Riefenstahl

The story of the most celebrated of all Nazi propagandists, who spent the rest of her life getting very tetchy whenever anyone brought up that unpleasant Holocaust business. This documentary unearths an impressive amount of evidence for the prosecution and I'm glad we have…

Will Sloan

I hope this film will become the definite statement on Leni Riefenstahl's legacy, because this is exactly how she deserves to be remembered. The film paints her as a woman who was obsessed with how she is perceived by others - on a superficial level (as evidenced by the…

Christof

Shaking my head every few seconds so everybody in the cinema knows I hate Nazis

Lou

let's Riefenstahl monstrous words speak for themselves, while adding archival context to prove the veracity of all the acts she participated in that she claimed were lies and does not deify her filmmaking prowess as if that absolves her of her horrors.

Marya E. Gates

Turns out the woman who shot Triumph of the Will for Hitler wasn't actually a nice person

Jonas_Ja

the face of the German denial, the resilient stubbornness to accept guilt, the delusion of grandeur supported by an ideology one was just happy to follow. fighting off responsibility with heavy hysteria, indulging into narcissism like a little child. the person Leni…

shookone

Andres Veiel’s rich investigative documentary “Riefenstahl” states the obvious: The infamous German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl was an outright Nazi. But as with any good film, the key isn’t what it’s about but how it’s about it. Given full access to the personal archive of…

Robert Daniels

“Anyone who thinks they already know the story of Leni Riefenstahl will quickly be proven wrong here.” (English Version below ⬇️) german version  „Riefenstahl“ – komplex, verstörend, faszinierend ⭐⭐⭐⭐ „Riefenstahl“ ist eine dieser Dokus, bei denen man nach ein paar…

Mister Cap

Leni Riefenstahl was one of the most infamous image makers of the twentieth century. And, despite all of her protestations, a nazi. Her utter insistence for her entire post-war life that she was too politically unsophisticated to know and understand the evil that she so…

Joshua Dysart