Leni Riefenstahl - The Seduction of Genius

Zusatztext "Rainer Rother [...] is alive to the technical virtuosity that Riefenstahl brought to celluloid as a medium...Riefenstahl's achievement is that she invested the documentary with all the suspense and symbolism of a feature film." --Daily Telegraph (UK), August 24, 2002 Informationen zum Autor RAINER ROTHER is the program director for cinema at the German Historical Museum in Berlin. Zusammenfassung Leni Riefenstahl achieved fame as a dancer, actress, photographer and director, but her entire career is coloured by her association with the Nazis. Using original documentation, this book looks at Riefenstahl's life, work and politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Talent Beginnings The Author Appears Part II: The Genius of National Socialist Film A New Kind of Film "Triumph of Faith" The Author of National Socialist Film The Best Sports Film of All Time Part III: Away from the Power Partial Retreat "Tiefland" The Return of the Expelled Projects A Question of Justice and Tact Revival without Vindication Summary: A Change-over of Characters

Product details

• Authors: Rainer Rother, Rother Rainer
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780826470232
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-7023-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Propaganda!; Propaganda; Propaganda S.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Biographies, autobiographies; Biografien: Kunst und Unterhaltung, Fernsehen, TV, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, Biografien: historisch, politisch, militärisch, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, Biography: arts & entertainment, Biography: arts and entertainment, Biography: historical, political and military, Individual Film Directors, Film-Makers, PERFORMING ARTS / Individual Director