About.com: Leni Riefenstahl Biography A great, lengthy biography of Leni Riefenstahl, from About.com's Women's History Guide. The Blue Light It appears that this page is an excerpt from the book "A Portrait of Leni Riefenstahl" by Audrey Salkeld. This section discusses Leni Riefenstahl's decisions and the process of creating the film "The Blue Light" - a movie she wrote, acted in, directed and produced in 1932.
Filmography From the Internet Movie Database, a list of the films that Leni Riefenstahl has acted in, directed, produced, edited and written over the course of her life. German-Way: Biography A two page biography which discusses her early life, her introduction into films, her 1938 tour through the U.S., and her life after the Third Reich. Leni the Scuba Diver By lying about her age on the scuba training application, Leni was able to start scuba diving when she was 72 years old. Andy Belcher met up with Leni in Milne Bay from April 10-17, 1998 and shares his story. (You'll need to click or scroll to see Bulletin #12.) Lonesome Leni This article discusses the difficulty in understanding both Leni the master artist and Leni the Nazi sympathizer. To Gary Morris, "a case can be made for Riefenstahl as an artist so obsessed with the need to create something perfect and transcendent that she allowed herself to ignore, if not become complicit with, cataclysmic historical forces." Simon Wiesenthal Center: Biography A short biography that discusses her transition from dancer to actress to Nazi film executive. This biography's emphasis is on Riefenstahl's films made for the Nazi Party.
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