german august september german film director producer screenwriter editor photographer actress dancer nazis born lutheran protestant family grew germany brother killed eastern world war talented swimmer artist interested dancing childhood taking dancing lessons performing europe seeing promotional poster film des mountain destiny inspired acting starred successful motion pictures decided try directing film called das blue light 1930s directed triumph resulting worldwide attention acclaim movies widely considered effective technically innovative propaganda films involvement triumph des significantly damage career reputation war exact nature relationship leader adolf_hitler remains matter debate friendship known existed war arrested classified fellow traveler associated war crimes life denied having known holocaust won nearly libel cases directing released autobiography wrote books people died cancer september age buried munich praised body work following death remains acclaimed movie directors early life born germany august father owned successful heating ventilation company wanted daughter follow business world child years alfred wanted carry family secure family fortune mother time marriage faith believed daughter future business younger brother killed age eastern nazi_germany war soviet_union fell love arts childhood began paint write poetry age athletic age joined swim club mother confident daughter grow successful field art gave support unlike father interested daughter artistic attended presentation interested deeply led want dancer father instead wanted provide daughter education lead occupation wife continued support daughter passion father knowledge enrolled dance ballet classes dance school berlin quickly star pupil dancing acting careers attended dancing known self styled dancing skills traveling europe funded jewish producer performance dancing gave filmmaking thought began suffer foot injuries led knee surgery threatening dancing career going doctor appointment saw poster film des mountain destiny inspired movie making began visiting cinema films attended film shows adventures met actor meeting arranged friend met director pioneer mountain film genre working film berlin told admired work convinced acting skill persuaded feature movies later received package containing script film holy mountain series films learned acting film editing techniques films brought die white hell directed fame spread countries outside germany produced directed work called blue light written film won silver medal venice film festival universally received blamed critics jewish release names jewish removed credits reports claim behest film played innocent peasant girl hated villagers think cast protected glowing mountain according received travel hollywood create films refused favour remaining germany boyfriend film attracted attention hitler believed perfect german female saw talent arranged meeting appear productions arnold directed german language directed english language movies filmed simultaneously english german produced distributed universal_studios role actress english language role film directing career propaganda films heard nazi party leader adolf_hitler speak rally talent public speaker describing experience memoir wrote apocalyptic vision able forget earth surface spreading like hemisphere suddenly splits apart middle enormous jet water powerful touched sky shook earth meeting hitler offered opportunity direct victory faith hour long propaganda film fifth agreed direct movie hitler got forming friendly relationship propaganda film funded entirely impressed work hitler asked film triumph new propaganda film party rally million germans participated rally initially according resisted want create films instead wanting direct feature film based hitler favourite opera albert received private funding production filming spain project cancelled hitler able convince film condition required films party according motion picture generally recognized epic innovative work propaganda filmmaking film took career new level gave international recognition interviews documentary wonderful horrible life denied deliberate attempt create nazi propaganda said disgusted triumph des way despite allegedly films minute tag der day freedom armed forces german_army like triumph des filmed annual rally said film sub set added german_army felt represented triumph des hitler invited film summer olympics scheduled held berlin film claimed commissioned visited greece footage route inaugural torch relay games original site aided greek photographer material hugely successful film widely noted technical aesthetic achievements filmmakers use tracking shots documentary placing camera rails follow athletes movement film noted slow motion shots played idea slow motion underwater diving shots extremely high low shooting angles aerial shots tracking system shots allowing fast action shots relatively years ago use caused streamlined reason day work cited major influence modern sports photography filmed competitors races including african american later famous footage premiered hitler 49th birthday international debut led embark american publicity tour attempt secure commercial release february enthusiastically told reporter hitler greatest man lived truly fault simple time possessed masculine strength arrived new_york_city november days night broken glass news event reached united_states publicly defended hitler november received detroit shown days later president praised film held highest regard negotiated december brought hour tour showing ongoing production researchers learned friendly wife attending opera going parties maintained upset rejected advances jealous influence hitler seeing internal threat insisted diary entries trusted later accounts thought highly filmmaking angered saw nazi provided filmmaking budgets world war germany invaded poland september photographed poland wearing military uniform pistol belt company german soldiers gone poland war correspondent september town civilians executed retaliation alleged attack german soldiers according memoir tried intervene furious german soldier held gunpoint threatened shoot spot claimed realize victims jews photographs distraught survive day october occupied poland filming hitler victory parade warsaw left poland chose nazi related movies june day paris declared open city french occupied german troops wrote hitler telegram joy deeply moved filled burning gratitude share germany greatest victory entry german troops paris exceed human imagination power conceive achieving deeds parallel history mankind thank later explained thought war spirit sent cable hitler friends hitler years reports vary intimate relationship relationship hitler severely declined brother died russian rallies trilogy began work movie tried failed direct hitler direct order german government paid seven million compensation september november filmed near extras playing spanish women farmers drawn detained camp forced work filming near berlin began months later april time people detention camp near berlin compelled work extras end life despite overwhelming evidence concentration camp occupants forced work movie unpaid continued maintain film extras survived met war sued filmmaker said personally chose extras holding camp found gypsy survivors matched memory movie documentary filming german court ruled largely favour declaring known extras concentration camp agreed informed sent filming completed issue came years old taken court group denying nazis apologized said regret people suffer period known today murdered concentration camps october production moved prague interior filming lavish sets shots costly film film edited released years later time saw hitler married march jacob divorced germany military situation impossible early left berlin group men trying reach mother taken custody american troops walked holding camp beginning series escapes arrests chaotic landscape making home bicycle found american troops seized house surprised treated thwarted film projects unfinished projects lost end war french government confiscated editing equipment production years legal returned french government reportedly damaged film stock whilst trying develop edit key scenes missing surprised find original shipment edited dubbed remaining material premiered february denied entry cannes film festival lived half century feature film tried times films 1950s 1960s met resistance public protests sharp criticism filmmaking peers hollywood fled nazi_germany film professionals investors willing support work projects attempted stopped owing renewed highly negative publicity past work greatly admired film insisted shown cannes film festival running year attempted prevent filmmaker scenes triumph des footage concentration camps film high hopes collaboration called friedrich und friedrich play roles thought film symbolize love hate relationship germany france illness death end project musical remake blue light science fiction writer founder fell apart 1960s interested africa africa photographs visited kenya time later photographed tribes sporadically lived learning culture photograph easily film project modern slavery entitled die black cargo completed able sell expedition magazines parts world scouting shooting locations died injuries received truck accident waking coma hospital finished writing script soon thoroughly thwarted locals suez_canal crisis bad weather end film project called granted citizenship services country receive passport post war life detention trials novelist sports writer assigned intelligence work attached documentary unit ordered arrest ostensibly identify nazi war criminals german film footage captured allied troops shortly war claimed aware nature camps according gave usual song dance said course know misunderstood political claimed fascinated nazis politically naive remaining ignorant war crimes held allied controlled prison camps germany house arrest period time despite tried times postwar authorities convicted trial found fellow traveler merely nazis said biggest regret life meeting hitler declaring biggest life day die people saying nazi saying went win libel cases details relation generally remain unclear books final film began lifelong years junior assisted photographs time books photographs tribes published republished translated die von people heralded outstanding colour photographs harshly criticized claimed review evidence fascist aesthetics art director awarded gold medal best photographic achievement sold pictures german magazines photographed olympic games munich rock star wife sunday_times years later photographed las_vegas roy guest honour olympic games montreal canada published book sub aquatic photographs called coral gardens followed book wonder water 90s marine life gained distinction world oldest divers august 100th birthday released film underwater impressions documentary life oceans film years member years survived helicopter crash trying learn friends second civil war munich hospital death celebrated birthday august hotel bavaria near home day birthday celebration ill suffering cancer time health rapidly deteriorated weeks life said interview great pain weak taking died sleep september home germany death varied response obituary pages leading publications recognized technical film making reception film scholar notes book story film technically talented western film maker era called artist gifts woman industry dominated men great cinema par film critic new_york_times states jewish question mainly triumph des filmmaker prefers concentrate cheering crowds precision marching military bands hitler climactic speech orchestrated choreographed illuminated scale makes look like poverty row directors daily_telegraph wrote talented female cinema director 20th century celebration nazi_germany film ensured certainly infamous film journalist independent remarked opinions divided young talented ambitious woman caught tide events fully understand believe cold nazi association critic said new_yorker genius rarely questioned critics service lent stylist obsessed bodies motion particularly dancers athletes relies heavily transitions clouds mist foliage reaction shots tedious shining faces nearly young hitler film reviewer employed new_yorker called greatest films directed woman writer wrote time impressed standing total producer writer director editor fiction films actress issues films career raise complex important tend reduce argument director criminal ignorance film biographies subject award winning german documentary film wonderful horrible life directed appeared film answered questions detailed production films nominated seven emmy awards winning category time working memoirs decided cooperate documentary tell life story struggles gone personal life film making career people thought subject documentary film dream africa return visit people april guardian reported british screenwriter writing movie based life star actress project receive approval asked veto scenes agree wanted play foster ultimately resulted cancellation project director revealed working biopic months eventually abandoned project concerns commercial prospects instead pursued thriller popular culture filming merits discussed characters film portrayed drama play fictional participation tonight starring johnny czech version play portrayed portrayed dutch actress race sports drama film directed released north_america february sympathetic portrayal acceptable american audience film direction film especially filming african american star proving politically embarrassing nazi_germany claims athletic supremacy referred series finale television nancy questions andy naming daughter nazi replied pioneer film making don believe holding works films acted und ways strength beauty holy mountain great leap fate house die white hell storm der white blue light films 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