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by Wieland, Karin


  arrests and escapes of, 412

  art, beauty, and strength as core of, 83, 105, 517

  artistic rise of, 81–83, 128, 136

  as artist with nothing to learn, 25, 82

  assets confiscated, 419, 421–23, 435

  attention sought by, 11, 142–43, 419, 423, 432

  Behind the Scenes of the Reich Party Rally Film, 280

  birth and family background of, 7–8, 265

  boxing lessons taken by, 85

  car accident of, 433–34, 436

  career advancement of, 80, 124–27, 136, 147, 261, 264, 287, 291, 314, 320, 427, 514, 518

  childhood of, 8–9, 122

  as “child of nature,” 9, 10, 95, 96, 123

  as cinema fan, 14, 112

  comeback of, 446–47

  competition avoided by, 26, 119

  Coral Gardens, 518, 520

  as dancer, 14–16, 18–19, 20–21, 22, 25, 27, 29, 79–81, 84, 92, 93, 96–97, 104, 105, 117, 124, 145, 440, 523

  “Dances of Eros” performed by, 29

  dealings with men, 11, 27–28, 29, 80, 84, 87, 90–92, 99–102, 105, 110–11, 113–14, 123, 125–27, 131, 140, 142, 147, 148–49, 151, 261, 293, 301, 330, 340, 341–42, 442

  death of, 524

  and deep-sea diving, 515, 516, 518–19, 520, 524

  denazification hearings of, 420–22, 425

  deported from Austria, 419

  disregarding her father’s wishes, 9, 10, 11, 13–14, 15–16, 20–21, 22, 25, 127

  divorce of, 420, 432

  “Dream Blossom” choreographed by, 96

  fading influence of, 313, 314, 326, 330, 340, 436

  and fame, 293, 313, 314, 444, 511, 518, 520

  as film actress, 15, 95, 97, 99, 103–5, 108, 111, 116–17, 124, 125, 135, 136, 137, 273, 312, 330, 333, 343, 426, 428; see also Riefenstahl, Leni, films acted in

  film apprenticeship of, 123, 126; see also Riefenstahl, Leni, films directed by

  financing sought by, 27–29, 81, 259, 423, 425, 426, 432, 436, 535n81

  first sexual experience, 28

  flights from reality, 114, 342–43, 411, 436, 438, 440–41, 513–15

  and Goebbels, 150–51,

  260–64, 274, 295, 300, 305–6

  health problems of, 335–36, 339–40, 343, 420, 516–17, 522, 524

  in helicopter accident, 522

  history rewritten by, 80, 90, 128, 136–37, 261, 263–64, 274, 280, 312, 326, 330, 412, 413, 417–19, 421–23, 507, 513–15, 517–18, 521

  and Hitler, 144–47, 149–52, 258–65, 267–69, 273–75, 277–79, 283–84, 289–91, 292–93, 305–9, 331, 337, 412, 417–18, 421, 423, 424, 440, 515, 517–18, 520

  honors and awards to, 137, 289–90, 295–96, 311, 417

  houses built by, 306–7, 515–16

  income of, 95, 105, 124, 292, 295, 336–37, 413, 421, 423, 439

  international travel of, 293–94, 307, 313–15

  interrogations of, 413–16, 418

  judicial inquiry initiated against, 523

  knee injury of, 84, 87, 88, 89, 93

  The Last of the Nuba, 444, 514, 520

  lawsuits initiated by, 423–25, 517

  and Marlene, 112–14

  marriage of, 340

  memoirs of, 25, 114, 128, 326, 426, 507, 516–17, 519, 552n39

  and modeling, 86–87

  and mountain films, 88–101, 102–11, 115–23, 129, 261, 267, 269, 273, 278, 287, 292, 413, 433, 434, 440, 442

  Müller’s film about: The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl, 127, 519–20

  and Mussolini, 295

  and Nazi party, 130, 136, 263, 264–68, 273, 275, 280, 290, 293, 315, 330, 333, 413, 420–22, 425, 435, 518, 523

  in New York, 514

  and Nuba people, 436–44, 446–47, 514, 519, 520, 521–22

  outsider status of, 25, 440

  peasants and Gypsies used for filming by, 337–39, 423–25, 434, 439, 517, 519, 523

  People of Kau, 445, 515

  photographs by, 438–47, 511, 515, 516, 518–19, 520

  physical appearance of, 86, 120, 446, 514

  piano lessons of, 13

  and politics, 143–44, 147, 148, 259, 308, 313, 314–15, 413–14, 426

  post–World War II, 411–28, 431

  production company of, 126

  professional contacts of, 85, 297, 299–300, 321, 421, 427, 441–42

  public image of, 292, 293, 313, 520–21

  reputation of, 136

  on the run, 411

  Schulberg’s visit to, 416–19

  self-confidence of, 29, 91, 95, 99

  self-image of, 102–3, 105, 329–30, 333, 412, 413, 414, 419–20, 522, 523

  self-promotion of, 82, 89, 91, 106, 114, 118, 127, 131, 144, 145–48, 151, 292, 314

  Special Film Unit of, 321–23

  speech lessons for, 117–18

  sports played by, 9, 10, 16, 22

  Struggle in Snow and Ice, 110, 127, 138, 513

  studio lot built for, 315–16

  success achieved by, 258–59, 274, 289–90, 302, 309, 311–12, 321, 327

  teen years of, 10–23

  at Telluride Film Festival, 512–13, 514

  training her body, 9, 85, 93, 103, 316

  triumph over her father, 29, 83

  as typist in her father’s office, 15–16, 83

  and war, 316, 319–27, 330–31, 334–35, 346

  Wonders under Water, 518

  work ethic of, 292–93, 299–301, 305

  working through her pain, 14, 82, 84, 104, 108–10, 433–34, 518–19

  Riefenstahl, Leni, films acted in:

  Avalanche, 115–20, 127, 162, 435

  The Great Leap, 103–4, 106, 127

  The Holy Mountain, 93–99, 100–103, 145, 535n83

  Piz Palü, 107–11, 116, 120, 139, 263

  S.O.S. Iceberg, 138–43, 145, 273

  White Frenzy, 119, 124–25, 127, 131, 140

  Riefenstahl, Leni, films directed by:

  archive of, 435–36, 515–16

  Black Cargo, 434–35

  The Blue Light, see Blue Light, The

  critical reviews of, 137, 138

  Day of Freedom—Our Wehrmacht—Nuremberg 1935, 290, 291–92, 323, 415, 416–17, 515

  dreams as sources for, 129, 136, 268, 333, 418, 427

  Lowlands, see Lowlands

  military precision in planning of, 269–70, 280–83, 297–98, 300–301, 305, 306

  money squandered on, 332, 335

  Olympia, 290, 294–312, 315, 321, 342, 440, 512

  and postwar hearings, 420–22

  postwar projects, 432–33

  remakes of, 436

  technical innovations in, 134–35, 287, 311, 555n80

  Triumph of the Will, see Triumph of the Will

  Victory of Faith, 152, 264, 270–75, 276, 415, 416–17, 515

  Riefenstahl film Inc., 316, 335, 336–39

  Rilke, Rainer Maria, 19, 57, 243, 385

  Riml, Walter, 127, 131, 137, 142, 280

  Rist, Sepp, 115, 121, 142, 279

  Rittau, Günter, 112, 162

  Riva, John Michael, 401

  Riva, Maria Elisabeth:

  as actress, 219, 459

  birth of, 63

  childhood of, 66–67, 75, 76, 77, 238

  children of, 395–96, 398, 399, 401, 457, 462, 476

  citizenship of, 65

  and her father, 202, 214, 366, 382, 493

  and her mother, 66, 190–91, 192, 193–94, 381–82, 403, 461, 462, 466, 478, 486, 488, 510

  as “Maria Manton,” 359

  Marlene in U.S., 171

  Marlene’s attachment to, 196, 382, 505

  on Marlene’s life, 49, 77, 167

  and Marlene’s memoirs, 498–99

  and Marlene’s work, 199–200, 217, 230, 239, 366, 462

  marriage to Goodman, 359, 382

  marriage to Riva, 390

  as teenager, 257

  travel to Europe, 213,
215

  Riva, Paul, 457

  Riva, Peter, 395–96, 397, 398, 401, 510, 572n22

  Riva, William, 390

  Robison, Arthur, 67

  Rodger, George, 436–37, 438, 566–67n10

  Le Village des Noubas, 437

  Rodin, Auguste, 242

  Röhm, Ernst, 271, 273, 276–77, 285

  Roman, Martin, 542n71

  Rome:

  Allied conquest of, 367

  Leni’s visit to, 426–27

  Rommel, Erwin, 327

  Room Upstairs, The (Martin Roumagnac) (film), 386–87

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., 204, 235–36, 350

  Rops, Félicien, 165

  Rossellini, Roberto, 396, 426, 427

  Rossino, Alexander B., 325

  Roth, Joseph, 11, 61–62, 76, 128, 469

  Rundstedt, Gerd von, 323

  Ruttmann, Walter, 105, 278–80, 553n45, 553n46

  Sagan, Françoise, 452

  Sagan, Leontine, 137

  Saint Laurent, Yves, 462, 503

  Salonom, Erich, 288

  Salvador, Henri, 400

  Salvation Hunters (film), 196

  Sanders-Brahms, Helma, 559n44, 573n12

  Sarris, Andrew, 221

  Scarlet Empress, The (film), 216–17, 218–21, 223, 228, 238, 240

  Schaub, Julius, 341, 411

  Schaub, Wilma, 411–12

  Scheib, Hans, 297

  Schell, Maximilian, 158, 469, 502–3, 570n43

  Schiaparelli, Elsa, 374

  Schiele, Egon, 242

  Schiffer, Claudia, 521

  Schiffer, Marcellus, 71–73, 210

  Schirach, Baldur von, 285–86

  Schlageter, Albert Leo, 279

  Schleicher, Kurt von, 277

  Schmidt-Rottluff, Karl, 242

  Schnauber, Cornelius, 564n48

  Schneeberger, Gisela, 280

  Schneeberger, Hans:

  and The Blue Angel, 112, 162

  and The Blue Light, 127, 137, 556n97

  The Exploding Mountain by, 121

  Leni’s relationship with, 101, 103–5, 109, 110, 111–12, 113, 124, 127, 420

  and Lowlands, 279

  and mountain films, 91, 101, 103–5, 109, 115, 127, 137, 162

  and professional contacts, 112, 114, 121

  as trustee of Leni’s possessions, 565n12

  war experiences of, 121

  Schneider, Hannes, 103, 119, 121

  Schneider, Romy, 432, 462, 473, 503, 506

  Schönberg, Arnold, 233, 533n49

  Schubert, Franz, 80

  Schulberg, B. P., 205, 415

  Schulberg, Budd, 415–19

  Schultze, Norbert, 561n35

  Schwarzenbach, Annemarie, 307

  Seidman, Ginette and Paul-Émile, 475

  Selznick, Irene, 459

  Senso (film), 428

  Seven Sinners (film), 349–50

  Shanghai Express (film), 197–200, 213, 240, 351

  Shaw, George Bernard, Misalliance, 246

  Shirer, William, 285

  Sieber, Anton, 64

  Sieber, Ernst, 507

  Sieber, Rudolf Emilian “Rudi”:

  aging, 469, 492–93

  birth certificate of, 63

  chicken farm of, 410, 455, 475, 478, 479, 480, 485

  citizenship of, 226

  death of, 497–98, 499

  diaries of, 455, 456, 506

  family background of, 64

  film connections of, 64, 67

  film work of, 68, 69, 71, 194, 202, 214, 226, 353

  as grandfather, 396, 401, 476

  health problems of, 455–56, 475, 493

  and Maria (daughter), 202, 214, 366, 382, 493

  Marlene in U.S., 171, 201, 208, 211, 212

  and Marlene’s assets in Germany, 208, 209, 225

  and Marlene’s lovers, 202, 209, 211, 222, 251, 252, 253, 353, 357, 365, 371, 389, 404, 455, 475, 480

  marriage to Marlene, 63–67, 157, 193, 257, 379

  messages to and from Marlene, 192, 201, 202–4, 209–10, 211–13, 221–22, 225–27, 253, 359, 360, 380, 382, 388, 395, 471

  money from Marlene, 76, 202–3, 209, 215, 222, 371, 409–10, 455–56, 477, 492–93

  in Paris, 194, 202, 209, 211, 213–14, 221, 226, 238, 251, 395

  separate life of, 67, 75, 157, 194, 410, 488

  Tamara as lover of, 75–76, 157, 190–91, 194, 227, 238, 256–57, 353, 409, 410, 455–56

  U.S., family visits of, 201–2, 208, 238, 241, 353, 409

  Signoret, Simone, 506

  Silk Stockings (musical), 408

  Simmel, Johannes Mario, 244

  Sinatra, Frank, 367, 501

  skiing, Arlberg technique,

  103

  Skoronel, Vera, 25

  Slezak, Walter, 261

  Sokal, Harry, 28–29

  affair with Leni, 29, 101–2, 125–26

  departure from Germany, 259

  as film producer, 91, 101, 106, 119, 125, 126, 127, 426, 513, 556n97

  financial support to Leni from, 28, 29, 82, 90–91, 312

  gifts from, 90

  war experience of, 121

  wealth of, 81

  Sol y Sombra (film), 432

  Song of Songs (film), 212, 214, 223, 224

  Sontag, Susan, “Fascinating Fascism,” 446–47, 514, 520

  Sorge, Ernst, 142, 149

  Sorkin, Marc, 108

  S.O.S. Iceberg (film), 138–43, 145, 152, 273

  Soupault, Philippe, 278

  Southern California, American dream in, 234–35

  Soviet Union:

  German invasion of, 336

  Marlene’s stage performances in, 472–73, 479

  Spanish Civil War, 331

  Sparkuhl, Theodor, 67

  Speer, Albert, 305, 520

  and International Pavilion, Paris (1937), 307

  and Leni, 267–68, 343

  and Leni’s family, 344, 345, 411

  and Leni’s films, 267–68, 315, 412

  memoirs of, 267–68, 334

  and party congresses, 267, 282–83

  Spender, Stephen, 191, 452

  Spiro, Eugen, 119–20

  Spitz, René, 130

  Spoilers, The (film), 360

  Spoliansky, Mischa, 62, 71, 156, 191, 506

  Springer, Axel, 506

  Stage Fright (film), 400–401, 402

  Stauffenberg, Claus Schenck Graf von, 343

  Steel Animal, The (film), 290, 291, 342, 435, 554n67, 559n41

  Stern, 442–43, 445

  Sternberg, Josef von “Jo,” 152–59

  affair with Marlene, 167–68, 172, 182, 190, 192–93, 197, 208, 210, 215–18, 227, 229–30, 241, 355, 460

  art collection of, 241–42

  in Berlin, 211

  and Blonde Venus, 204–6, 210

  and Blue Angel, 112–13, 157–59, 162–73

  death of, 481, 498

  and The Devil Is a Woman, 227–28

  as director, 216, 217, 218, 349

  and Dishonored, 188–90

  early years of, 195–96

  and end of the affair, 221, 229–30, 233, 237, 238, 242–43, 256, 479–80

  fading influence of, 229

  and financial matters, 203

  and Jannings, 152–55, 163–64

  and Leni, 113–14, 413

  Marlene created by, 159, 165, 167, 172, 196–97, 216–18, 227, 229–30, 395, 476, 506

  Marlene discovered by, 503–4, 541n62

  and Marlene’s film roles, 164, 166–69, 179–87, 197–200, 212, 215, 217, 227, 230, 231–32, 350, 406, 503

  memoirs of, 481

  messages to and from Marlene, 210, 211, 215–16, 218, 242–43, 405

  and Morocco, 179–87, 197

  move to Hollywood, 168–69, 179, 233

  name change of, 196

  and The Scarlet Empress, 216–17, 218–21, 228

  and Shanghai Express, 197–200

  and Sieber, 202, 209, 211, 222, 455, 480


  socializing with, 238, 256, 257, 356, 405, 466, 468, 480–81

  travels of, 242–43

  and war, 257

  Sternberg, Riza von, 167, 182, 192, 200–201, 202

  Stern Film, Inc., 434

  Stewart, James, 347, 348, 354, 402

  Stolze, SS-Hauptsturmbannführer, 321, 424

  Storr, Hermann, 321

  Stout, Rex, 491

  Strachan, Robin, 566n9

  Strasser, Gregor, 277

  Stravinsky, Igor, 355

  Streicher, Julius, 275

  Strength and Momentum (short film), 556n86

  Stresemann, Gustav, 160

  Sudan, civil war in, 522

  Sudermann, Hermann, Song of Songs, 211

  Sudetenland, Hitler’s threats against, 313

  Sullavan, Margaret, 248

  Swanson, Gloria, 512

  Sym, Igo, 70

  “Taking a Chance on Love” (song), 364

  Taming of the Shrew, The (Shakespeare), 57

  Tauber, Richard, 76, 77, 399, 467

  Taylor, Elizabeth, 401, 402

  Taylor, Maxwel D., 563n26

  Technicolor, 238

  Tel Aviv, Marlene’s stage appearances in, 466–67

  Telluride Film Festival, 512–13, 514

  Temporary Nationality Act (1945), 565n6

  Thale boarding school, 15

  Théatre de L’Étoile, Paris, 462

  Thielscher, Guido, 61

  Thielscher Girls, 61–62

  Thomas, Danny, 362, 363, 366

  Threepenny Opera, The (film), 86

  Three Stars on the Cloak of the Madonna (film), 432

  Time, 521

  Time of Silence and Darkness (film), 517

  Tobis Cinema, 240, 334, 425

  Toller, Ernst, 75

  Torberg, Friedrich, 455, 475, 485

  Touch of Evil (film), 457–58

  Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de, 165

  Towns, Forrest, 302

  Tracy, Spencer, 469, 470

  Tragedy of Love (film), 64, 67, 164

  Traut, Walter, 316, 321, 434, 435

  Trenker, Luis, 423

  death of, 519

  and Great Leap, 103

  and Holy Mountain, 91, 95, 96

  and Leni, 89–92, 95, 100–101, 102, 103, 105

  marriage of, 105

  and Mountain of Destiny, 89–90, 94–95

  and The Rebel, 263, 267

  Struggle in the Mountains by, 120–21

  Trezona, Charlie, 371–72, 396–97

  Triumph of the Will (film), 92, 275–91

  Behind the Scenes of the Reich Party Rally Film, 280

  cast and crew for, 278–82

  filming of, 279–80, 284, 290, 305

  and Hitler, 277–79, 283–90

  honors and awards for, 289–90, 295–96, 307

  impact of, 288, 447

  Leni as director of, 277–85, 287, 288–90

  Leni’s changing claims about, 287, 417, 515

  and party rallies, 275–76, 278–80, 282–87

  postwar distribution of, 435

 

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