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.

The reappearance of Charles Thomas is one of the most fascinating stories of recent years. After being presumed dead for 40 years, the former Barça basketball player showed signs of life four years ago when he contacted Norman Carmichael, another player with whom he shared a locker room. "While I was driving, I received a message from a nurse telling me she was with Charles Thomas and wanted to talk to me. I told her I didn't know what kind of dirty joke it was, but that Charles had been dead for years. She told me he'd been living in a nursing home for the past four years. Then she made me another video. Norman. How long, right?" It shook me to the core. It wasn't possible. I recognized him by his smile and the way he spoke to him for ten minutes, and he acted as if it was the most normal thing in the world, from the time we shared a team and from his years living on the streets," Carmichael says.