Principal Works
*Das blaue Licht [The Blue Light; director and screenwriter with Béla Balázs] (film) 1932
Sieg des Glaubens [Victory of Faith; director] (documentary film) 1933
Tag der Freiheit: Unsere Wehrmacht [Day of Freedom: Our Armed Forces; director] (documentary film) 1935
Triumph des Willens [Triumph of the Will; director; screenwriter with Walter Ruttmann] (film) 1935
Olympia Part One: Fest der Völker [Olympia Part One: Festival of the People; director and screenwriter] (documentary film) 1938
Olympia Part Two: Fest der Schönheit [Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty; director and screenwriter] (documentary film) 1938
†Tiefland [The Lowlands; director and screenwriter] (film) 1954
Die Nuba: Menschen wie von einem andern Spern [The Last of the Nuba] (photography and prose) 1973
Korallengarten [Coral Gardens] (photography and prose) 1978
Memoiren [Leni Riefenstahl: A Memoir] (memoir) 1987; published in the United Kingdom as The Sieve of Time: The Memoirs of Leni Riefenstahl
Wunder unter Wasser [Wonder under Water] (photography and prose) 1990
Olympia [edited by Kenneth Brownlow] (photography and prose) 1995
Impressionen unter Wasser [Impressions under Water; director] (documentary film) 2002
Leni Riefenstahl: Ein traum von Afrika [director] (documentary film) 2003
*A re-edited and re-scored version of Das blaue Licht was released in 1952 under the title Die Hexe von Santa Maria (The Witch of Santa Maria).
†Riefenstahl's screenplay was adapted from the opera by Eugene d'Albert.
Get Ahead with eNotes
Start your 48-hour free trial to access everything you need to rise to the top of the class. Enjoy expert answers and study guides ad-free and take your learning to the next level.
Already a member? Log in here.