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They kept asking me over and over again whether I was
having a romance with Hitler. Are you Hitler's girlfriend?
I laughed and answered the same way each time: No, those
are false rumours. I only made documentaries for him...

Leni Riefenstahl

This film was pivotal in my life, not so much because it was my first successful effort as a producer and director, but because Hitler was so fascinated by this film that he insisted I make a documentary about the Party rally in Nuremberg. The result was Triumph of the Will.

Leni Riefenstahl

I was fascinated by the effects that could be achieved by editing. The cutting room became a magic workshop for me.

Leni Riefenstahl

The applause was so loud and insistent that I had to respond with several encores. I was numb with happiness, when it was over, I knew that this alone must be my life and my world.

Leni Riefenstahl

I feel as though I have lived many lives, experienced the heights and depths of each and like the waves of the ocean, never known rest. Throughout the years, I looked always for the unusual, for the wonderful, for the mysteries at the heart of life.

Leni Riefenstahl

Leni Riefenstahl

Leni Riefenstahl

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Born: August 22, 1902

Died: September 8, 2003 (aged 101)

Bio: Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl was a German film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, photographer, actress, dancer, and propagandist for the Nazis.

Known for:

Triumph of the Will (1935)
The Blue Light (1932)
Victory of the Faith (1933)
Tiefland (1954)
The Holy Mountain (1926)

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