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Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl, The (2002)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 182 minutes), £19.99

A documentary on the life and work of Leni Riefenstahl, one of Germany’s most famous, and notorious, filmmakers who directed the Nazi propaganda films TRIUMPH OF THE WILL and OLYMPIA. As a feisty 91 year...

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Hitler’s Olympia - The Nazi Olympics 1936 (1936 Video)

aka: Olympische Spiele

Director

Leni Riefenstahl

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, 2 videocassettes. VHS. b&w. 204 min., 1995 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

In 1935 Leni Riefenstahl was approached by the president of the German Olympic Committee to make a film of the 1936 Berlin games, which were being staged by Goebbels as a giant propaganda exercise. Using 44...

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Olympia: Festival of Nations: The Story of the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games (1938)

Director

Leni Riefenstahl

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £9.99

Part one of Leni Riefenstahl’s documentary about the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.

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Triumph of the Will (1936 Film, Video)

aka: Triumph des Willens

Director

Leni Riefenstahl

Producer

Walter Groskopf; Walter Traut

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £15.99 inc

The official record of the Nazi Party Congress held in Nuremberg in 1934. After World War 2 the film was banned because of general fears that it might inspire a new Nazi party.* The DVD also includes...

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Swastika (1973)

Director

Philippe Mora

Producer

David Puttnam

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 95 minutes + 82 minutes extras), £11.99

Met with a tumultuous reception at Cannes in 1973, Swastika was subsequently banned in Germany until 2010, when it was acknowledged for its significant contribution to understanding Hitler and Nazism; as...

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Pioneers in Art and Science: Metzger (2004)

aka: Metzger

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 139 minutes), £14.99

A documentary on the life and work of Gustav Metzger, founder of Auto Destructive Art. This film looks at the Scale of Metzger’s achievements and his contribution to contemporary culture. From Freud to...

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South-Eastern Nuba, The (1982 Film)

Producer

Chris Curling; Melissa Llewellyn-Davies

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The Nuba live in a remote part of Africa near the centre of the Sudan - a predominantly Muslim country. They have a flamboyant culture and a tradition of body painting unequalled anywhere in the world. The...

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Early Women Filmmakers, 1911-1940 (1902)

Director

Maya Deren; Leni Riefenstahl; Germaine Dulac; Lotte Reiniger; Dorothy Arzner; Mary-Louise Iribe

Subject

Film studies; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 652 minutes), £44.99

More women worked in film during its first two decades than at any time since. Unfortunately, many early women filmmakers have been largely written out of film history, their contributions undervalued. This...

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100 Years of Olympic Films (2017)

Subject

Film studies; History; Sports science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 6253 minutes), $237.00

Spanning fifty-three movies and forty-one editions of the Olympic Games, 100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912-2012 is an award-winning archival project encompassing dozens of new restorations by the...

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