(2024, Germany, 115')
Leni Riefenstahl, the Reich’s leading filmmaker, celebrated in her films the Nazi ideals of bodily perfection and superiority, scorning weakness and imperfection. Andres Veiel discusses the German filmmaker’s complex ties with Hitler’s government and her artistic legacy, trying to understand whether or not the messages of yesteryear lie behind the return of that same aesthetic, which is often still present today.
Andres Veiel, an award-winning German director and screenwriter, is known for films such as Black box BRD (2001), winner of the European Film Award for best documentary, Wer wenn nicht wir (2011), presented and awarded at the 61st. Berlinale, and Beuys (2017), focusing on the German artist of the same name.
The visual talent of a filmmaker who created the aesthetics of the Third Reich
