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It is the early 1930s, and Europe is holding its breath. As Hitler’s grip on power tightens, preparations are under way for the Berlin Olympics. Leni Riefenstahl is the pioneering, sexually liberated star filmmaker of the Third Reich, chosen by Hitler to capture the Games on film, but she is about to discover that even his closest friends have much to fear. Kim Newlands is the English athlete “sponsored” by the Blackshirts and devoted to his mercurial socialite girlfriend, Connie. Driven by a desire to win Olympic gold, he must first pretend to be someone he is not. Alun Pryce is the Welsh communist sent to infiltrate the Blackshirts. When he befriends Kim and Connie, his belief that the ends justify the means is tested to the core. Through her camera lens and memoirs, Leni is able to manipulate the truth about what happens when their fates collide at the Olympics. Yet although some scenes from her life end up on the cutting-room floor, that does not mean they are lost forever.
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Author: Farndale Nigel
Language: English
Publication date: June 24, 2021
Manufacturer: Bohemian Ventures, spol. s r.o.
Genres: English literature, Books, Foreign language books, Fiction in english, English novels
Type: Books - paperback
Pages: 336
ISBN/EAN: 9780857527189