Leni: The Life And Work Of Leni Riefenstahl
The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl
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- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2008
Summary
Leni Riefenstahl is one of the most fascinating and controversial personalities of the twentieth century. Best known as ‘Hitler’s filmmaker’, Riefenstahl made two documentaries, OLYMPIA and TRIUMPH OF THE WILL, acknowledged to be among the greatest films ever made. But they are insidious glorifications of the Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich. Drawing on new primary sources - recordings of Riefenstahl herself, interviews with her colleagues and intimate friends - Steven Bach puts the lie to…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349115535 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349115532 |
| Author: | Steven Bach |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2008 |
| Weight: | 422g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 126mm x 33mm |
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Bach’s book might be called exemplary, except that that word is too cold for the excitement he generates … Powerful and enlightening - SUNDAY TIMES
Meticulous - DAILY TELEGRAPHNot only powerful but also remarkably exciting - SUNDAY TIMESBach systematically and thoroughly chronicles a life so full of contradictions and denials it almost makes you want to scream … A superb work - OBSERVERAbout The Author
Steven Bach
Steven Bach is the author of MARLENE DIETRICH and DAZZLER: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MOSS HART, and the best-selling memoir FINAL CUT. He was in charge of worldwide production for United Artists and now teaches at Bennington College and Columbia University.
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