A. N. Wilson

Leni Riefenstahl is missing: The Dictator’s Muse, by Nigel Farndale, reviewed

Despite its title, Farndale’s novel is more about Jesse Owens and the 1936 Olympics than about Hitler’s favourite film propagandist

Leni Riefenstahl at the Nuremberg Rally in 1934 shooting Triumph of the Will. Credit: Getty Images

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