Closing film
Leni Riefenstahl’s visual worlds are defined by triumph, now as it once was: triumph over doubt, ambivalence, alleged weakness and imperfection. In today’s context, a film about her has become urgent. Her considerable influence, reinterpreted through the lens of her private collection, offers the opportunity to explore the perpetual fascination towards imperial grandeur and the glorification of muscular, perfect and triumphant bodies – a trend that is making a comeback.
An archival documentary on one of the most controversial women of the 20th century, an artist and propagandist for the Nazi regime.
In collaboration with Rai Cinema / In partnership with Biografilm Festival.
Information
Country
GermanyYear
2024Length
115'
Category
DocumentaryOrigin of archival materials
American Heritage Center, University Of Wyoming, USA / AP Archive, England / The Archive of the State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland / Bavaria / Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München / Bildarchiv BBC / Getty Images / Beta Film / Bundesarchiv / CBC / Kanada Cornell University, USA / Alexander Dreihann-Holenia / Matthias Fanck Walter Frentz Collection / Gaumont Pathé, France / Bettmann / Getty Images Hulton Deutsch / Instytut Pamieci Narodowes, Poland / 10c, Switzerland / Archivio Storico Luce, Italy / National Archives, USA / Österreichische Nationalbibliothek / Picture Alliance / Günter Bratke – Picture Alliance / Gerhard Rauchwetter – Picture Alliance / Keystone RBB Media / RTS-Radio Télévision Suisse / SWR Media Ullstein Bild / Heinrich Hoffmann – Ullstein Bild / Herbert Hoffmann – Ullstein Bild / Rainer Binder – Ullstein Bild / WDR MediagroupOriginal language of the film
TedescoScreenplay
Andres VeielCinematography
Toby CornishEditing
Stephan Krumbiegel, Olaf Voigtländer, Alfredo CastroMusic
Freya ArdeSound
Matthias LempertProduction
Sandra MaischbergerDirector’s biography
Andres Veiel is a filmmaker known for presenting in-depth research in his films and documentaries, which have often won awards, including the European Film Award and several German Film Awards. His most celebrated works are Black Box Brd (2001) and If not us, who? (2010). He directed the documentary Beuys (2017) and the film Ökozid (2020).
