Leni Riefenstahl

Leni Rifenstahl . Five lives A BIOGRAPHY IN PICTURES An extraordinary woman with an extraordinary career : This book, Leni Riefenstahl Five Lives, reveals in photographs the path taken by a life spanning nearly an entire century. Born in 1902, she began as a celebrated dancer in Berlin during the early twenties, became an actress, then finally directed and produced her own films, several of which are among the most influential and most controversial in the history of film. Since the fifties she has travelled frequently to Africa and has lived for extended periods in the Sudan with the primitive Nuba tribes. Tough long since a legend , she again attracted worldwide attention with her photographs of Nuba. Then, at 71, she learned to dive and yet again turned her experiences into art, with photographs of the undersea world. Today, at the age og 98, she lives near Munich, continuing work on various film and expeditions projects and planning new trips and diving expeditions.