Atelier Jacobi :: Kleine Sphinx. Leni Riefensthal showed strong dramatic qualities in The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929). Scherl’s Magazin, Band 6, Heft 2, Februar 1930Kleine Sphinx. Die schöne Filmschauspielerin Leni Riefenstahl, die in dem Hochigebirgsfilm „Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü” starke darstellerische Kraft verriet. Phot. Atelier Jacobi, Berlin. Scherl’s Magazin, Band 6, Heft 2, Februar 1930
Leni Riefenstahl in Der Heilige Berg (Germany, Arnold Fanck, 1926). From the Taussig film stills collectionSKÖN FILMANDE DANSÖS Den vackra bilden härinvid föreställer den tyska dansösen Leni Riefensthal såsom hon framträder i den stora Vfa-filmen Bergens hemlighet. Dansösen har här den icke så lätta uppgiften att framhäva sin egen skönhet bredvid den naturprakt, som scenerierna frän Alperna erbjuda i den märkliga filmen. BEAUTIFUL DANCE FILM The beautiful picture next depicts the German dancer Leni Riefensthal as she appears in the great VfA film Bergen’s Secret. The dancer has the not so easy task of emphasizing her own beauty next to the natural splendor that the scenery from the Alps offer in the strange film. | src Scenen (1927) at Projekt Runeberg
Emil Otto Hoppé :: Leni Riefenstahl, dancer, director and actress, 1928. | src Hoppé Estate CollectionDer Heilige Berg – Leni Riefenstahl – UfA – nº 15 | src Wiener Werkstaette PostkartenSKÖN FILMANDE DANSÖS Den vackra bilden härinvid föreställer den tyska dansösen Leni Riefensthal såsom hon framträder i den stora Vfa-filmen Bergens hemlighet. Dansösen har här den icke så lätta uppgiften att framhäva sin egen skönhet bredvid den naturprakt, som scenerierna frän Alperna erbjuda i den märkliga filmen. BEAUTIFUL DANCE FILM The beautiful picture next depicts the German dancer Leni Riefensthal as she appears in the great VfA film Der Heilige Berg (The Holy Mountain). The dancer has the not so easy task of emphasizing her own beauty next to the natural splendor that the scenery from the Alps offer in the strange film. | src Scenen (1927) at Projekt Runeberg
Helmy Hurt :: Still from “Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit“, 1925; printed 1930s. Film Photography. Photographer: Helmy Hurt (active 1920s). Photo with UfA logo (and nº 63) in lower right corner in the negative. Helmy Hurt had a photography studio in Berlin and together with Gerhard Riebicke she was the set photographer for the UFA film “Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit” (1925), directed by Wilhelm Prager and Dr. Nicolaus Kaufmann. | src Galerie Bassenge via The Saleroom
Gerhard Riebicke :: Still from the film ‘Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit’, 1925. Vintage gelatin silver print. Along with Helmy Hurt, Gerhard Riebicke was the set photographer for the UFA film ’Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit’ (1925), directed by Wilhelm Prager and Nicolaus Kaufmann (casting, among others, Jack Dempsey and Leni Riefenstahl). This image still captures the general mood of the earlier FKK nudist movement which stressed the importance of movement and exercise outdoors. | src liveauctioneers