Memoirs. Rifenstal Leni

“Memoirs” by Leni Rifenshtal (1902–2003), first translated into Russian, truly, a sensational monument of the era, capturing time through the eyes of one of the talented women of the 20th century. The dancer and actress, who worked at the beginning of her life path with the most famous Western actors, she became famous in the future as a brilliant master of documentary cinema, almost the main classic of this genre. Her films such as “Triumph of the will” (1935) and “Olympia” (1936–1938) will forever remain grandiose monuments of the “large style” of the totalitarian era. Highly appreciated by Hitler, Rifenstall knew his environment closely. Goebbels, Goring, Himmler and other bonuses of the Third Reich are described by her lively, with an abundance of household and even intimate details. In the post -war years, Rifenshtal devoted herself to the study of the life of African tribes and underwater filming of the oceanic flora and fauna. She told about her exotic hobbies of the last decades in the second part of the book. Critics wrote about the huge “memoirs”: it is so “dizzying reading” that it is necessary to make frequent stops in order to maintain mental balance. The “memoirs” of Leni Rifenshtal (1902–2003), first translated into Russian, truly, a sensational monument of the era, capturing time through the eyes of one of the talented women of the 20th century. The dancer and actress, who worked at the beginning of her life path with the most famous Western actors, she became famous in the future as a brilliant master of documentary cinema, almost the main classic of this genre. Her films such as “Triumph of the will” (1935) and “Olympia” (1936–1938) will forever remain grandiose monuments of the “large style” of the totalitarian era. Highly appreciated by Hitler, Rifenstall knew his environment closely. Goebbels, Goring, Himmler and other bonuses of the Third Reich are described by her lively, with an abundance of household and even intimate details. In the post -war years, Rifenshtal devoted herself to the study of the life of African tribes and underwater filming of the oceanic flora and fauna. She told about her exotic hobbies of the last decades in the second part of the book. Critics wrote about the huge “memoirs”: it is so “dizzying reading” that it is necessary to make frequent stops in order to maintain mental balance.