Leni Riefenstahl closeup circa 1936 color added 2015
by David Lee Guss
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Leni Riefenstahl closeup circa 1936 color added 2015
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David Lee Guss
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Photograph - Photography
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"Riefenstahl produced and directed her own work called Das Blaue Licht ('The Blue Light') in 1932, co-written by Carl Mayer and Bala Balazs. This film won the Silver Medal at the Venice Film Festival, but was not universally well-received, for which Riefenstahl blamed the critics, many of whom were Jewish.'Upon its 1938 re-release, the names of Balazs and Sokal, both Jewish, were removed from the credits; some reports claim this was at Riefenstahl's behest.'In the film, Riefenstahl played an innocent peasant girl who is hated by the villagers because they think she is diabolic and cast out.' She is protected by a glowing mountain grotto. According to herself, Riefenstahl received invitations to travel to Hollywood to create films, but she refused them in favour of remaining in Germany with a boyfriend. The film attracted the attention of Hitler, who believed she epitomized the perfect German female. He saw talent in Riefenstahl and arranged a meeting.
In 1933, Riefenstahl appeared in the U.S.-German co-productions of the Arnold Fanck-directed, German-language SOS Eisberg and the Tay Garnett-directed, English-language SOS Iceberg. The movies were filmed simultaneously in English and German and produced and distributed by Universal Studios. Her role as an actress in SOS Iceberg was her only English language role in film."
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