Nazi Germany's most infamous filmmaker made a flamenco fever dream about toxic men and one exhausted dancer.
In early 20th Century Europe, a dancer becomes the romantic bone of contention between two men, a humble shepherd and an imperious marquis.
Cinematography
Every frame looks like a painting she'd demand hung in a museum.
Production
Built an entire Spanish village in Berlin because budget who?
Direction
She directs herself being desired by everyone. Subtle.
Director
Leni Riefenstahl
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Riefenstahl spent 20 years on this, her only feature after WWII, desperate to rehabilitate her image as an artist rather than propagandist.
She injured herself so badly during the dance scenes that production halted for months — she was nearly 50 playing a young ingenue.
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