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Author
Publisher
A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Leni Riefenstahl, the woman best known as "Hitler's filmmaker, " is one of the most controversial personalities of the twentieth century. Her story is one of huge talent and huger ambition, one that probes the sometimes blurred borders dividing art and beauty from truth and humanity. Two of her films, Olympia and Triumph of the Will, are universally regarded as among the greatest and most innovative documentaries ever made, but they are also insidious...
Author
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"From the stages of Berlin to anti-Nazi efforts and silver-screen stardom, Steven Bach reveals the fascinating woman behind the myth surrounding Marlene Dietrich in a biography that will stand as the ultimate authority on a singular star. Based on six years of research and hundreds of interviews-including conversations with Dietrich-this is the life story of one of the century's greatest movie actresses and performers, an icon who embodied glamour...
