LENI

Story

Synopsis

The play is an atypical story about Leni Riefenstahl, Adolf Hitler's court director, one of the best filmmakers in the world, who rose to fame thanks to films commissioned by the Third Reich. The character of Leni was portrayed by Zdena Studénková in the drama of the Slovak National Theatre. The original Slovak play Leni by Valerie Schulczová and Roman Olekšák is about a fictional meeting of two real people. The legendary presenter Johnny Carson, whose "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" was one of the most watched talk shows in America for thirty years, and the controversial Leni Riefenstahl, Adolf Hitler's "court director". It's 1974, Johnny is at the height of his career, and Leni is in America presenting her first completed project since the defeat of Germany - a book of photographs from Africa - Last of Nubu. But Johnny knows what his audience is more interested in than art.

Director

Valéria Schulczová

Writers

Valéria Schulczová, Roman Olekšák

Language

Slovak

Country

Slovakia

Release date

1 January 2015

Ensemble

Cast

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  Zdena Studenková

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  Ľubomír Paulovič

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  Mária Kráľovičová

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  Peter Brajerčík

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  Leni Riefenstahl

  Self (archive footage)

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  Adolf Hitler

  Self (archive footage)