Riefenstahl

[ ree-fuhn-shtahl ]

noun

1. Le·ni [ley, -nee], 1902–2003, German film director.

Riefenstahl

/ ˈriːfənʃtaːl /

noun

1. RiefenstahlLeni19022003FGermanARTS AND CRAFTS: photographerFILMS AND TV: director Leni (ˈleːni). 1902–2003, German photographer and film director, best known for her Nazi propaganda films, such as Triumph of the Will (1934)

Example Sentences

Like other political observers, I was expecting some version of Leni Riefenstahl's “Triumph of the Will” and Donald Trump to even more fully channel Hitler and the Nazis in Milwaukee.

From Salon

It is perhaps no surprise that Leni Riefenstahl’s “Triumph of the Will” comes to mind given the Republican Convention in Wisconsin.

From Salon

“Crevasse,” the better of the two plays, now having its world premiere at the Victory Theatre Center, revolves around German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, who became a darling of Hitler’s and one of his most prominent enablers.

From Los Angeles Times

With World War II and the Holocaust looming on the horizon, both plays examine the survival strategies — defensive in the case of many of the leading Bauhaus figures, self-serving in the case of Riefenstahl — of artists confronting the juggernaut of history.

From Los Angeles Times

A two-hander expertly performed by Leo Marks and Ann Noble, the piece concentrates on the encounter between Riefenstahl and Walt Disney, when the German filmmaker traveled to America to find a distributor for “Olympia,” her documentary about the Berlin 1936 Summer Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times