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Riefenstahl

Riefenstahl

Andres Veiel
Germany
2024
115 min
Dutch Premiere
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Synopsis

Certainly for a contemporary audience, Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003) is by far the best-known director who worked for the Nazis. She owes her enduring fame to the cinematic bravado of her innovative and still influential propaganda documentaries, such as Triumph des Willens (about the Nazi Party Congress in Nuremberg, 1934) and Olympia (about the Berlin Olympics, 1936).

Perhaps equally notorious is the tenacity with which she insisted on her own historical innocence, and that of her aesthetics: yes, she had been impressed by Hitler, but had merely seized an opportunity to use her talents.

For this fascinating portrait, Andres Veiel, an eminent chronicler of recent German history, had access for the first time to a wealth of private material from the estate of Riefenstahl and her partner Horst Kettner, who was 40 years her junior. By no means did this soften Veiel’s attitude towards Riefenstahl. More than in previous films about her, it becomes clear how much she longed to be seen in a favorable light, wallowing in self-righteous victimhood. Above all, Veiel shows that Riefenstahl could not have been unaware of the cruel fate of her employees and extras.

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Tickets & Times
Sat, november 16
10:30 – 12:28
Tuschinski 4

Sun, november 17
21:15 – 23:13
Pathé Noord 7

Mon, november 18
15:00 – 16:58
Rialto De Pijp: Bovenzaal

Thu, november 21
20:00 – 22:15
Pathé City 5

Fri, november 22
19:15 – 21:30
Tuschinski 1

Sat, november 23
Part of De Groene Amsterdammer-dag
10:00 – 21:56
ITA: Rabozaal

Sat, november 23
10:30 – 12:28
Pathé City 2
Credits
115 min
color / black and white
DCP
Spoken languages: English, German, French
Director
    Andres Veiel
    Andres Veiel
Production
    Sandra Maischberger for Vincent Productions GmbH
    Sandra Maischberger for Vincent Productions GmbH
Executive producer
    Enzo Maaß
    Enzo Maaß
Cinematography
    Toby Cornish
    Toby Cornish
Editing
    Stephan Krumbiegel,
    Alfredo Castro,
    Olaf Voigtländer
    Stephan Krumbiegel,
    Alfredo Castro,
    Olaf Voigtländer
Sound Design
    Matthias Lempert
    Matthias Lempert
Music
    Freya Arde
    Freya Arde
Screenplay
    Andres Veiel
    Andres Veiel
Narrator
    Andrew Bird
    Andrew Bird
Involved TV Channel
    WDR,
    NDR,
    BR,
    SWR,
    RBB
    WDR,
    NDR,
    BR,
    SWR,
    RBB
World Sales
    Beta Cinema Gmbh
    Beta Cinema Gmbh
Distribution for the Netherlands
    Imagine Film
    Imagine Film
Screening copy
    Imagine Film
    Imagine Film

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