Leni Riefenstahl

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year.

A memoir from one of the century's most remarkable and controversial women, an artist of the first order, Leni Riefenstahl.

Dancer, actor, and photographer, she is best known as the director of Triumph of the Will, a film of a Nazi Party rally and Olympia, the classic account of the 1936 Berlin Olympics. It is for these works of cinematic propaganda that Riefenstahl is revered and reviled. In this autobiography, she discusses her motivations, her history, her important friendships, and, most of all, her art.

Along with insights into directing and camera work, Riefenstahl offers an emotional, powerful story of a woman who refuses to be defined by any terms other than her own.

Author: Leni Riefenstahl
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 09/05/2000
Pages: 672
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.15lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.80d
ISBN: 9780312119263

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/09/1995

About the Author

Leni Riefenstahl lives in Europe.