When the Nazi elite is remembered, two prominent women likely come to mind: Adolf Hitler’s partner Eva Braun and dancer-turned-actress-turned-director Leni Riefenstahl. Leni, who Andres Veiel calls “a prototype of fascism,” is now the subject of the German director’s new documentary Riefenstahl, now in theaters in New York and Los Angeles. The Stuttgart-born Veiel has received many accolades, including winning the Venice Film Festival’s Cinema & Arts Award for the 115-minute, heavily researched Riefenstahl. about Germany’s Baader–Meinhof Gang won two Berlin International Film Festival awards and was nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear. Why is Riefenstahl making a comeback now?