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- 1902- . German filmmaker. Her film of the
- Nazi rallies at Nuremberg, Triumph des
- Willens/Triumph of the Will 1934, vividly
- illustrated Hitler's charismatic appeal but
- tainted her career. After World War II her
- work was blacklisted by the Allies until
- 1952. She trained as a dancer, appearing in
- films in the 1920s, but in the early 1930s
- formed her own production company, and
- directed and starred in Das blaue Licht/The
- Blue Light 1932. She also made a two-part
- documentary of the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
- Unable to pursue her film career after being
- blacklisted, she turned to photography and is
- known for the volumes of photographs that
- have resulted from her visits to Africa, such
- as The Last of the Nuba 1973 and Mein
- Afrika/My Africa 1982.
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