Leni Riefenstahl was most known to modern world and history as a director of Nazi propaganda movies like Triumph of the Will, which are masterfully directed and crafted, but in my opinion to better known and enter the mind and soul of Leni Riefenstahl you must watch this one, The Blue Light (Das Blaue Licht). Filmed in 1932 it was definetely a movie ahead of its time. It is beautifully layered and directed, it is masterpiece of early cinema. It is very, atmospheric and mysterious and takes you into mysterious world of the young girl Junta (played by Leni Riefenstahl). Landscapes are just breathtaking, and the movie was filmed on Dolomite mountains range in Northern Italy, just the location gives the movie mysterious vibe like you are in some fantasy world. But the main thing is that this is anti materialistic world, and from this movie we can see what were the main inspirations and theme of interests of Leni Riefenstahl. Here charachter Junta is in her own world of mystery and innocence, which at the end sadly falls down when the villagers find the mysteries of Dolomite mountains and the beautiful innocent world is destroyed by human greed and desire for materialistic stuff which are in the end hollow and empty.
Review of The Blue Light
