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 |
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| instanceOf |
German film
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film → |
| basedOn |
Eugen d’Albert’s opera "Tiefland"
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Tiefland (opera) → |
| cinematographyBy |
Albert Benitz
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| countryOfOrigin |
Germany
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| delayedReleaseReason |
end of World War II and denazification processes
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| director |
Leni Riefenstahl
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| distributor |
Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft
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| editedBy |
Leni Riefenstahl
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| filmingLocation |
Bavaria
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Germany → Pyrenees → Spain → |
| filmingPeriod |
early 1940s
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| genre |
drama film
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| hasCastMember |
Aribert Wäscher
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Bernhard Minetti → Franz Eichberger NERFINISHED → Leni Riefenstahl → Maria Koppenhöfer → |
| hasWorkType |
black-and-white film
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| historicalContext |
produced under the Third Reich
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| laterReception |
viewed critically for its production circumstances and Riefenstahl’s role in Nazi cinema
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| mainCharacter |
Martha
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Pedro → Sebastiano → |
| musicBy |
Norbert Schultze
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| notableFor |
post-war ethical and legal scrutiny
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troubled production history during the Nazi era → use of forced extras from a Nazi internment camp → |
| originalLanguage |
German
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| partOf |
Nazi-era German cinema
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| 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.
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| producer |
Leni Riefenstahl
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| productionCompany |
Leni Riefenstahl-Produktion
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| productionEndDate |
1944
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| productionStartDate |
1940
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| releaseCountry |
West Germany
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| releaseDate |
1954
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| runtime |
approximately 110 minutes
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| screenplayBy |
Bela Balázs
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Leni Riefenstahl → |
| setInPeriod |
19th century
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| subjectOf |
critical debate about Nazi-era cinema
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historical research on exploitation of Roma and Sinti extras → |
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Tiefland
("Tiefland (opera)")
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basedOn |
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Leni Riefenstahl
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directed |
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Leni Riefenstahl
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notableWork |