Riefenstahl

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Riefenstahl

2024

1h 55m

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A captivating insight into the private estate of Leni Riefenstahl, who became world-famous with her Nazi propaganda film TRIUMPH OF THE WILL but kept denying any closer ties to the regime.

Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

It is sobering and profoundly eerie to watch this masterful documentary about “Hitler’s favourite film-maker” Leni Riefenstahl in the festival that awarded her a gold medal for Triumph of the Will in 1935...

Rated: 4/5

Aug 29, 2024

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Christian Blauvelt

IndieWire

With his new documentary “Riefenstahl,” Andres Veiel absolutely sets out to offer a different perspective: Glorify her at your peril.

Rated: B

Aug 29, 2024

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Daniel Fienberg

The Hollywood Reporter

So it’s a documentary in the purest of senses: an effort to impose a narrative around an assembly of documents.

Aug 29, 2024

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Peter Keough

Arts Fuse

Slow-burning but devastating.

Mar 17, 2025

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Stephen Silver

The SS Ben Hecht

A first-rate archival documentary that not only masterfully wields footage, but seems to prove that Riefenstahl was a bit more complicit in Nazi atrocities than she’s always claimed.

Feb 22, 2025

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

The film also does not deify her filmmaking prowess as if that would absolve her of her horrors.

Oct 11, 2024

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Synopsis

A captivating insight into the private estate of Leni Riefenstahl, who became world-famous with her Nazi propaganda film TRIUMPH OF THE WILL but kept denying any closer ties to the regime.

Director: Andreas Veiel, Andres Veiel
Producer: Sandra Maischberger
Screenwriter: Andreas Veiel, Andres Veiel
Production Co: RBB, NDR, Vincent Productions, SWR, WDR, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
Genre: Documentary, History
Original Language: German
Runtime: 1h 55m