From The Blue Light to The Gods of the stadium. Innocent? Guilty?

Is art innocent ?1933 : Hitler takes power in Germany... From the world in crisis depicted in The Blue Light (1932) to her 1935-1936 paeans to a state of order where individuality no longer exists, director Leni Riefenstahl compels us, through her artistic and technical prowess, to share in her enthusiasm. The forces of persuasion at work do not concern her ; all that matters is her narcissistic image.