Underwater Impressions

2002

The Immoderation of Me - Sandra Maischbe...

as Self

2002

From Stag Beetle to Swastika

2000

Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co

as Self (archive footage)

1997

Birth of a Nation

as Self

1995

The Night of the Filmmakers

as Self

1993

The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Rie...

as Herself

1982

Time of Darkness and Silence

as Self

1977

Games of the XXI Olympiad

as Self - Spectator

1976

Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weim...

as Self - Interviewee

1972

Memories of a Summer in Berlin

as herself

1954

Lowlands

as Martha

1938

Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nati...

as Nude Dancer - Prologue (uncredited)

1933

S.O.S. Iceberg

as Ellen Lawrence

1933

S.O.S. Iceberg

as Hella Lorenz

1932

The Blue Light

as Junta

1931

White Ecstasy

as Leni

1930

Storm Over Mont Blanc

as Hella Armstrong

1929

The White Hell of Pitz Palu

as Maria Maioni

1928

Das Schicksal derer von Habsburg

as Maria Vetsera

1927

The Great Leap

as Gita

1926

The Holy Mountain

as Diotima

1925

Ways to Strength and Beauty

Crew

2002

Underwater Impressions

as Director

2002

Underwater Impressions

as Writer

1954

Lowlands

as Director

1954

Lowlands

as Producer

1954

Lowlands

as Screenplay

1954

Lowlands

as Editor

1941

Hoch der Lambeth Valk

as Idea

1938

Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty

as Director

1938

Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty

as Producer

1938

Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty

as Editor

1938

Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty

as Writer

1938

Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nati...

as Director

1938

Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nati...

as Producer

1938

Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nati...

as Editor

1938

Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nati...

as Writer

1935

Day of Freedom

as Producer

1935

Day of Freedom

as Editor

1935

Day of Freedom

as Director

1935

Triumph of the Will

as Director

1935

Triumph of the Will

as Producer

1935

Triumph of the Will

as Screenplay

1935

Triumph of the Will

as Editor

1933

The Victory of Faith

as Director

1933

The Victory of Faith

as Writer

1933

The Victory of Faith

as Editor

1932

The Blue Light

as Director

1932

The Blue Light

as Story

1932

The Blue Light

as Producer

1932

The Blue Light

as Editor