

Riefenstahl
Explores Leni Riefenstahl's artistic legacy and her complex ties to the Nazi regime, juxtaposing her self-portrayal with evidence suggesting awareness of the regime's atrocities.
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7.1/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $156.5K
- Language
- German
- war propaganda
- third reich (iii reich 1933-45)
- nsdap (nazi party)
- 1920s
- 1940s
- 1930s
- joseph goebbels
- adolf hitler
- artistic legacy
- nazi germany
- art documentary
- biographical documentary
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)5 Sept 2025
- Theatrical12 Sept 2025
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical (limited)159 May 2025
AustraliaAU
- PremiereGerman Film Festival2 May 2025
- PremiereThe Jewish International Film Festival21 Oct 2025
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical15+13 Nov 2025
FranceFR
- Theatrical27 Nov 2024
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1231 Oct 2024
- PremiereBiberacher Filmfestspiele1 Nov 2024
GreeceGR
- Theatrical16 Oct 2025
Hong KongHK
- PremiereHong Kong International Film Festival17 Apr 2025
IsraelIL
- Digital / OTTYes VOD + Hot VOD + Cellcom TV26 Oct 2025
ItalyIT
- PremiereVenice Film Festival29 Aug 2024
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical1224 Apr 2025
New ZealandNZ
- PremiereNew Zealand International Film Festival1 Aug 2025
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Riefenstahl was released on 29 August 2024.
Audience reviews
3- S
Simon Foster
7/26/2025
"Understated, allowing the oft-vilified filmmaker a strong voice (via masterfully curated archival people) that echoes denial, defence and defiance. It is ultimately entirely clear which side of the discussion Veiel favours, but his argument is never not balanced and meticulous..." Read the full review here: http://www.screen-space.net/reviews/2025/5/7/riefenstahl.html
- B10/10
Brent Marchant
11/17/2025
“To thine own self be true” – it’s an admonition and affirmation generally held in high regard, but it’s also one that can be difficult to live up to. In many instances, that’s attributable to not really knowing oneself in the first place. And, as this telling documentary from writer-director Andres Veiel reveals, that was very much the case where German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003) was concerned. At the ri…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
1/18/2026
Barring her being given a decent dose of Scopalamine, it was highly unlikely that Leni Riefenstahl was ever going to acknowledge in any interviews the extent of any complicity she may have had in the Holocaust - either actively or passively, but this documentary uses an astonishing collection of archive, much of it her own, to try to piece together something of the life of this visionary and enigmatic filmmaker. Usin…
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