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?