A documentary profiling the life and work of Leni Riefenstahl, one of Germany's most famous filmmakers. Riefenstahl directed the Nazi propaganda films 'Triumph Of The Will' and 'Olympiad'. This film was made when Leni Riefenstahl was neary 90 in the early 1990s. Riefenstahl talks freely in her German tongue with English subtitles. What comes across is someone with the enrgy of a person 30 or 40 years younger than herself. More than anything, what comes across is the fact that she always believed what she wanted to believe and saw what she wanted to saw. As the walier and most notorious of her career included the most chilling regime in the the history of man, the Third Reich, this is a crucial part of her make-up and provides ammuniciation to her detractors. In her defence, Goebbels hated her,she did no better a job on the Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will than her later work, never joined the Nazi party, and even in both Triumph of the Will and Olympia you won't find the overtly nationalistic and anti-semetic tendencies found in other German propaganda films of the period. What still counts against her is her wartime Tiefland film. Watch it and you'll know what I mean. The fairest description of her, I would think, is that she was a sympathiser of the Nazi Party rather than a big player. There cannot be absolute exoneration of her behaviour in 1930s and 40s Germany. Most of the film is devoted to listening to Riefenstahl with brief commentary from two of her cameramen at the 1936 Olympic Games. Thus you don't get the views of either admirers or detractors. Oh, and this isn't a short look at her long career. It's over three hours and that is needed to give justice to the wonderful horrible life of Leni Riefenstahl. 4 STARS OUT OF 5 Wonderful Horrible Life Of Leni Riefenstahl Ray Muller Buy UK Dvd (This Site) (Shipped from UK) Single Disc [2003] Director: Ray Muller Format: Black & White, Colour, PAL Language: German, Italian Region: Region 2 (UK & Europe) Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Number of discs: 1 Classification: Exempt Studio: Eureka Entertainment DVD Release Date: 14 April 2003 Run Time: 188 minutes DVD Features: Main Language: German Available Audio Tracks: Dolby Digital Price: £29.99 (UK Sterling) / $ 61.99 (US Dollars approx) (Shipped from UK) (Price includes worldwide postage & packaging) Payment can also be made to Lenin Imports by cheque, po, money order, international money order, cash by registered mail. Please enclose title of item ordering and return address. Address: Lenin Imports 5 High Street South Norwood London SE25 6EP United Kingdom Also available: amazon.co.uk | amazon.com Movie Review Leni Riefenstahl leni riefenstahl dvds | videos al pacino | michelle pfeiffer yul brynner | christopher plummer | romy schneider the godfather | the godfather part ii marlon brando | james caan | diane keaton | al pacino laurence olivier | clark gable | vivien leigh | leslie howard | alfred hitchcock | robert montgomery | grace kelly olivia de havilland | humphrey bogart | howard hawks | frank capra | charlie chaplin | lauren bacall | fritz lang jean harlow | greta garbo | ava gardner | audrey hepburn | edward g. robinson | john garfield erich von stroheim | wim wenders | madeleine carroll | marlene dietrich | rita hayworth leni riefenstahl dvds leni riefenstahl videos leni riefenstahl dvds | videos al pacino | michelle pfeiffer yul brynner | christopher plummer | romy schneider the godfather | the godfather part ii marlon brando | james caan | diane keaton | al pacino laurence olivier | clark gable | vivien leigh | leslie howard | alfred hitchcock | robert montgomery | grace kelly olivia de havilland | humphrey bogart | howard hawks | frank capra | charlie chaplin | lauren bacall | fritz lang jean harlow | greta garbo | ava gardner | audrey hepburn | edward g. robinson | john garfield erich von stroheim | wim wenders | madeleine carroll | marlene dietrich | rita hayworth Page created by: lenin@netcomuk.co.uk Changes last made: 2007