 German, 1945. The third Reich is in ruins and Leni Riefenstahl faces hard questions from the U.S. Army interrogators: Why did she glorify the Nazis in her infamous documentary, TRIUMPH OF THE WLL? Did she believe in Hitler s policy of hate? Was she his mistress? Or was are her only concern? Like so many in Nazi Germany, Riefenstahl faced a moral dilemma. This is the dramatic story of the choices she made, and why she made them, shedding light on perhaps the most crucial question of the 20th century: How could this happen?