Leni Riefenstahl & German Propaganda | California State University, Northridge

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Leni Riefenstahl & German propaganda Historical & political context 1933- Franklin D. Roosevelt , candidate of Democratic party Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nationalist Socialist party , win elections & comes to power In documentary ---- Governments sponsor Grierson – UK Lorentz – US Riefenstahl – Germany 1936 --- Night Mail The Plow that Broke the Plains Triumph of the Will Leni Riefenstahl Born Berlin 1902 – died 2003 Film director & photographer Dancer & actress in German nature films Starred in the mystical The Blue Light (1932) Directed Triumph of the Will 1935 for Hitler Propaganda documentary glorifying the 1934 party rally in Nurnberg Directed Olympia 1938 Documentary on the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin praised for its technical brilliance Detained by Allied forces after WWII Cleared of complicity in Nazi crimes Became a photographer The Last of the Nuba (1974) The People of Kau (1976) Vanishing Africa (1982) Film career never recovered Triumph of the Will 1935 Made to commemorate the first party rally after Nazis in power Goal – show the German people the power of a resurgent Germany united under the National Socialism Rally carefully staged as a religious ritual creating mass emotion --- overcoming individual reason Molds crowds into artistic patterns - stationary & moving the ‘self’ is lost in the ‘mass’ Olympia 1938 Edited from enormous amount of footage Huge public event --- the Olympic Games of 1936 in Berlin Much more subtle than Triumph of the Will articulates Nazi ideology in cinematic terms Noted for its technical & esthetic achievements - tracking shots to follow athlete’s movements (camera on rails) - slow motion shots Influence on modern sports photography Works on Leni Riefenstahl • Doc: The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (1993) dir. Ray Muller • Biographies: Leni Riefensthal, A memoir (German, 1987; English, 1993) Steven Bach, Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl (2007) Rainer Rother, Leni Riefenstahl, The Seduction of Genius (2002)

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