Leni Riefenstahl, the German filmmaker whose daringly innovative documentaries about a Nazi rally in Nuremberg in 1934 and the Berlin Olympics of 1936 earned her both acclaim as a cinematic genius and ...

The documentary screens out of competition at the Venice Film Festival, the same festival where Leni Riefenstahl won a gold medal for The Triumph of the Will in 1935 and the top prize, the Coppa ...

Andres Veiel’s documentary “Riefenstahl,” which challenges the carefully crafted public persona of one of Germany’s most controversial directors, is one of 17 German films playing in the various ...

Andres Veiel’s documentary Riefenstahl – unpicking the deceits of German filmmaker and Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl – has scored a slew of deals following its world premiere at Venice and North ...

Brandeis University professor Thomas Doherty looks back on the Nazi director's 1938 visit to Hollywood ahead of the BBC Radio 4 broadcast of Colin Shindler's new radio play 'Leni Goes to Hollywood.' ...

Bad timing explains the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s presentation of Riefenstahl, Andres Veiel’s documentary about the late German actress and filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl. The exhibition of ...

Exclusive: Director Andres Veiel obtained access to Leni Riefenstahl's personal archives to assemble a damning profile of the director, one that obliterates her attempts at distancing herself from ...

To what degree was infamous filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl a Nazi collaborator who knew about Adolf Hitler’s concentration camps? In the documentary “Riefenstahl,” which debuted at the 2024 Venice Film ...

Leni Riefenstahl checks her appearance for the recording of the three-part documentary Speer und Er by director Heinrich Breloer (1999) (© Bavaria Media) A woman roaming the mountainside splashes her ...