The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
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Actor: Adolf Hitler, Josef Goebbels, Marlene Dietrich, Rudolf Hess, Walter FrentzPrimary Contributor: Leni Riefenstahl
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; German (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: Academy Ratio, 1.33:1
Running Time: 180 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-09-02
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kino Video
Movie Reviews of The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
Movie Review: What a life! Very, very interesting that people can live such lives.
Summary: 5 Stars
After getting about a third of the way through this documentary I was convinced that I've seen this before on public television. Anyhow, the film is just that, a documentary on the extraordinary life of Leni Riefenstahl. I thought the film was tremendous and really left me thinking: what an amazing life some people end up living! The documentary chronicles Riefenstahl's life from unknown dancer, to highly successful German actress, to photographer and filmmaker, to a Nazi 'vendor' or 'collaborator' for the truly cynical, to retiree and underwater photographer. Truly amazing. During the Olympic Games this past summer in Beijing I noticed that the local electronics and media store was pushing Riefenstahl's 'Olympia' film and that spurred me into looking for a Riefenstahl documentary. Very fascinating and I highly recommend it.
Summary of The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
Studio: Kino International Release Date: 09/02/2003 Run time: 181 minutesDirector Ray Muller's three-hour portrait of controversial filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl grapples with the central controversy of her career: was she a "pure" filmmaker whose political naivet? allowed her stunning visions to be harnessed by Hitler, or was she the key mythmaker of the Nazi propaganda machine? The dancer turned actress turned director is well represented with generous clips from her work both in front of and behind the camera, from the ethereally beautiful The Blue Light through the romantic fantasy Teifland, with special focus on her two most famous works: the stunning propaganda piece The Triumph of the Will (a chillingly brilliant work of demagoguery which she helped design and stage as well as film) and the poetic, technically breathtaking documentary Olympia. After her exile from filmmaking, she became an acclaimed ethnographic photographer and more recently a scuba diver and underwater photographer. Though she was over 90 at the time of the interviews, Riefenstahl's energy and commanding presence dominate the film and overpower Muller. At one point she practically grabs the directorial reins from him. The film never really resolves her complicity as a Nazi propagandist; she maintains her innocence while Muller questions her assertions with contrary evidence, but he appears too awed to really push the issue. Whatever your feelings, it's hard not to come away from this film just a little awed by the talented and tenacious Ms. Riefenstahl yourself. --Sean Axmaker
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