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There is no doubt that Leni Riefenstahl was a very innovative and creative filmmaker who brought worldwide recognition to the German Film Industry. She has achieved this through underlying conflict between art and morality in her documentaries as well as their artistic values. Although Riefenstahl cannot be questioned on her expertise in making films, many of works reflect the ideology that Hitler and the Nazi party stood for. Riefenstahl's films promoted several aspects of Nazi …

…era she working in. She used tracks, lifts and cranes to capture interesting and never-before seen angles. And secondly, from a feminist perspective, Riefenstahl can be seen as a woman pioneer. Some feminist historians point out that many male filmmakers and actors of the Nazi period have not suffered for their role in Hitler's Germany as Riefenstahl has. They argue that her disrepute is due to her being too successful in a male dominated industry.