WILLI ZIELKE (1902–1989) Lot n° 38

WILLI ZIELKE (1902-1989) | 'Eurhythmics' for Leni Riefenstahl's film 'Olympia I, Festival of Nations', 1937 Image Size: 22,5 x 27,9 cm English: Vintage silver print on double-weight glossy paper 24 x 29,2 cm, in very good condition. In the lower negative "Olympia Film G.m.b.H.", film title "Olympia I, Fest der Völker", production company logo "Tobis" and image number "J 12/36", in the upper image blindstamp "Filmprüfstelle Zugelassen" with heraldic eagle of Nazi-Germany. LITERATURE Leni Riefenstahl, Schönheit im Olympischen Kampf, Deutscher Verlag Berlin 1937, pl. 30 (titled). Willy Zielke was the director, photographer and camera man of the so-called "prologue" in the first of Leni Riefenstahl's two Olympic films (whose co-operation the dominant filmmaker later preferred to conceal). Images of athletes in various disciplines against the backdrop of ancient temples on the Acropolis are followed by a group of naked dancers, beginning with the hoop-dancer depicted in this film still. The print is in unusually good condition and shows both the movement and the dramatic lighting of the scene. * Fully Taxed German: Vintage silver gelatin print on cardboard-thick glossy paper 24 x 29.2 cm, in very good condition. Exposed at the lower edge " Olympia Film G.m.b.H.", film title "Olympia I, Fest der Völker", logo of the production company "Tobis" and frame number "J 12/36", at the upper edge blindstamp "Filmprüfstelle Zugelassen" with NS Reich eagle. LITERATURE Leni Riefenstahl, Schönheit im Olympischen Kampf, Deutscher Verlag Berlin 1937, Fig. 30 (titled "Schwingen"). Willy Zielke was the director, photographer and cameraman for the recordings of the so-called "prologue" of the first part of Leni Riefenstahl's two Olympic films, whose collaboration the dominant filmmaker later sometimes concealed. Images of athletes from various disciplines against the backdrop of ancient temples on the Acropolis are followed by a series of naked dancers, beginning with the hoop gymnastics athlete in this film still. The print is in unusually good condition and shows both the movement and the dramatic lighting of the scene. * Fully taxed