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Leni Riefenstahl : the seduction of genius /

Leni Riefenstahl achieved fame as a dancer, actress, photographer, and director, but her entire career is colored by her association with the Nazi party. Appointed by Hitler, she directed the Nazi propaganda film Triumph des Willens along with her best-known work Olympia, a documentary of the 1936 B...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rother, Rainer
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: London ; New York : Continuum, ©2002.
Colección:Propaganda! (Continuum (Firm))
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Problem with Leni Riefenstahl
  • The Talent
  • Beginnings
  • Overcompensation
  • The First Performance
  • An Intimation of New Grandeur in Dance
  • Her First Leading Role
  • Struggles in Snow and Ice
  • The Film Auteur Emerges
  • Two Interpretations of the Same Story
  • Das blaue Licht
  • The Genius of Nazi Filmmaking
  • A New Kind of Film: Sieg des Glaubens
  • Behind the Scenes of the First Party Rally Film
  • A Party Commission: New Quality
  • Stylization and 'Spontaneity'
  • The Auteur of Nazi Filmmaking
  • The Story of the 'Movement'
  • The Party Rally Film--A Historical Document?
  • The Party Rally Narrative
  • The Film Auteur
  • Tag der Freiheit
  • The Best Sports Film of All Time
  • Storming to the Summit
  • A Commission
  • The Political Significance of an 'Unpolitical' Film
  • Sports and Suspense
  • The Function of the Genius
  • Travel Diplomacy
  • Stylized Events and 'Heroic Reportages'
  • Studio Facilities for Leni Riefenstahl
  • Deprived of Power
  • A Partial Retreat: Tiefland
  • A Substitute for the Pet Project
  • A New Look at Familiar Territory
  • The Return of the Outcast
  • Scandalmongers and Court Cases
  • Relative Innocence
  • Extras from the Camp
  • The Massacre at Konskie
  • Symbolic Guilt
  • Projects
  • Repeating the Past
  • Africa
  • Legal Questions and the Question of Tact
  • Legal Claims
  • A Verdict
  • According to the Files ...
  • A Renaissance--But No Rehabilitation
  • In the Public Eye
  • Towards Cult Status
  • In Conclusion: A Change of Persona.