Riefenstahl

Riefenstahl

Explores Leni Riefenstahl's artistic legacy and her complex ties to the Nazi regime, juxtaposing her self-portrayal with evidence suggesting...

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Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations

Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations

Commissioned to make a propaganda film about the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, director Leni Riefenstahl created a celebration of the human form...

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Hitler's Hollywood

Hitler's Hollywood

Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came into power, until 1945, when the Third Reich...

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Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture

Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture

The film tells the cultural story of Berlin during the Weimar Republic through interviews with a number of persons who were involved in literature,...

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The Holy Mountain

The Holy Mountain

Professional dancer Diotima finds herself the apex of a love triangle when she is pursued by two mountain climbers, Vigo and his older friend.

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The Immoderation of Me - Sandra Maischberger meets Leni Riefenstahl

The Immoderation of Me - Sandra Maischberger meets Leni Riefenstahl

An interview with infamous German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl carried out by Sandra Maischberger in preparation for the subject's 100th birthday...

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The Blue Light

The Blue Light

A young woman, Junta, lives apart from her village and, for her solitude and strangeness, is considered to be a witch; when she comes to the...

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Les Champions d'Hitler

Les Champions d'Hitler

Lowlands

Lowlands

Set in the early part of 20th century Europe. There lived a dancer who becomes the romantic bone of contention between a humble shepherd and an...

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The White Hell of Pitz Palu

The White Hell of Pitz Palu

Dr. Johannes Krafft climbs a 12,000-foot mountain over and over again to search for his wife, who was lost on their honeymoon. Another couple makes...

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The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl

The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl

This documentary recounts the life and work of one of most famous, and yet reviled, German film directors in history, Leni Riefenstahl. The film...

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Storm Over Mont Blanc

Storm Over Mont Blanc

In a lonely outpost atop the treacherous Mont Blanc, an intrepid scientist lives with minimal connection to the world below. Through the telegraph,...

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Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co

Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co

Birth of a Nation

Birth of a Nation

Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

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Underwater Impressions

Underwater Impressions

Riefenstahl explores the undersea world of coral reefs in various oceans around the world. Soundtrack by Giorgio Moroder.

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Leni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth

Leni Riefenstahl - The End of a Myth

Countless people around the world know the pictures from Leni Riefenstahl's films, even if they have not seen them in their entirety. The work of...

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The Night of the Filmmakers

The Night of the Filmmakers

A meditation on the first 100 years of German cinema, featuring an assembly of German filmmakers.

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The Great Leap

The Great Leap

A young Italian girl living in the Dolomites falls in love with a member of a tourist party skiing on the nearby mountains.

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S.O.S. Iceberg

S.O.S. Iceberg

An expedition goes in search of a party lost in the Arctic the year before. This is the English language version of the German film S.O.S. Eisberg...

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