Tiefland

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Tiefland is a German film directed by Leni Riefenstahl, known for its troubled production history during the Nazi era and its later critical scrutiny.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German film
film
basedOn Eugen d’Albert’s opera "Tiefland"
Tiefland (opera)
cinematographyBy Albert Benitz
countryOfOrigin Germany
delayedReleaseReason end of World War II and denazification processes
director Leni Riefenstahl
distributor Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft
editedBy Leni Riefenstahl
filmingLocation Bavaria
Germany
Pyrenees
Spain
filmingPeriod early 1940s
genre drama film
hasCastMember Aribert Wäscher NERFINISHED
Bernhard Minetti
Franz Eichberger NERFINISHED
Leni Riefenstahl
Maria Koppenhöfer
hasWorkType black-and-white film
historicalContext produced under the Third Reich
laterReception viewed critically for its production circumstances and Riefenstahl’s role in Nazi cinema
mainCharacter Martha
Pedro
Sebastiano
musicBy Norbert Schultze NERFINISHED
notableFor post-war ethical and legal scrutiny
troubled production history during the Nazi era
use of forced extras from a Nazi internment camp
originalLanguage German
partOf Nazi-era German cinema
plotSummary A dancer is taken to a mountain farm by a tyrannical landowner and falls in love with a shepherd, leading to conflict and eventual liberation.
producer Leni Riefenstahl
productionCompany Leni Riefenstahl-Produktion
productionEndDate 1944
productionStartDate 1940
releaseCountry West Germany
releaseDate 1954
runtime approximately 110 minutes
screenplayBy Bela Balázs
Leni Riefenstahl
setInPeriod 19th century
subjectOf critical debate about Nazi-era cinema
historical research on exploitation of Roma and Sinti extras

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Tiefland ("Tiefland (opera)")
basedOn
Leni Riefenstahl
directed
Leni Riefenstahl
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