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1 online resource (x, 262 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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[Propaganda!]
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Propaganda! (Continuum (Firm))
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Series statement on jacket flap. |
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"First published in German by Henschel, Berlin 2000 as Leni Riefenstahl : die Verführung des Talents"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Filmography: pages 233-242. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-256) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Problem with Leni Riefenstahl -- Talent -- Beginnings -- Overcompensation -- First Performance -- An Intimation of New Grandeur in Dance -- Her First Leading Role -- Struggles in Snow and Ice -- Film Auteur Emerges -- Two Interpretations of the Same Story -- Das blaue Licht -- 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Quality -- Stylization and 'Spontaneity' -- Auteur of Nazi Filmmaking -- Story of the 'Movement' -- Party Rally Film--A Historical Document? -- Party Rally Narrative -- Film Auteur -- Tag der Freiheit -- Best Sports Film of All Time -- Storming to the Summit -- A Commission -- Political Significance of an 'Unpolitical' Film -- Sports and Suspense -- 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 -- Return of the Outcast -- Scandalmongers and Court Cases -- Relative Innocence -- Extras from the Camp -- 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. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Summary |
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 Berlin Olympics. By 1939 Riefenstahl was arguably the most famous woman film director in the world; yet, after World War II, she was never again accepted as a filmmaker. Rainer Rother's book provides detailed coverage, from original documentation, of those aspects of Riefenstahl's career she herself h. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Riefenstahl, Leni -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Riefenstahl, Leni. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Riefenstahl, Leni. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Title |
Leni Riefenstahl. English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rother, Rainer. Leni Riefenstahl. English. Leni Riefenstahl. London ; New York : Continuum, ©2002 0826461018 (DLC) 2005412454 (OCoLC)50301490 |
| ISBN |
9781441159014 (electronic book) |
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1441159010 (electronic book) |
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1283272059 |
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9781283272056 |
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0826461018 |
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9780826461018 |
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0826470238 |
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9780826470232 |
| Standard No. |
99939047283 |
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