Helene Bertha Amalie „Leni“ Riefenstahl (* 22. August 1902 in Berlin; † 8. September 2003 in Pöcking) war eine deutsche Filmregisseurin, -produzentin und -schauspielerin sowie Drehbuchautorin, Cutterin, Fotografin und Tänzerin. Sie gilt als eine der umstrittensten Persönlichkeiten der Filmgeschichte – einerseits für ihre Werke von vielen Filmschaffenden und -kritikern als „innovative Filmemacherin und kreative Ästhetin“[1] verehrt und geachtet, andererseits wegen ihrer Beteiligung an der Propaganda für die Diktatur des Nationalsozialismus kritisiert und moralisch verurteilt.
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Leni Riefenstahl – The Immoderation of Me (2002)
La giornalista Sandra Maischberger incontra Leni Riefenstahl in questo documentario sulla controversa regista ed attrice tedesca. Nel 1926 Leni Riefenstahl inizia a recitare e diventa rapidamente una star del cinema muto. Affascinata dalla potenza oratoria di Hitler, aderì al nazismo fino a divenire la documentarista ufficiale dei film propagandistici del terzo Reich. Dopo la seconda guerra mondiale la Riefensthal riprende a girare documentari, che sono autentici capolavori, sulle culture africane e sulla biologia marina. Nel 2002 esce il suo ultimo film: „Meraviglie sott’acqua“. (Biografia a cura di RaiStoria)
Sottotitoli disponibili: inglese.
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„Impressionen unter Wasser“ („Underwater Impressions“) – Regia di Leni Riefenstahl (Ger, 2002)
Leni Riefenstahl: Triumph des Willens (1935)
Published on Apr 10, 2014
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Leni Riefenstahl: Olympia – Festival of Nations (1936)
Olympia is a 1938 German documentary film written, directed and produced by Leni Riefenstahl, documenting the 1936 Summer Olympics, held in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany. The film was released in two parts: Olympia 1. Teil — Fest der Völker (Festival of Nations) and Olympia 2. Teil — Fest der Schönheit (Festival of Beauty). It was the first documentary feature film of the Olympic Games ever made. Many advanced motion picture techniques, which later became industry standards but which were groundbreaking at the time, were employed —including unusual camera angles, smash cuts, extreme close-ups, placing tracking shot rails within the bleachers, and the like. The techniques employed are almost universally admired, but the film is controversial due to its political context. Nevertheless, the film appears on many lists of the greatest films of all-time, including Time magazine’s „All-Time 100 Movies.“
Olympia set the precedent for future films documenting and glorifying the Olympic Games, particularly the Summer Games. The 1936 Summer Olympics torch relay was devised by the German sports official Dr. Carl Diem for these Olympic Games in Berlin. Riefenstahl later staged the torch relay for this film, with competitive events of the Games.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympia…)
Breve Storia del Cinema – Il cinema e lo stato:
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Leni Riefenstahl: Olympia – Fest der Schönheit (1936)
Olympia ist der Titel eines inszenierten zweiteiligen Propagandafilms der deutschen Regisseurin Leni Riefenstahl aus dem Jahr 1938. Der Film dokumentiert propagandistisch die während der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus in Berlin ausgetragenen Olympischen Spiele 1936.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympia…)
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Leni Riefenstahl. Ein Traum fon Afrika (The dream of Africa) Vol. 1 u 2
From documentary films Ray Müller.
Wissenschaft3000 ~ science3000 