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Leni Riefenstahl's show-biz experience began with an experiment: she wanted to know what it felt like to dance on the stage. Success as a dancer gave way to film acting when she attracted the attention of film director Arnold Fanck, subsequently starring in some of his mountaineering pictures. With Fanck as her mentor, Riefenstahl began directing films.
Her penchant for artistic work earned her acclaim and awards for her films across Europe. It was her work on Triumph of the Will (1935), a documentary commissioned by the Nazi government about Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich, that would come back to haunt her after the atrocities of World War II. Despite her protests to the contrary, Riefenstahl was considered an intricate part of the Third Reich's propaganda machine. Condemned by the international community, she did not make another movie for over 50 years.- Rudolf Laubenthal was born on 18 March 1886 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was an actor, known for Jenseits des Stromes (1922). He was married to Lulu Kaesser. He died on 2 October 1971 in Pöcking, Bavaria, Germany.
- Otto von Habsburg was born on 20 November 1912 in Reichenau an der Rax, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was married to Regina von Habsburg. He died on 4 July 2011 in Pöcking, Bavaria, Germany.
- Harriet Geßner was born on 5 June 1929 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She was an actress, known for Schicksal am Berg (1950), Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee (1953) and Der Klosterjäger (1953). She died on 4 March 2012 in Pöcking, Bavaria, Germany.
- Ursula Traun was born on 17 August 1918 in Germany. She was an actress, known for Fanfaren der Liebe (1951), Tatort (1970) and Familie Hansen (1966). She died on 6 November 2020 in Pöcking, Bavaria, Germany.