A Memoir
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One of the 20th century's most remarkable & controversial women, Leni Riefenstahl was an artist of the 1st order. Dancer, actor & photographer, she is best known as the director of Triumph of the Will, a film of a Nazi Party rally & Olympia, the classic account of the 1936 Berlin Olympics. It's for these works of cinematic propaganda that Riefenstahl is revered & reviled. In this autobiography, she discusses her motivations, her history, her important friendships &, most of all, her art. Along with insights into directing & camera work, Riefenstahl offers an emotional, powerful story of a woman who refuses to be defined by any terms other than her own.
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