Leni Riefenstahl
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1902-08-22 (101 years old)
Deathday
2003-09-08
Place of Birth
Berlin, Germany
Also known As
레니 리펜슈탈
Helene Bertha Amalia Riefenstahl
Leni Riefenstahl
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 Nazi Party. Riefenstahl's prominence in the Third Reich along with her personal friendship with Adolf Hitler thwarted her film career following Germany's defeat in World War II, after which she was arrested but released without any charges. Triumph of the Will gave Riefenstahl instant and lasting international fame, as well as infamy. Although she d...
Acting
1938
as Nude Dancer - Prologue (uncredited)
2024
as Self (archive footage)
1954
as Martha
2017
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
1929
as Maria Maioni
1993
1932
as Junta
1926
as Diotima
1933
as Hella Lorenz
1995
as Self
1927
as Gita
1930
as Hella Armstrong
1931
as Leni
2003
1933
as Ellen Lawrence
2016
as Self
2015
as Self (archive footage)
1977
as Self - Spectator
1997
as Self
1928
as Maria Vetsera
1976
as Self - Interviewee
1972
as herself
2005
as Herself
1982
as Self
2020
as Self (archive footage)
2025
as Self (archive footage)
2018
as Self (archive footage)
2024
as Self (archive footage)
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Production
1938
as Director
1938
as Producer
1938
1938
as Director
1938
as Producer
1938
as Editor
1954
as Director
1954
as Producer
1954
as Screenplay
1954
as Editor
1935
as Producer
1935
as Editor
1935
as Director
1932
as Director
2002
as Director
1935
as Director
1933
as Director
1932
as Story
1932
as Producer
1932
as Editor
1941
as Idea
2002
as Writer
1935
as Producer
1935
as Screenplay
1935
as Editor
1933
as Writer
1933
as Editor
1938
1938
as Writer
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