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
world numb applause
The applause was so loud and insistent that I had to respond with several encores. I was numb with happiness, when it was over, I knew that this alone must be my life and my world.
cutting editing magic
I was fascinated by the effects that could be achieved by editing. The cutting room became a magic workshop for me.
beautiful strong average
I can simply say that I feel spontaneously attracted by everything that is beautiful... It comes from the unconscious and not from my knowledge... Whatever is purely realistic, slice of life, which is average, quotidian, doesn't interest me... I am fascinated by what is beautiful, strong, healthy, what is living. I seek harmony.
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