Leni
The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl
Published on 12. February 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-307-38775-2 (ISBN)
Description
Leni Riefenstahl, the woman known as "Hitler's filmmaker,” made some of the greatest and most innovative documentaries ever made. They are also insidious glorifications of Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich. Now, Steven Bach reveals the truths and lies behind Riefenstahl's lifelong self-vindication as an apolitical artist who claimed to know nothing of the Holocaust and denied her complicity with the criminal regime she both used and sanctified.
A riveting and illuminating biography of one of the most fascinating and controversial personalities of the twentieth century.
A riveting and illuminating biography of one of the most fascinating and controversial personalities of the twentieth century.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
32 PP B&W
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
479 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-307-38775-2 (9780307387752)
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Person
Steven Bach is the author of two previous biographies, Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend and Dazzler: The Life and Times of Moss Hart. He was in charge of worldwide production for United Artists, where he was involved in such films as Raging Bull, Manhattan, The French Lieutenant's Woman, and Heaven's Gate, about which he wrote the bestseller Final Cut. He teaches at Bennington College and Columbia University and divides his time between New England and Europe.