Riefenstahl

• Germany.
• Direction: Andres Veiel.
• Production: Sandra Maischberger / Vincent Productions.
• Coproduction: WDR, NDR, BR, SWR, RBB.
• Executive production: Enzo Maaß.
• Screenplay: Andres Veiel.
• Photography: Toby Cornish.
• Music: Freya Arde.
• Edition: Stephan Krumbiegel, Olaf Voigtländer, Alfredo Castro.

Leni Riefenstahl is unquestionably one of the most controversial women of the 20th century, the subject of more studies than almost any other female director. Actor, dancer, photographer and director of the ultimate Nazi propaganda film, Triumph of the Will (1935), and Olympia (1938), she later denied ever having a particularly close connection with the party or with Hitler and Goebbels. This documentary presents her figure through private footage, letters, photos, documents and recordings covering her 101 years of life.