A Portrait of Leni Riefenstahl

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Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1996, 1st UK Edition, D/w, Fine.  Audrey Salkeld provides a well researched and moving portrait of the legendary Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003), German film director, photographer, and actress, known for her seminal role in producing Nazi propaganda.  She starred in a number of mountaineering films in the 1920s and 1930s including The White Hell of Piz Palu and Storm Over Mont Blanc.  Winner of the 1996 Boardman-Tasker Award for mountaineering literature.