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Macht der Bilder--Leni Riefenstahl.

The wonderful, horrible life of Leni Riefenstahl [videorecording] / a co-production of Omega Film, Nomad Films, Channel 4, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen ; writer and director, Ray Müller.

New York, NY : Kino on Video, 1998.

Chatsworth, CA : Distributed by Image Entertainment

1 videodisc (188 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

At the heart of this film is the question of whether Leni Riefenstahl was a Nazi, as her detractors claim, or whether she was the victim of society - a naive, young woman who made Triumph des Willens on assignment, and simply did a very good job. This film does not judge, and Riefenstahl (a fiesty 90 during production) is genuine in her protest. Or has the passage of 50-plus years simply rewritten history in her mind? Viewers must judge for themselves.

Photographic memories -- Discovering the movies -- 'The Sacred Mountain' (1926) -- 'The Big Leap' (1927) -- 'The White Hell of Pitz Palü' (1929) -- 'The Blue Light' (1932) -- "I hadn't even heard of Hitler" -- 'S.O.S. Iceberg' (1933) -- Minister Goebbels -- Sieg des Glaubens (1933) -- 'Triumph of the Will' (1935) -- "What was my responsibility?" -- 'Olympia' (1938) -- 400 km of film -- Kristallnacht -- 'Tiefland' (1954) -- "All our ideals were shattered" -- The Nuba -- A fascist aesthetic -- A refuge undersea -- "Being sorry isn't enough."

With: Leni Riefenstahl, Walter Frentz, Horst Kettner, Guzzi Lantschner, Ray Müller, Luis Trenker.

Originally produced as a German documentary in 1993.

Producers, Hans-Jurgen Panitz, Jacques de Clerq, Dimitri de Clercq, Waldemar Januszczak, Hans-Peter Kochenrath ; camera, Walter A. Franke, Michel Baudour, Jürgen Martin, Ulrich Jaenchen ; editors, Beate Köster, Vera Dubsikova ; music, Ulrich Bassenge and Wolfgang Neumann.

DVD; NTSC format, regions 1-6; Dolby digital.

In German and English with English subtitles.

Riefenstahl, Leni.

Riefenstahl, Leni -- Interviews.

Women motion picture producers and directors -- Germany.

Women motion picture producers and directors -- Germany -- Interviews.

Motion pictures -- Germany -- History and criticism.

Nazi propaganda.

Motion pictures -- Germany.

Documentary films -- Germany.

Biographical films.

Biographical films -- Germany.

Foreign films.

Biographical films.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Documentary films.

Feature films.

Interviews.

Feature films.

Documentary films.

Müller, Ray, screenwriter, director.

Riefenstahl, Leni, interviewee.

Panitz, Hans-Jürgen, producer.

Clercq, Jacques de, producer.

Clercq, Dimitri de, 1967- producer.

Januszczak, Waldemar, producer.

Bassenge, Ulrich, 1956- composer.

Kino International Corporation.

Omega Film (Firm)

Nomad Films.

Channel Four (Great Britain)

Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.

Image Entertainment (Firm)

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