Perhaps more than ever, the protagonists of the Nazi rise to power continue to be the subject of analysis and debate. This is the case of Leni Riefenstahl (Berlin, 1902 - Pöcking, 2003), the quintessential filmmaker of the Third Reich, who stars in the documentary that opens the film. DocsBarcelona This Thursday, the very day that marks eight decades since the end of World War II in Europe. Riefenstahl, by Andres Veiel (Stuttgart, 1959), dives for nearly two hours into the archives of the director ofThe triumph of the will and Olympia, a collection of more than 700 boxes of documents, letters, films, and nearly 200,000 photographs. "It was a challenge because she was very manipulative, and before she died, she cleared the archive of incriminating documents, so things were missing," Veiel explains.