Talk:Leni Riefenstahl

Didn't she also make movies (or photographs) of tribes in Africa? I seem to remember that she returned repeatedly to one tribe in particular. --AxelBoldt

Yes heard today on radio she filmed the Nubas in Africa.

Film and photos, yes. She published a book about them; the funding for the film was cut. --KQ

It seems that many biographical entiries refer "Der Heilige Berg" as her first movie performance.

Britannica seems to suggest that it is "Peak of Destiny," which I think is incorrect. I've sometimes read that Peak of Destiny is the piece that captured Leni's attention to movies, and she talked to Arnold Franck eventually. And the piece is released in 1925.

Now, Imdb says, along with this article, Tragödie im Hause Habsburg (1924) is the first. That is even before she saw "Peak.." I'm curious to know more about this particular piece and the role she played in it, if she did. Anyone has a pointer? Thanks. Tomos 04:31, 23 Oct 2003 (UTC)

During World War II she filmed several propaganda films and documents for the German propaganda machine - this is news to me. could you name and describe some of those films? her imdb entry lists none. (It does list her Wehrmacht documentary Day of Freedom, but that is from 1935.) And this biography at about.com, for example, contradicts that statement: (After "Olympia") Leni Riefenstahl started and stopped more films during the war, but didn't complete any nor did she accept any more assignments for documentaries.

"someone apparently forgot about her role in WWII..." - indeed. there is still a huge gap in the text. I believe she was working on Tiefland from 1942 on, but more should be said. regards, High on a tree 01:48, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)