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
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
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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