Audrey Salkeld
Praise for A Portrait Of Leni Riefenstahl
A fascinating and scholarly study of one of the most influential film-makers of this century
Irish Independent
She expertly marshals every source, from the journals of the famous (Goebbels, Speer) to the letters, diaries and affidavits of Riefenstahl's one-time friends and film colleagues
Nigel Andrews, Financial Times
Where Salkeld excels is in the gradual, painstaking construction of a cumulative portrait...Indeed, by the end of the book, I confess I felt something I had never dreamt I could feel. I felt sympathy for Leni Riefen ...
Gilbert Adair, Independent
A fascinating and scholarly study of one of the most influential film-makers of this century
Irish Independent
She expertly marshals every source, from the journals of the famous (Goebbels, Speer) to the letters, diaries and affidavits of Riefenstahl's one-time friends and film colleagues
Nigel Andrews, Financial Times
Where Salkeld excels is in the gradual, painstaking construction of a cumulative portrait...Indeed, by the end of the book, I confess I felt something I had never dreamt I could feel. I felt sympathy for Leni Riefen ...
Gilbert Adair, Independent
A fascinating and scholarly study of one of the most influential film-makers of this century
Irish Independent
She expertly marshals every source, from the journals of the famous (Goebbels, Speer) to the letters, diaries and affidavits of Riefenstahl's one-time friends and film colleagues
Nigel Andrews, Financial Times
Where Salkeld excels is in the gradual, painstaking construction of a cumulative portrait...Indeed, by the end of the book, I confess I felt something I had never dreamt I could feel. I felt sympathy for Leni Riefen ...
Gilbert Adair, Independent