Movies by Leni Riefenstahl
As part of the cast:
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The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (1993)
Cast: Leni Riefenstahl, Adolf Hitler
Directed by: Ray Muller
By directing propaganda films such as Triumph of the Will for Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party, Leni Riefenstahl became one of the most controversial filmmakers of all time. This engrossing…
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S.O.S. Iceberg (1933)
Cast: Rod La Rocque, Leni Riefenstahl, Sepp Rist …
Directed by: Arnold Fanck
German actress and filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl co-stars in this adventure tale shot in Greenland. On a mission to retrieve the lost files from real-life explorer Alfred Lothar Wegener's…
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Storm Over Mont Blanc (1932)
Cast: Sepp Rist, Leni Riefenstahl, Ernst Udet …
Directed by: Arnold Fanck
Romance mixes with peril in this adventure tale set high atop Mont Blanc. While flying over the peak with stunt pilot Ernst Udet (as himself), valley maiden Hella (Leni Riefenstahl) spies an…
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The Blue Light (1932)
Cast: Leni Riefenstahl, Mathias Wieman, Beni Fuhrer …
Directed by: Leni Riefenstahl
Directed by German legend Leni Riefenstahl, this classic drama tells the story of Junta (played by Riefenstahl), a village outcast who's viewed with suspicion by her community. The…
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The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1930)
Cast: Gustav Diessl, Leni Riefenstahl, Ernst Petersen …
Directed by: Dr. Arnold Fanck
Filmed in Switzerland, this German "mountain film" follows distraught husband Johannes Krafft (Gustav Diessl) as he combs a 12,000-foot peak searching for the body of his wife -- who was lost…
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The Holy Mountain (1926)
Cast: Leni Riefenstahl, Luis Trenker, Ernst Petersen …
Directed by: Arnold Fanck
Featuring stunning cinematography and spectacular action sequences, this spellbinding silent melodrama stars the infamous Leni Riefenstahl as Diotima, a professional dancer whose beauty…
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Tiefland (1954)
Cast: Aribert Wascher, Frida Richard, Max Holzboer …
Directed by: Leni Riefenstahl
Famed Nazi propaganda filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl returned to fictional works with this romance about a Spanish dancer who finds herself at the center of a love triangle. Riefenstahl plays the…
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The Olympiad (1938)
Cast: Jesse Owens, Adolf Hitler, David Albritton …
Directed by: Leni Riefenstahl
Widely considered one of the greatest sports documentaries ever made, German director Leni Riefenstahl's chronicle of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin was also the first film to incorporate…
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Olympia (1938)
Cast: Jesse Owens
Directed by: Leni Riefenstahl
On the heels of her propaganda film, Triumph of the Will, German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl chronicled the 1936 Olympics with this stellar, poetic sports documentary which captures the games…
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Triumph of the Will (1935)
Cast: Adolf Hitler, Josef Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler …
Directed by: Leni Riefenstahl
Leni Riefenstahl's infamous propaganda film documenting the Third Reich's 1934 Nuremberg Party Rally features a cast of thousands -- including Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Joseph…
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The Blue Light (1932)
Cast: Leni Riefenstahl, Mathias Wieman, Beni Fuhrer …
Directed by: Leni Riefenstahl
Directed by German legend Leni Riefenstahl, this classic drama tells the story of Junta (played by Riefenstahl), a village outcast who's viewed with suspicion by her community. The…