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Leni Riefenstahl (Helene Bertha Amalie Riefenstahl) was born on 22 August, 1902 in Berlin, Germany, is a Producer, Director, Actress. Discover Leni Riefenstahl's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of Leni Riefenstahl networth?

Popular As Helene Bertha Amalie Riefenstahl
Occupation producer,director,actress
Age 101 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 22 August 1902
Birthday 22 August
Birthplace Berlin, Germany
Date of death 8 September, 2003
Died Place Pöcking, Bavaria, Germany
Nationality Germany

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Who Is Leni Riefenstahl's Husband?

Her husband is Horst Kettner (22 August 2003 - 8 September 2003) ( her death), Peter Jacob (21 March 1944 - 1947) ( divorced)

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Husband Horst Kettner (22 August 2003 - 8 September 2003) ( her death), Peter Jacob (21 March 1944 - 1947) ( divorced)
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Leni Riefenstahl Net Worth

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Net Worth in 2023 $1 Million - $5 Million
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2016

In the short film Leni. Leni. (2016), based on the play by Tom McNab and directed by Adrian Vitoria, Hildegard Neil portrays Riefenstahl preparing to give an interview in 1993. In her dressing room she is "visited" by herself as a young woman portrayed by Valeriya Kozhevnikova at three stages/turning points in her life: as a dancer (1924), an actress (1929) and a director (1940).

2014

Riefenstahl was portrayed by Zdena Studenková in Leni, a 2014 Slovak drama play about her fictional participation in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962).

2011

In 2011, director Steven Soderbergh revealed that he had also been working on a biopic of Riefenstahl for about six months. He eventually abandoned the project over concerns of its commercial prospects.

2009

Riefenstahl's filming merits are discussed between characters in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film Inglourious Basterds (2009).

2007

In April 2007, The Guardian reported that British screenwriter Rupert Walters was writing a movie based on Riefenstahl's life which would star actress Jodie Foster. The project did not receive Riefenstahl's approval prior to her death, as Riefenstahl asked for a veto on any scenes to which she did not agree. Riefenstahl also wanted Sharon Stone to play her rather than Foster, which ultimately resulted in the cancellation of the project.

2005

Riefenstahl was referred to in the series finale of the television show Weeds (2005) when Nancy (Mary-Louise Parker) questions Andy (Justin Kirk) for naming his daughter after a Nazi, to which he replies, "she was a pioneer in film-making, I don't believe in holding grudges".

2003

(August 22, 2003) Married for the 2nd time to her boyfriend of 35 years Horst Kettner on her 101st birthday and just 2 weeks before her death.

2002

In 1978, Riefenstahl published a book of her sub-aquatic photographs called Korallengärten ("Coral Gardens"), followed by the 1990 book Wunder unter Wasser ("Wonder under Water"). In her 90s, Riefenstahl was still photographing marine life and gained the distinction of being one of the world's oldest scuba divers. On 22 August 2002, her 100th birthday, she released the film Impressionen unter Wasser ("Underwater Impressions"), an idealized documentary of life in the oceans and her first film in over 25 years. Riefenstahl was a member of Greenpeace for eight years.

2000

In early 2000, the 97 year old Riefenstahl spent several weeks recovering in hospital after suffering broken ribs and lung injuries after being involved in a helicopter crash whilst filming in Sudan.

1993

In 1993, Riefenstahl was the subject of the award-winning German documentary film Die Macht der Bilder: Leni Riefenstahl (1993), directed by Ray Müller. Riefenstahl appeared in the film and answered several questions and detailed the production of her films. The biofilm was nominated for seven Emmy Awards, winning in one category. Riefenstahl, who for some time had been working on her memoirs, decided to cooperate in the production of this documentary to tell her life story about the struggles she had gone through in her personal life, her film-making career and what people thought of her. She was also the subject of Müller's documentary film Leni Riefenstahl: Her Dream of Africa (2003), about her return to Sudan to visit the Nuba people.

1976

She was guest of honour at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada.

1974

Riefenstahl's books with photographs of the Nuba tribes were published in 1974 and republished in 1976 as Die Nuba (translated as "The Last of the Nuba") and Die Nuba von Kau ("The Nuba People of Kau"). While heralded by many as outstanding colour photographs, they were harshly criticized by Susan Sontag, who claimed in a review that they were further evidence of Riefenstahl's "fascist aesthetics".The Art Director's Club of Germany awarded Riefenstahl a gold medal for the best photographic achievement of 1975. She also sold some of the pictures to German magazines.[.

1973

Ms. Riefenstahl lied about her age in 1973 to be passed an official licence to go deep-diving in the Pacific Ocean. She started collecting images of the underwater beauty then, and she did not stop when a shark showed his appreciation of her by head-butting her 3 times, as documented on a TV documentary in 2002.

1972

She photographed the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, and rock star Mick Jagger along with his wife Bianca for The Sunday Times. Years later, Riefenstahl photographed Las Vegas entertainers Siegfried & Roy.

1954

Robert Dassanowsky considers Lowlands (1954) to be Riefenstahl's cinematic statement on her rejection of Hitler and the Nazi regime.

1935

She says she read Ernest Hemingway's "Green Hills of Africa" (1935) in 1955 and prepared immediately to visit the Sudan, which she did the following year, was accepted by and lived with the Nuba people for several months. She wrote three books, mainly photographic essays documenting the vanishing beauty of African people and cultures, from 1972 to 1997. Those are possibly her best refutations of accusations of her racist philosophy as the director of Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938).

1933

She directed her first documentary Der Sieg des Glaubens (1933) in 1933. It followed Triumph of the Will (1935) about the Nuremberg party conferences of the NSDAP and finally her masterpiece "Olympia" (36-38), in which she spellbound the audience with impressive pictures and slow-motion shots.

1932

For The Blue Light (1932) she directed a movie for the first time, a field where she should go down in history during the time of the National Socialists.

1930

In the 1930s, she directed Triumph of the Will (1935) and Olympia, resulting in worldwide attention and acclaim. Both movies are widely considered two of the most effective, and technically innovative, propaganda films ever made. Her involvement in Triumph des Willens, however, significantly damaged her career and reputation after the war. The exact nature of her relationship with Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler remains a matter of debate. However, Adolf Hitler was in close collaboration with Riefenstahl during the production of at least three important Nazi films, and a closer friendship is claimed to have existed.

1926

After Der heilige Berg (1926) Leni Riefenstahl became an in-demand actress. She wasn't oversensitive and found her way in the rough scenery of the cold mountains extremely well. She climbed peaks, was skiing and defied the most adverse circumstances. The mountain movie became her great domain.

1924

When she saw the movie Der Berg des Schicksals (1924) in the cinema, she became involved completely in the world of the mountains. She wanted to experience this sight personally. She met the actor Luis Trenker and director Arnold Fanck who was interested in Leni Riefenstahl. As a result he wrote a script called Der heilige Berg (1926) in which Leni Riefenstahl impersonated her first leading role.

1923

Her first dancing performance followed in 1923. After performances at home and abroad her ambitious intention to devote her life to the dancing was finished because of a knee injury.

1890

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890- 1945". Pages 952-957. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.