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
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.
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.
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.
ocean heart years
I feel as though I have lived many lives, experienced the heights and depths of each and like the waves of the ocean, never known rest. Throughout the years, I looked always for the unusual, for the wonderful, for the mysteries at the heart of life.
reality interest
Reality doesn't interest me.
beautiful giving style
I [seek] 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.
girlfriend romance way
They kept asking me over and over again whether I was having a romance with Hitler. Are you Hitler's girlfriend? I laughed and answered the same way each time: No, those are false rumours. I only made documentaries for him...
success achievement
Everywhere I went I experienced the same success, which transcends words.
beautiful book artist
I am a great admirer of Robert Vavra and love his beautiful photographs and books. He is a wonderful artist, a poet...
beauty-of-life capture
I naturally prefer and capture the beauty in life.
men people politics
How awful for them [Hitler's victims] to see those swastikas, the SS men and the SA - people we'd never thought of as criminals.
inspirational beautiful strong
I am fascinated by what is beautiful, strong, healthy, what is living. I seek harmony.