| Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl Contributor(s): Bach, Steven (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307387755 ISBN-13: 9780307387752 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2008 Annotation: 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. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.23" W x 7.95" (0.91 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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| Publisher 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. |