[LEN-E] Article on Olympia in DER SPIEGEL / "Das Reichsorchester"

[Ron Koster]

At 01:39 PM 4/26/2008 +0200, you wrote:

>there's a brief (and rather shallow) article on Spiegel online 

>commemorating the 70th anniversary of the "Olympia"  film. Nothing 

>new, but for completeness sake :

>

>http://einestages.spiegel.de/static/topicalbumbackground/1829/die_frau_die_den_perfekten_nazi_koerper_schuf.html


Some interesting pictures in the gallery there that I've never seen 
before. In fact, even one of the posters for the film I hadn't seen 
before at all! I *have* seen this one (featured in the article) 
before, many times...

http://einestages.spiegel.de/hund-images/2008/04/18/86/66a4ee607d378fd6ab77d01f9d14aada_image_document_large.jpg

...but I've *never* before seen this poster...

http://einestages.spiegel.de/hund-images/2008/04/18/80/5644604eba0bac3f74274a60f21586cd_image_document_large.jpg

No doubt an original copy of that poster would probably go for $5000 
or more on eBay (based on past auctions I've seen), but gee, it'd be 
nice if they did a reprint of that one, if only because... that's Leni!

I wonder if audiences (and people walking on the street, or wherever 
that poster was displayed) at the time realized that that was Leni 
herself featured nude in the poster for the film???


>Another thing: someone I think (Ron?) mentioned the film "Das 

>Reichsorchester" on the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra during the Third Reich.


I forget if it was me -- although I *do* remember it coming up here! 
I think it was someone else, actually. ;)


>Worth seeing in any case.


I don't suppose it's available with English subtitles, is it?

Ron :?

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