Andres Veiel’s documentary Riefenstahl – unpicking the deceits of German filmmaker and Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl – has scored a slew of deals following its world premiere at Venice and North American launch at Telluride.
Munich-based World Sales company Beta Cinema announced deals to France (ARP), Spain (Filmin), Portugal (Midas Filmes), Scandinavia (Edge Entertainment), Benelux (Imagine), Poland (Against Gravity), Hungary (Cirko Film), former Yugoslavia (MCF) and Japan (Longride Entertainment).
As previously announced Majestic is releasing the film in Germany while the Italian release is being handled by co-producer Rai Cinema, Additional territories are currently in negotiation.
Riefenstahl is one of the most controversial filmmakers of the 20th century as an artist and a Nazi propagandist, thanks to her 1930s films Triumph of the Will and Olympia – capturing the 1934 Nazi Party convention in Nuremberg and the 1936 Berlin Olympics in Berlin.
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