Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl dies

Nazi-era filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, whose hypnotic depiction of Hitler’s Nuremberg rally, Triumph of the Will, was renowned and despised as the best propaganda film ever made, has died.

Nazi-era filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, whose hypnotic depiction of Hitler’s Nuremberg rally, Triumph of the Will, was renowned and despised as the best propaganda film ever made, has died.

Her companion said the 101-year-old died at her home last night.

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