Leni Riefenstahl: The Seduction of Genius

Leni Riefenstahl: The Seduction of Genius
ISBN-10
0826470238
ISBN-13
9780826470232
Series
Leni Riefenstahl
Category
Social Science
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
2003-10-01
Publisher
A&C Black
Author
Rainer Rother

Description

Leni Riefenstahl, now aged 101, achieved fame as a dancer, actress photographer, and director, but her entire career is colored by her association with the Nazi party. This overt tension between the political meaning of her work for National Socialism and its essential aesthetic quality forms the basis of the compelling account. Appointed by Hitler, Leni Riefenstahl directed the Nazi propaganda film Triumph des Willens along with her bestknown work Olympia, a documentary of the 1936 Berlin Olympics. By 1939 Riefenstahl was arguably the most famous women film director in the world; yet, after World War II, she was never again accepted as a filmmaker. Rainer Rother's book is a remarkable account of the fascinating life and work of Germany's most controversial photographer and filmmaker.

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