The Ultimate LENI Quiz! Year 12 Modern History

The Ultimate Leni Quiz!

1. When and where was she born?

2. What were her parents names?

3. What was Leni’s full name?

4. What was her brother’s name and in what year was he born?

5. Which dancing school did Leni enrol herself in?

6. Weimar culture in the 1920s was centred on the ___________ movement.

The Ultimate Leni Quiz!1. When and where was she born?

22 August 1902 in Berlin

2.What were her parents names?

Alfred and Bertha

3.What was Leni’s full name?

Helene Bertha Amalie Riefenstahl

4.What was her brother’s name and in what year was he born?

Heinz, in 1906

5.Which dancing school did Leni enrol herself in?

Jutta Klamt Dance School (after Grimm-Reiter, 1918)

6.Weimar culture in the 1920s was centred on the ___________ movement.

Expressionist

The Ultimate Leni Quiz!7. In what year did Leni injure her knee?

8. Name the train station where Leni sees the film poster and the name of the film.

9. What type of films did Leni star in?

10.Which film director helped Leni throughout her career?

11. Name the actor she stars opposite in The Holy Mountain.

12. In which film did Leni have to withstand an avalanche?

The Ultimate Leni Quiz!7. In what year did Leni injure her knee?

1925

8.Name the train station where Leni sees the film poster and the name of the film.

Hollendorfplatz / The Mountain of Destiny

9. What type of films did Leni star in?

Bergfilms

10.Which film director helped Leni throughout her career?

Arnold Fanck

11.Name the actor she stars opposite in The Holy Mountain.

Luis Trenker

12.In which film did Leni have to withstand an avalanche?

The White Hell of Piz Palu

The Ultimate Leni Quiz!13. Name the years in which the following films were released.

Film Year

Storm over Mount Blanc

The Blue Light

Tiefland

The White Hell of Piz Palu

The Big Leap / Jump

The Ultimate Leni Quiz!13. Name the years in which the following films were released.

Film Year

Storm over Mount Blanc 1930

The Blue Light 1932

Tiefland 1954

The White Hell of Piz Palu 1929

The Big Leap / Jump 1927

The Ultimate Leni Quiz!14. Name the largest and most powerful film studio in Germany during

the 1920s to 1940s.

15. In what year did Leni attend a Nazi Party rally in Berlin?

16. What important events took place on the following dates:

a) May 1932

b) January 1933

c) September 1934

The Ultimate Leni Quiz!14. Name the largest and most powerful film studio in Germany during the 1920s

to 1940s.

Ufa

15.In what year did Leni attend a Nazi Party rally in Berlin?

1932

16.What important events took place on the following dates:

a) May 1932

Leni met Hitler for the first time at Wilhelmshaven

b) January 1933

Hitler becomes Chancellor

c) September 1934

Leni starts filming Triumph of the Will

The Ultimate Leni Quiz!17. When were Jews banned from working in the film industry?

18. What film does Leni begin making in 1936?

19. What significant event takes place in September 1939?

20. In what year was Leni exonerated and declared a ‘Nazi sympathiser’?

21. Where do the Nuba people live?

22. When does Leni publish her work on the Nuba?

23. When did Leni pass away?

The Ultimate Leni Quiz!17. When were Jews banned from working in the film industry?

September 1933

18. What film does Leni begin making in 1936?

Olympia

19. What significant event takes place in September 1939?

Shooting at Konskie

20. In what year was Leni exonerated and declared a ‘Nazi sympathiser’?

1952

21. Where do the Nuba people live?

Kordofan region in Sudan

22. When does Leni publish her work on the Nuba?

1972 - The Last of the Nuba

23. When did Leni pass away?

8 September 2003