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Das blaue Licht
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Olympia
Tiefland
Impressionen unter Wasser
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Click the links directly below to jump to the section of this page for the film(s) you're looking for. North American sources and European/UK sources are listed separately under each title, since both VHS and DVD formats are different and incompatible between each region.

Films Starring and/or Directed by Leni Riefenstahl

Listed in chronological order.

1926:
Der heilige Berg (The Holy Mountain)

North America

Europe/UK

  • Currently unavailable in Europe/UK

1927:
Der große Sprung (The Great Leap)

Currently unavailable anywhere, in any format.


1928:
Das Schicksal derer von Habsburg (The Destiny of the Hapsburgs)

Currently unavailable anywhere, in any format.


1929:
Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü (The White Hell of Pitz Palu)

North America

  • Currently unavailable in North America.

Europe/UK


1930:
Stürme über dem Montblanc (Storm Over Mont Blanc)

North America

  • Currently unavailable in North America

Europe/UK


1931:
Der weiße Rausch (The White Flame)

North America

Europe/UK


1932:
Das blaue Licht (The Blue Light)

North America

Europe/UK


1933:
SOS Eisberg (SOS Iceberg)

North America

  • At one time, this film was available in VHS format from International Historic Films, however, it would appear to no longer be in their catalogue

Europe/UK


1933:
Der Sieg des Glaubens (Victory of Faith)

North America

Europe/UK

  • Currently unavailable in Europe/UK

1935:
Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will)

Please note that Tag der Freiheit! — Unsere Wehrmacht! is included as an extra only on the North American DVD version.

North America

Europe/UK


1935:
Tag der Freiheit! — Unsere Wehrmacht! (Day of Freedom! — Our Armed Forces!)

North America

Europe/UK

  • Included on the DVD for Triumph — see above

1938:
Olympia (Olympia)

North America

Europe/UK


1954:
Tiefland (Lowlands)

North America

Europe/UK


2002:
Impressionen unter Wasser (Underwater Impressions)

North America

  • Currently unavailable in North America

Europe/UK


Films About Leni Riefenstahl

Listed in chronological order.

1973:
Leni Riefenstahl

Description from the Facets site: "This 1973 documentary includes Riefenstahl talking of her life as a dancer, a star of 'mountain films,' her relationship to Third Reich leaders, her search for the primitive, development as a director, new film techniques, editing, film music, being a woman in a man's film world and her discovery of the Nuba people of the Sudan. With many clips from her films Blaue Licht, Triumph des Willens, Olympia and Tiefland, and many photos from her own archives. Filmed in her Munich studio and in the Alps. 60 mins."

North America

  • VHS: Facets (search for "Riefenstahl", or the film title, on their home page)

Europe/UK

  • Currently unavailable in Europe/UK

1993:
Die Macht der Bilder — Leni Riefenstahl (The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl)

North America

Europe/UK


2001:
Seduction of the Will

This award-winning independent film is not yet available for purchase. For further information, see the web site for Light Horse Pictures, or read a review of the film.


2003:
Leni Riefenstahl: Ein Traum von Afrika (Leni Riefenstahl: A Dream of Africa)

This documentary by Ray Müller — who a decade earlier had produced Die Macht der Bilder (see above) — describes Leni's special relationship with the African people, the Nuba. In the 1960s and 1970s, Leni had visited and even lived with the Nuba tribe in the Sudan, and along with footage from those early excursions, Müller here accompanies 98-year-old Leni on her last major visit with them.

North America

  • Currently unavailable in North America

Europe/UK


Films About Early German Cinema

Listed in alphabetical order.

Chameleon Cameraman (Changing Roles)

Description from the Facets site: "Henry von Javorsky, Jewish cameraman of the Third Reich, learned to survive by changing roles, working first in Nazi Germany, then for the Soviets in Berlin, and then for the Allies. Saved by his camera, Javorsky made films with Leni Riefenstahl and Luis Trenker, aerial shots for war movies like Pour le merite, Cologne in flames in 1944, and Soviet newsreel coverage of the trial of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp war criminals. He moved to America in 1952, where he made industrial films for Volkswagen and won an Academy Award for his short film about breaking the on-water speed record. English voice-over."

North America

  • VHS: Facets (search for "Riefenstahl", or the film title, on their home page)

Europe/UK

  • Currently unavailable in Europe/UK

Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood

Description from the Facets site: "Created by award-winning Photoplay Productions team Kevin Brownlow and David Gill, this extraordinary three-part documentary explores the birth and early development of cinema in Europe. Includes rarely seen footage from early movies and interviews with some of the film industry's pioneers. Narrated by Kenneth Branagh."

North America

  • VHS: Facets (search for "Riefenstahl", or the film title, on their home page)

Europe/UK

  • Currently unavailable in Europe/UK

The Eye of the Third Reich

Description from the Facets site: "Walter Frentz was Leni Riefenstahl's chief cameraman and a personal cameraman for Adolf Hitler. In this acclaimed film, director Jurgen Stumphaus has woven together interviews with Frentz, excerpts from Frentz's diaries from the '40s and today, and many samples of his work, to depict a man who made countless carefully composed pictures ennobling an inhuman regime."

North America

  • VHS: Facets (search for "Riefenstahl", or the film title, on their home page)

Europe/UK

  • Currently unavailable in Europe/UK

Lulu in Berlin

Description from the Facets site: "The only filmed interview with the fascinating, legendary actress Louise Brooks, made some 48 years after her last finished film. The documentary turns into a cinematic excursion into her life — particularly her years in Berlin and her famous films Diary of a Lost Girl and Pandora's Box — as well as her relationship with Pabst, Riefenstahl, Garbo and Dietrich."

North America

  • VHS: Facets (search for "Riefenstahl", or the film title, on their home page)

Europe/UK

  • Currently unavailable in Europe/UK

Wer war Arnold Fanck? (Who was Arnold Fanck?)

Who was Arnold Fanck? Find out in this German video biography of the most famous director of the "mountain film" genre.

North America

  • Currently unavailable in North America

Europe/UK

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