Leni Riefenstahl
Leni Riefenstahl
Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahlwas a German film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, photographer, actress, dancer, and propagandist for the Nazis...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth22 August 1902
CityBerlin, Germany
CountryGermany
regret party guilt
Where is my guilt? I can regret. I can regret that I made the party film, `Triumph of the Will,' in 1934. But I cannot regret that I lived in that time. No anti-Semitic word has ever crossed my lips. I was never anti-Semitic. I did not join the party. So where then is my guilt? You tell me. I have thrown no atomic bombs. I have never betrayed anyone. What am I guilty of?
want
I want to see, that's all. This is my life. I want to see
allow german-director juvenile might realm rein seeking style
I set about seeking a thread, a theme, a style, in the realm of legend. Something that might allow me to give free rein to my juvenile sense of romanticism and the beautiful image.
beauty capture german-director naturally prefer
Through my optimism I naturally prefer and capture the beauty in life.
decided desire dive instead instructor intensive lied oxygen scuba wrote
My desire to dive with an oxygen cylinder was so intensive that I decided to use a trick. Registering as Helene Jacob, I lied about my age: instead of 1902, I wrote 1922 in the application forms. My rejuvenation not withstanding, the scuba instructor eyed me skeptically; he was probably thinking: She'll never make it.
deeds equal exceed german history human power thank
Your deeds exceed the power of human imagination. They are without equal in the history of mankind. How can we (the German people) ever thank you?
crazy enthusiasm great people
In 1934 people were crazy and there was great enthusiasm for Hitler. We had to try and find that with our camera.