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by Wieland, Karin


  Johnson, Lyndon B., 489

  Joyce, James, 278

  Judgment at Nuremberg (film), 469–70, 502, 570n43

  Jung, Edgar, 277

  Jünger, Ernst, 121–22

  Just a Gigolo (film), 500

  Kafka, Franz, 19

  Karajan, Herbert von, 345

  Karlweis, Oskar, 72, 73

  Kasten, Jürgen, 128

  Kästner, Erich, 75, 385

  Kau people of Nuba tribe, 444, 515

  Kennedy, Edward M. “Ted,” 471, 489

  Kennedy, John F., 256, 471–72

  Kennedy, Robert F., 471

  Kent, Sidney, 168

  Kerr, Deborah, 450

  Kettelhut, Erich, 67

  Kettner, Horst, 441–42, 444, 514, 516, 521, 522, 524

  Kiesewetter, Knut, 572n6

  Kindler, Helmut, 423–25

  Kirch, Leo, 521

  Kisch, Egon Erwin, 86

  Kishon, Ephraim, 467

  Kismet (film), 362, 370

  Kissinger, Henry A., 521

  Klamt, Hermann, 80, 81

  Klamt, Jutta, 82–84, 533n58

  Klarsfeld, Beate, 510

  Klausener, Erich, 277

  Kleist, Heinrich von, Penthesilea, 328–29

  Klimt, Gustav, 69

  Klingenberg, Werner, 313

  Knef, Hildegard, 408–9, 464, 465, 499, 503

  Knight Without Armour (film), 239–40, 246

  Koebner, F. W., 27–28

  Kohner, Paul, 140, 302–4, 512

  Kokoschka, Oskar, 242

  Kolbe, Georg, 242

  Kollwitz, Käthe, 99

  Kolpé, Max, 228, 250, 384, 390, 409, 455, 499, 500, 507

  Koppenhöfer, Maria, 328, 330

  Korda, Alexander (Sander), 68, 130

  Kortner, Fritz, 77–78

  Kosleck, Martin, 547n83

  Koster, Henry, 402–3

  Kracauer, Siegfried, 92

  Kramer, Stanley, 469, 570n43

  Krauss, Werner, 57

  Krenek, Ernst, Jonny, 532

  Kretschmer, Elfriede, 572n6

  Kreuder, Peter, 191, 291

  Kreutzberg, Harald, 222–23

  Kuchenbuch, Herbert, 117–18

  Kunzmann, Theresia, 177

  Lacombe, Georges, 386

  Ladies’ Home Journal, 570n45

  Lady Is Willing, The (film), 360

  Laemmle, Carl, 139, 140, 141

  Lagerfeld, Karl, 506

  LaGuardia, Fiorello, 368

  Lamarr, Hedy, 246

  Lamprecht, Gerhard, 128

  Lancaster, Burt, 469

  Lanchester, Elsa, 458

  Lang, Fritz, 504

  and Dr. Mabuse, 54

  and M, 147

  and Marlene, 238, 405–7

  and Metropolis, 112

  and Nibelungs, 162, 263

  and Rancho Notorious, 405–7

  and Woman in the Moon, 111

  Langendorf, Captain, 413

  Langhaeuser, Rudolf, 325

  Langlois, Henri, 512

  Lantin, Rolf, 299

  Lantschner, Guzzi and Otto, 280, 321, 327, 556n94

  Lasker-Schüler, Else, 158

  Last Command, The (film), 154

  Lastfogel, Abe, 362

  Last Laugh, The (film), 128, 154

  La Strada (film), 428

  Las Vegas, Marlene’s stage appearances in, 448–49, 451, 452–54, 457, 461

  Laughton, Charles, 458, 459

  “La Vie en Rose” (song), 400, 487

  “Laziest Gal in Town, The” (song), 400, 451

  League of Nations, 287, 295

  Leap, The (short film), 556n86

  “Leben ohne Liebe kannst du nicht” (song), 191

  Lebensreformer (back to nature advocates), 18

  Le Corbusier, 19

  Lehnich, Oswald, 296

  Leip, Hans, 561n35

  Leisen, Mitchell, 387

  Leni, Paul, 67

  Leni Riefenstahl Film Inc., 316, 335, 336–37

  Lenya, Lotte, 86

  Lerman, Leo, 369, 404, 449, 482

  Leuwerik, Ruth, 432

  Levin, Julius, 48

  Lewitan, Joseph, 533n54

  Liberman, Alexander, 401–2, 477

  Liberman, Tatjana, 402

  Liebknecht, Karl, 528n14

  Life, 408, 437

  “Lili Marleen” (song), 373, 451, 467

  Lindbergh, Charles, 208

  Lion, Margo, 72, 73, 74–75, 130, 210, 384, 531n36

  Little Napoleon, The (film), 67

  Locarno Pact, 294

  Loesser, Frank, 347

  Lollobrigida, Gina, 427

  London, Marlene’s stage performances in, 450–52, 461

  Loren, Sophia, 462, 521

  Lorre, Peter, 233

  Los Angeles, see Hollywood

  Losch, Eduard von, 30–31, 37–38

  Losch, Josefine von, see Dietrich, Josefine

  Louis, Jean, 448, 459–60

  Louys, Pierre, The Woman and the Puppet, 227

  Love (film), 263

  Lowlands (film), 330–34

  based on opera by d’Albert, 330

  cast and crew of, 279, 330, 337–39, 341, 342, 423–24, 517

  comparisons with, 333

  failure of, 343, 414, 428

  filming of, 331–32, 516

  lawsuits related to, 423–24

  Leni as director of, 330, 333, 341–43

  Leni’s acting in, 135, 330, 333, 343

  Leni’s changing claims about, 330, 333–34, 413, 573n12

  Leni’s continued work on, 411, 414, 421, 426, 427

  meaning sought in, 559n44, 573n12

  story of, 332–33

  L. R. Studio Films, Inc., 126

  Lubitsch, Ernst, 45, 105, 154, 209, 231, 243, 398, 504

  Luddy, Tom, 512

  Ludendorff, Erich, 45

  Ludwig, Emil, 244

  Luft, Friedrich, 465

  Lukács, Georg, 130

  Lund, John, 392

  Lutze, Viktor, 285, 286

  Luz, Oskar, 437

  M (film), 147

  Madam Doctor (film), 262

  Madame Doesn’t Want Children (film), 68, 130, 390

  Mademoiselle Docteur (film), 421

  Madonna, 505

  Magnani, Anna, 396, 432

  Magnum Photos, 436

  Mahir, Sabri, 85

  Mahler, Gustav, 355, 467

  Maillol, Aristide, 242

  Mainz, Friedrich, 425

  Maltese Falcon, The (film), 351

  Mamoulian, Rouben, 211, 212, 223

  Man by the Roadside (film), 362

  Mann, Abby, 570n43

  Mann, Erika, 86, 307

  Mann, Heinrich:

  and The Blue Angel, 155–56, 179

  Professor Unrat, 155, 169, 170

  Mann, Klaus, 86, 125

  Mann, Thomas, 54, 160–61, 233, 254

  Mannheim, Karl, 130

  Mannheim, Lucie, 158–59

  Manon Lescaut (film), 67–68

  Manpower (film), 359–60

  Manstein, Erich von, 322–23, 325

  Manton, Maria, 359

  Marais, Jean, 432, 452

  Marlene (film), 502–3

  Marzahn concentration camp, 338–39, 423, 517

  Massary, Fritzi, 455

  Matul, Tamara, 204, 241, 532n43

  abortions of, 456

  death of, 477, 478

  health issues of, 256, 409, 476–77

  as Maria’s nanny, 75

  and Marlene’s money, 396–97, 409

  in New York, 353

  other lovers of, 353

  in Paris, 214, 226, 251

  passport of, 226–27, 353

  as Sieber’s lover, 75–76, 157, 190–91, 194, 238, 256–57, 353, 409, 410, 455–56

  Matz, Peter, 569n22

  Maxglan camp, 338, 424, 517

  May, Joe, 67

  May, Karl, 89

  May, Mia, 504
/>   Mayer, Carl, 127–29, 133, 279, 312, 513, 538n11

  May-Film, 63, 64

  Mazdaznan movement, 83

  McLaglen, Victor, 188

  Meadows, Earle, 302

  Medal of Freedom, 395

  “Mein blondes Baby” (“My Blonde Baby”) (song), 467

  Menjou, Adolphe, 183, 184

  Messner, Reinhold, 521

  Messter, Oskar, 76

  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 247, 302–4, 362

  Metropolis (film), 112

  Meyen, Harry, 465

  Meyerinck, Hubert von, 63, 72

  Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 19

  Milestone, Lewis, 148, 389

  Miller, Lee, 374

  Minde-Pouet, Georg, 329

  Minetti, Bernhard, 59, 330, 332, 334, 337, 341, 342, 343, 516

  Miracle of the Snowshoe: A System for Skiing Correctly, The (film), 94, 103

  Mitchell, Margaret, Gone With the Wind, 331

  Modern Dubarry, A (film), 531n30

  Moissi, Alexander, 34

  Mollinger, Dolly, 256

  Monroe, Marilyn, 402

  Montand, Yves, 462, 465

  Monte Carlo Story (film), 456–57

  Morocco (film), 179–87

  Academy Award nominations for, 208

  comparisons with, 190, 197

  filming of, 546–47n73

  premiere of, 203

  story of, 183–87, 350

  vocal numbers from, 191

  Moroder, Giorgio, 523

  Morris, Glenn, 301, 302, 315

  Mosheim, Grete, 57, 64, 455

  Mountain of Destiny (film), 88–90, 94–95

  Müller, André, 573n12

  Müller, Hermann, 171

  Müller, Ray, 110, 274, 521

  The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl, 127, 519–20

  Munich Agreement (1938), 313

  Munkacsi, Martin, 119

  Murnau, Friedrich Wilhelm, 128, 133–34, 154

  Musil, Robert, 45

  The Man Without Qualities, 17

  Mussolini, Benito, 131, 137, 286, 295, 330, 331, 365

  Muthesius, Eckart, 344

  Nannen, Henri, 443

  Nansen passports, 226–27, 353

  National Film Archives, 417

  National Geographic, 437

  National Socialism (Nazi party):

  anti-Semitism of, 259, 296, 314, 336

  and the arts, 83, 290

  covert continuity of, 521

  and cultural revolt (1968), 443

  and Day of Freedom, 515

  exiles in U.S. from, 233–34

  factions within, 276–77

  failed 1923 putsch, 286

  fanatical pathos of, 288, 296

  forced laborers used by, 343–44

  Germany ruled by, 258

  Horst Wessel Song, 272, 273, 289

  ideology of, 447

  and Leni, 130, 136, 147, 264–68, 273, 275, 315, 413, 422, 442–43, 518, 523

  and Leni’s films, 261, 264, 270–75, 279, 288, 296–97, 299–300, 321, 330, 333, 417, 420–21, 425, 435, 446

  nations liberated from, 411

  and Night of the Long Knives, 277

  and Olympic Games, 296, 301–2, 304, 440

  party rallies, 268, 269–72, 275, 277, 278, 279, 282–87, 290, 412, 417, 422, 440

  post–World War II, 413–15, 419

  public disenchantment with, 276

  and Remarque, 248

  rise to power, 21, 147–50, 211, 213, 215, 259, 280, 431

  and Triumph of the Will, 515

  and Victory of Faith, 270–75, 515

  Nazi party, see National Socialism

  NBC, 464

  Negri, Pola, 28, 45

  Neurath, Konstantin von, 273

  Neutra, Richard, 242, 548n110

  Neville-Willing, Donald, 450

  New Look, 423

  New Objectivity, 278

  Newton, Helmut, 523

  New Woman, 22–24, 45, 57, 60, 68, 85–86, 115, 446

  Nibelungs, The (film), 162, 263

  Nietzsche, Friedrich, 18, 99

  Night of the Long Knives, 277

  Niven, David, 450

  No Highway in the Sky (film), 402–3

  Normandy, Allied landings in, 340, 367

  Norwich, Lord and Lady, 450

  Nosferatu (film), 133

  Nuba people, 436–44, 446–47, 514, 520, 521–22

  Nuremberg:

  Judgment at Nuremberg (film), 469–70, 502, 570n43

  war-crimes trials in, 415–16, 419

  Office of Strategic Services (OSS), 372–73

  Olivier, Laurence, 450

  Olympia (film), 290, 294–312

  Festival of Beauty (Part II), 310–11

  Festival of Nations (Part I), 309–10

  filming of, 297–301, 342, 440, 556n94

  as fine sports film, 309

  honors and awards to, 311

  international versions of, 309, 311–12, 313, 315, 321

  premiere of, 308–9

  reissue of (1960s), 444

  at Telluride Film Festival, 512

  Olympia Film Inc., 295, 303

  Olympiaverlag, publisher, 423

  Olympic Games (1932), 296

  Olympic Games (1936), 294, 295, 296, 297–302, 313, 440, 444, 520

  Olympic Games (1940), 313

  Olympic Games (1972), 444

  Opel, Margot von, 307, 329

  Orla, Ressel, 66

  Orlik, Emil, 66

  OSS (Office of Strategic Services), 372–73

  Owens, Jesse, 302

  Pabst, G. W., 69, 106, 108–9, 121, 335

  Pacific Film Archive, 512

  Palmer, Lilli, 506

  Palucca, Gret, 24, 25

  Pan Am, Marlene’s ads for, 485

  Pandora’s Box (drama), 57, 58, 69

  Papen, Franz von, 149, 273, 277

  Paramount Pictures, 169, 180–81, 182, 187, 192, 202, 214, 226, 236, 415

  Paramount Studios, 204–5, 209, 211, 247, 249, 387

  Pasternak, Joe, 168, 257, 347–49

  Patcevitch, Iva, 403

  Patton, George S., 375, 376

  Pavlova, Anna, 84

  Pawlinin, Helge, 434

  Penthesilea (proposed film), 316, 320, 327–30, 340, 445

  “Peter” (song), 191, 482

  Peters, Erna, 272

  Petersen, Ernst, 96, 111

  Peukert, Detlev, 35

  Piaf, Edith, 400, 465

  Picasso, Pablo, La Gameuse, 242

  Pickford, Mary, 111

  Pinthus, Kurt, 60

  Piscator, Erwin, 113

  Pittsburgh (film), 360–61

  Piz Palü, see White Hell of Piz Palü, The

  Poelzig, Hans, 19, 56

  Poland:

  German invasion of, 319, 321, 325, 326

  Leni’s attempt to film in, 320–25

  Marlene’s travel to, 472

  Warsaw ghetto uprising, 472

  Polgar, Alfred, 424

  Pommer, Erich, 157, 162, 179, 259

  Pompidou, Georges, 487

  Porten, Henny, 39–40

  Porter, Cole, 400

  Power, Tyrone, 458

  Prager, Walter, 152, 275, 280

  Prager, Willy, 72

  Preminger, Otto, 504

  Prévert, Jacques, 383

  Prinzhorn, Hans, 19, 529n18

  Putti, Lya de, 67

  “Quand l’amour meurt” (song), 184

  Queen Christine (film), 223

  Rabenalt, Arthur Maria, 335

  Raether, Arnold, 264, 265–67, 268, 274

  Raffé, Rudolf, 536n94

  Raft, George, 359

  Rancho Notorious (film), 405–7, 564n48

  Rasmussen, Knud, 139

  Rathenau, Walter, 160

  Raubal, Geli, 151

  Ravel, Maurice, 461

  Reagan, Nancy, 501

  Reagan, Ronald, 501

  Rebel, The (film), 263, 267
r />   Red Devils, The (film), 432

  Reichenau, Walther von, 323, 324

  Reich Film Chamber, 296, 299

  Reinhardt, Max, 56, 59, 62, 71, 75, 80, 162, 246, 259, 328

  Reinl, Harald, 330

  Reisch, Walter, 203, 372, 390, 409, 482, 500, 504, 506, 545n48

  Reitz, Robert, 48–49

  Remarque, Erich Maria “Boni,” 243–57

  affair with Marlene, 245–46, 251–56, 353–56, 358, 359, 499

  All Quiet on the Western Front, 244

  Arch of Triumph “Ravic novel,” 248, 253, 254, 356, 389

  art collection of, 256

  and Black Fox, 471

  citizenship of, 252, 354, 355

  death of, 485–86, 498

  and end of affair, 243, 251, 353–54, 355, 356, 357

  Flotsam, 253

  health issues of, 398, 485

  and Judgment at Nuremberg, 471

  and Leni, 105, 114, 148, 307

  messages to and from Marlene, 243, 247–49, 253, 254, 352, 388–89, 398, 452–53

  moods and drinking of, 256–57, 356

  in New York, 253–54

  in Paris, 249–51

  personal traits of, 244, 248, 251

  post–World War II, 398

  and preludes to World War II, 249

  remarriage to ex-wife, 248, 250

  socializing, 257, 307, 353, 397–98, 500

  Three Comrades, 247

  and World War II, 352–53, 356, 361

  Renoir, Jean, 357

  Revue, 423–24

  Rhineland, German takeover of, 294

  Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 422

  Richard, Frida, 330

  Richee, Eugene, 232

  Riefenstahl, Alfred Theodor Paul (father), 7–9, 12–16

  aspiring to wealth, 12, 23

  attempts to control his daughter, 9, 10, 11, 13–14, 15–16, 20–21, 22, 25, 83, 127

  business of, 12, 13, 17, 344

  death of, 343, 346

  and his son, 12–13, 16

  and Leni’s career, 29, 80, 308

  Riefenstahl, Bertha Ida Scherlach (mother), 7–8

  aspiring to wealth, 12, 13, 23

  and the cinema, 14

  and her husband’s strictness, 10

  and Leni’s artistic ambitions, 14, 80

  and Leni’s career, 308

  and Leni’s early years, 10, 13

  post–World War II, 411, 419–20

  Riefenstahl, Heinz (brother):

  artistic interests of, 12

  childhood of, 9

  death of, 346

  father’s plans for, 12–13, 16

  and his father’s business, 344–46

  and Leni’s ambition, 89

  and Leni’s work, 295, 306, 308, 557n7

  and Nazi party, 344–45

  and Olympia Film Inc., 295

  Riefenstahl, Helene Amalia Bertha, see Riefenstahl, Leni

  Riefenstahl, Inge (Heinz’s wife), 306

  Riefenstahl, Leni, 10–29, 79–152, 319–46, 431–47, 511–24

  and Africa, 433–35, 436–47, 515

  and aging, 442, 444, 446, 514, 516, 519, 520–24

  ambition of, 11, 16, 21, 27–29, 82, 84–85, 87, 89, 105–6, 110, 125, 127, 128, 129, 147, 149, 261–62, 269, 275, 278, 287, 296, 513–14, 519–20

 

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