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Riefenstahl

7.1(46)20241h 55m2

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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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

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Andres Veiel

Produced in

Germany, Italy

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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

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  • 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

  • B

    Brent Marchant

    11/17/2025

    10/10

    “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…

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    CinemaSerf

    1/18/2026

    7/10

    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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