{"product_id":"9781631490965","title":"Dietrich \u0026 Riefenstahl: Hollywood, Berlin, and a Century in Two Lives","description":"\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of 2015\u003cbr\u003e A \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Nonfiction Pick of 2015\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Magisterial in scope, this dual biography examines two complex lives that began alike but ended on opposite sides of the century’s greatest conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarlene Dietrich and Leni Riefenstahl, born less than a year apart, lived so close to each other that Riefenstahl could see into Dietrich’s Berlin apartment. Coming of age at the dawn of the Weimar Republic, both sought fame in Germany’s burgeoning motion picture industry. While Dietrich’s depiction of Lola-Lola in \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Angel\u003c\/em\u003e catapulted her to Hollywood stardom, Riefenstahl—who missed out on the part—insinuated herself into Hitler’s inner circle to direct groundbreaking if infamous Nazi propaganda films, like \u003cem\u003eTriumph of the Will\u003c\/em\u003e. Dietrich, who toured tirelessly with the USO, could never truly go home again; Riefenstahl could never shake her Nazi past. Acclaimed German historian Karin Wieland examines these lives within the vicious crosscurrents of a turbulent century, evoking piercing insights into \"the modern era’s most difficult questions, about illusion and mass intoxication, art and truth, courage and capitulation\" (\u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134932369648,"sku":"9781631490965","price":11.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781631490965_p0.jpg?v=1763672132","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781631490965","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}