Tiefland (film)
Tiefland (Lowlands) is a 1954 German film directed, produced, co-written, edited by and starring Leni Riefenstahl, and based on the 1903 eponymous opera composed by Eugen d'Albert to a libretto by Rudolph Lothar based on the Catalan play "Terra baixa" by Àngel Guimerà.
The film co-stars Bernhard Minetti, and is Riefenstahl's last feature film as both director and lead actress.
Riefenstahl started to develop the script in 1934, with the movie being shot between 1940 and 1944.
However, it was not completed by the end of World War II and was eventually finalized and released on February 11, 1954.
It was listed as the feature film with the longest production time in history by the "Guinness Book of World Records".
Despite this record being surpassed by "The Thief and the Cobbler" (with 29 years of production from 1964 to 1993), "Tiefland" still stands as the live action film with the longest production time.
Riefenstahl's movie is the second "Tiefland" film that is based on the opera, the first one being a silent film in 1922, directed by Adolf E. Licho, with Lil Dagover as the main actress.
The earlier American silent movie "Martha of the Lowlands" (1914) was based on the English translation of a Spanish translation of Guimerà's play.
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Leni Riefenstahl
Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl (22 August 1902 – 8 September 2003) was a German film director and actress.
A talented swimmer and artist, she also became interested in dancing during her childhood, taking dancing lessons and performing across Europe.
After seeing a promotional poster for the 1924 film "Der Berg des SchicksalsThe Mountain of Destiny"), Riefenstahl was inspired to move into acting.
Between 1925 and 1929, she starred in five successful motion pictures.
Riefenstahl became one of the few women in Germany to direct a film during the Weimar Period when, in 1932, she decided to try directing with her own film called "Das Blaue LichtThe Blue Light").
In the 1930s, she directed the Nazi propaganda films "Triumph des WillensTriumph of the Will") and "Olympia", resulting in worldwide attention and acclaim.
The movies are widely considered two of the most effective, and technically innovative, propaganda films ever made.
Her involvement in "Triumph des Willens", however, significantly damaged her career and reputation after the war.
Hitler was in close collaboration with Riefenstahl during the production of at least three important Nazi films, and they formed a friendly relationship.
Some have argued that Riefenstahl's visions were essential to the carrying out of the mission of the Holocaust.
After the war, Riefenstahl was arrested, but classified as being a "fellow traveler" or "Nazi sympathizer" only and was not associated with war crimes.
Throughout her life, she denied having known about the Holocaust.
Besides directing, Riefenstahl released an autobiography and wrote several books on the Nuba people.
Riefenstahl died of cancer on 8 September 2003 at the age of 101 and was buried at Munich Waldfriedhof.
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Question: Why did the director of film Tiefland (Film) die?
Answer: cancer