Leni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth

The story

Countless people around the world know the pictures from Leni Riefenstahl's films, even if they have not seen them in their entirety. The work of the German director has burned itself into the collective memory. Even decades after the end of the Nazi era, she showed no remorse and presented herself as an apolitical, naive follower of the Nazi criminal regime. Her artistic service for the cinema was always recognized. But book author Nina Gladitz shows after decades of research that Hitler's favorite filmmaker was not only a follower, but also a perpetrator during the Third Reich, who instrumentalized other filmmakers such as the brilliant cinematographer Willy Zielke in order to gain fame for herself.

Cast & crew

Christine Hegeler

Christine HegelerNarrator (voice)

Nina Gladitz

Nina GladitzSelf - Interviewee

Jochen Böhler

Jochen BöhlerSelf - Interviewee

Eva Hohenberger

Eva HohenbergerSelf - Interviewee

Dieter Hinrichs

Dieter HinrichsSelf - Interviewee

Leni RiefenstahlSelf (archive footage)

Willy ZielkeSelf (archive footage)

Béla BalázsSelf (archive footage)

Joseph GoebbelsSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hermann GöringSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

Heinrich HimmlerSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)