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‘Riefenstahl,’ Documentary About Nazi Propagandist, Added to Beta Cinema’s Cannes Slate (EXCLUSIVE)
Beta Cinema has added Andres Veiel's documentary 'Riefenstahl,' about controversial filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, to its Cannes lineup.
With unprecedented access to Riefenstahl’s 700-box personal archive, the documentary navigates between her sanitized narrative and incriminating evidence regarding her knowledge of the regime’s atrocities. “Riefenstahl’s extensive legacy, reinterpreted in the light of her private estate, offered the opportunity for a new take on the timeless attraction of imperial greatness and the need for the staging of the trained, perfect and victorious ones, as we see them on the rise today again.” Veiel’s documentary is based on the preserved films, manuscripts, letters, files, documents and voice recordings contained in those boxes.
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