vrijdag, augustus 08, 2003
Leni Riefenstahl, who gained notoriety for the films she made for the Nazis, turns 101 this month still fighting for rehabilitation as an artist and facing an even greater hurdle -- failing health.
"Frau Riefenstahl has been severely ill for the past weeks and can give no interviews for the time being," said Ulrike Thomann-Japes, her assistant. She did not give any details on Riefenstahl's condition, though Riefenstahl is known to suffer from spinal pain and takes strong pain killers. The film maker and photographer celebrates her 101st birthday on Aug. 22.
The photos by the woman who still divides opinions in Germany and worldwide have been selling well, according to Steffi Schulz, office manager at "Camera Work," a small gallery in western Berlin which is showing her work. The exhibition runs until August 16.
Riefenstahl has spent her life protesting she should not be condemned for her Nazi links. Yet she remains a villain to many for failing to repent for her movies of the Third Reich. Selected by Hitler to be Germany's official film maker, Riefenstahl won awards at the Venice and Paris film festivals in the 1930s for her "Triumph of the Will," a documentary highlighting the Nazi Party's 1934 Nuremberg Rally.
Bron: Reuters.
"Frau Riefenstahl has been severely ill for the past weeks and can give no interviews for the time being," said Ulrike Thomann-Japes, her assistant. She did not give any details on Riefenstahl's condition, though Riefenstahl is known to suffer from spinal pain and takes strong pain killers. The film maker and photographer celebrates her 101st birthday on Aug. 22.
The photos by the woman who still divides opinions in Germany and worldwide have been selling well, according to Steffi Schulz, office manager at "Camera Work," a small gallery in western Berlin which is showing her work. The exhibition runs until August 16.
Riefenstahl has spent her life protesting she should not be condemned for her Nazi links. Yet she remains a villain to many for failing to repent for her movies of the Third Reich. Selected by Hitler to be Germany's official film maker, Riefenstahl won awards at the Venice and Paris film festivals in the 1930s for her "Triumph of the Will," a documentary highlighting the Nazi Party's 1934 Nuremberg Rally.
Bron: Reuters.
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