WILLI ZIELKE (1902–1989)
WILLI ZIELKE (1902–1989)
'Reigen', for Leni Riefenstahl's film 'Olympia I, Fest der Völker', 1937
Image Size: 22,5 x 28 cm
Vintage silver print on double-weight glossy paper 24,3 x 29,9 cm, in excellent condition. Numbered "A.14999" in pencil on the reverse.
Willy Zielke was the director, photographer and cameraman of the so-called "prologue" in the first of Leni Riefenstahl's two Olympic films; images of athletes in various disciplines against the backdrop of ancient temples on the Acropolis are followed by a group of naked dancers.
