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1902–2003 Germany

Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl (22 August 1902 – 8 September 2003) was a German film director, photographer and actress known for her role in producing propaganda for the Nazi Party.

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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.

This film was pivotal in my life, not so much because it was my first successful effort as a producer and director, but because Hitler was so fascinated by this film that he insisted I make a documentary about the Party rally in Nuremberg. The result was Triumph of the Will.

On The Blue Light: Partly quoted in: Leni Riefenstahl (1992)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Leni Riefenstahl (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.