Leni Riefenstahl's estate comprises 700 boxes. Boxes of newspaper cuttings, film reels, tapes, cassettes, letters and notes. Author Klaus Dermutz and film director Andres Veiel have analysed them for the first time and gained new perspectives for understanding one of the most controversial artists. Her ambition, her unscrupulousness, her power of manipulation and her lies are uncovered in new findings and reflected upon aesthetically, ethically and politically. What is so fascinating about Riefenstahl? An exciting exploration and an original form: Analyses by Klaus Dermutz are supplemented by interviews with Andres Veiel, in which his personal view of the director and his assessment of her as a filmmaker are discussed.
