Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl was born in Berlin in 1902. This memoir recounts her life and activities. She was an avid swimmer, a talented artist, and an innovative filmmaker. She dabbled in acting, with five successful films to her credit. She is mostly remembered as the propaganda filmmaker for the Nazis. Her propaganda films were really very well done, despite being supplied for the side of history they were supplied for. This book shows the human being behind that legacy, which I think is important. We often see people as strictly good or strictly bad or strictly in service to crazy folks. Over here in the US, we are going through a lot of tough realizations that people are not always who we thought they were- celebrity or otherwise. I found her writing to be engaging, despite this being a pretty long book.