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Leni Riefenstahl
German
1902–2003
About the Artist
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Martin Munkácsi. Leni Riefenstahl. 1931. Gelatin silver print, 11 9/16 x 9 3/16" (29.4 x 23.4 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell. Digital image: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resource, NY. © Estate of Martin Munkácsi, courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York - Alternate Name(s) Helene Bertha Amalie Riefenstahl (Birth Name)
Meeting Points
- Cultural Hubs Berlin
Artist Chronology
| August 22, 1902 |
Born
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Berlin |
| 1923–26 |
Studies dance and painting
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Berlin |
| 1926–32 |
Actress for Dr. Arnold Film Company; credits include Der heilige Berg, Der grosse Sprung, Das Schicksal derer von Habsburg, Die weisse Hölle vom Piz Palü, Das Blaue Licht, SOS Eisberg, and Der weisse Rausch
At location: Leni Riefenstahl
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Berlin |
| 1930 |
Martin Munkácsi photographs Leni Riefenstahl
At location: Martin Munkácsi, Leni Riefenstahl
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Berlin |
| 1930 |
Lotte Jacobi photographs Leni Riefenstahl for Scherl's magazine
Contributor: Lotte Jacobi
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Berlin |
| 1933 |
Directs Sieg des Glaubens, a documentary film about the NSDAP's Fifth Reich Party Congress
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Nuremberg Berlin |
| 1934 |
Leni Riefenstahl directs Triumph of the Will (Triumph des Willens), a documentary film about the NSDAP's Sixth Reich Party Congress. Willy Zielke is the cameraman.
At location: Leni Riefenstahl, Willy Zielke
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Nuremberg Berlin |
| 1935 |
Triumph of the Will (Triumph des Willens) wins a gold medal at the Venice Film Festival
Affiliated: Leni Riefenstahl, Willy Zielke
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Venice |
| 1935 |
Leni Riefenstahl directs Tag der Freiheit–Unsere Wehrmacht, a documentary film about the Wehrmacht's maneuver during the NSDAP's Seventh Reich Party Congress. Willy Zielke is the cameraman.
At location: Leni Riefenstahl, Willy Zielke
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Nuremberg Berlin |
| Summer 1936 |
Leni Riefenstahl directs Olimpia, a two-part documentary about the Berlin Olympics. Willy Zielke is a cameraman on the film.
At location: Leni Riefenstahl, Willy Zielke
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Berlin |
| January 1937–August 1942 |
Willy Zielke is removed from the credits for the film Olimpia and committed to a mental hospital against his will, where he is diagnosed with schizophrenia
Leni Riefenstahl may have fiancially arranged his release.
Affiliated: Leni Riefenstahl
At location: Willy Zielke
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Munich |
| May 25–November 25, 1937 |
Exposition internationale des arts et techniques dans la vie moderne at the Trocadéro
Participant: Francis Bruguière, Germaine Krull, El Lissitzky, Maurice Tabard, Hajo Rose, Leni Riefenstahl, Willy Zielke, Hans Finsler, Max Penson
Organizer: El Lissitzky
Visitor: Gustav Klutsis
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Paris |
| 1938–39 |
Olimpia is awarded first prize at the Venice Film Festival, a National Film Prize, and the Olympic Gold Medal of the Comité International Olympique, as well as an Olympic Diploma
Affiliated: Leni Riefenstahl, Willy Zielke
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Venice Berlin Lausanne |
| September 1939 |
Present at the invasion of Poland and witnesses the execution of 30 civilians
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Konskie |
| October 5, 1939 |
Films Hitler's victory parade in Warsaw, after which he ceases making Nazi propaganda films
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Warsaw |
| 1940–44 |
Directs and stars in the film Tiefland, based on the opera of the same name
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Berlin |
| 1945–48 |
Detained at the end of the war because of her Nazi ties. Tried four times for her role as a propagandist but never convicted
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Germany |
| 1960s and '70s |
Travels and photographs in Sudan, where she receives an honorary Sudanese citizenship
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Sudan |
| September 8, 2003 |
Dies
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Pocking |
