The name Leni Riefenstahl to some is an incredible gifted producer, to another the century's most controversial filmmaker. "Olympia", a sports documentary of the 1936 summer Olympics, regardless of politics is arguable one of the greatest sports documentaries every filmed. This film captures the 1936 Olympics in way no other film had ever been created during this time period. The unbiased portrayal of these Olympic athletes as shown through innovative camera angles, techniques and ahead of her time film editing has made this a film of all time.
Helena (Leni) Bertha Amalie Riefenstahl was born in 1902 into a middle class family in Berlin, Germany. Riefenstahl was educated at the Realgymnasium in Berlin, and studied art at the Kunstakadmie. In her early years her passions were sports and modern dance, which her father didn't agree with. Bound by eagerness she secretly took dance lessons at the Grimm-Reiter School. Despite her father's protests, she pursued a career in dancing with......

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