Die Macht der Bilder: Leni Riefenstahl

The Power of the Image: Leni Riefenstahl

This three-hour long documentary film traces Leni riefenstahl's life and work in chronological order and provides a detailed insight into Riefenstahl's life as a dancer, actress, director, and, finally, as a photographer. Riefenstahl who was nearly 90 when the film was made accompanied filmmaker Ray Müller to all the significant places of her life as they went to the mountains where Riefenstahl's acting career began, to Berlin and Nuremberg where Riefenstahl made her propaganda films, and to the depths of the oceans Riefenstahl devoted her later career to.