Tag: Leni Riefenstahl
“Stahltier” at the Berlin Renaissance Theater: Goodbye, Leni – culture
If the WDR doesn’t do its job, the theater has to process the ideological toxic waste. In this case it consists of the crimes of Nazi cinema icon Leni Riefenstahl.…
Leni Riefenstahl’s success at WDR – Medien
A documentary 40 years ago refuted Riefenstahl’s claim that nothing happened to the extras from “Tiefland” during the Nazi era. Why the broadcaster let the film disappear – and still…
John von Düffel’s “The Truth About Leni Riefenstahl” in Oberhausen – Culture
From Alexander Menden Leni Riefenstahl is upset. “How am I going to finish this goddamn movie if Hitler isn’t making progress with his war?” she screams. Riefenstahl has been working…
Culture in Munich: A portrait of literary agent Lianne Kolf – Munich
If anyone knows the book industry and Munich society, it’s Lianne Kolf. As the first literary agent for German-speaking authors, she brokered thousands of works with millions of copies –…
History of Bavaria: Leni Riefenstahl’s cameraman Hans Ertl – Bavaria
Leni Riefenstahl’s cameraman Hans Ertl sympathized with the Nazis, his daughter Monika fought for the Bolivian guerrillas. Their biographies reflect the political upheavals of the 20th century – and the…
Nazi era: What part did Riefenstahl play in the downfall of your rival? – District of Munich
Too artistic, too modern and avant-garde for the Nazi soul – was that the reason why the Munich director Willy Zielke fell out of favor with the regime in 1935…
BR series “1806: The Nuremberg Saga” – about the fall and rise of the city – Bavaria
It is September 15, 1806, at exactly ten o’clock in the morning, when a French representative hands over the city of Nuremberg to a Bavarian Commissioner General, flanked by the…
Leo Kirch’s legacy: my darling
He was stubborn, visionary, successful – and yet went down spectacularly. He collected art that is kept in warehouses – Monet, Nolde, Modigliani. Leo Kirch and the question of why…