eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 7r0318 LENI RIEFENSTAHL 6.75x8.5 news photo 1934 Hitler's favorite film star & his favorite person! Date Sold 2/18/2021Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage 6 3/4" x 8 1/2" [17 x 22 cm] News Photo (Learn More) Leni Riefenstahl (born Helene Bertha Amalie Riefenstahl) was a German swimmer and artist, who became an accomplished actress and director in the 1920s and 1930s. She became a favorite of Adolf Hitler, and she made the best-remembered (and highest quality) German movies of the Nazi-era, The Olympiad, Triumph of the Will, Victory of Faith, and Day of Freedom, all of which glorified Hitler's Third Reich. After the war, she was tried for collaborating with the Nazis, but she insisted that she knew nothing of the concentration camps and that she saw "only the good" in Hitler! She had four trials and was detained for a while, and later won 50 libel suits she pressed against people who claimed she was a Nazi herself. She later became a noted photographer (often of African natives), and towards the end of her life, she began taking photos while diving underwater! She passed away in 2003 at the age of 101, having lived one of the most extraordinary lives. Important Added Info: This news photo from 1934 has one of the greatest snipes we have ever read on the back! It tells how Riefenstahl was "Der Fuhrer's favorite film star" and not only that, "she is also one of his favorite persons", and that "Der Fuhrer is said to be uninterested in women ordinarily and no others have a voice in the country's affairs". It closes saying that "at Nuremberg recently, when Hitler spoke, Leni Riefenstahl was the only woman in the audience". This absolutely is a news photo from 1934 (see our images of the front and back of the still). Also note that this news photo measures 6 3/4" x 8 1/2" [17 x 22 cm]. Condition: fair. The still was used in a newspaper or magazine and there are crop marks at left and right and many paint enhancements within the image (so it would show up better in the printed article). We would think that a talented restorer could remove many of the paint enhancements, but we don't know how difficult that would be, or how the results would be, so please bear all of this in mind before bidding on this historic still! Learn More about condition grades
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