George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life) George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life) George Bailey is a fictional character and the protagonist in Frank Capra's 1946 film "It's a Wonderful Life". The character is a building and loan banker who sacrifices his dreams in order to help his community, to the point where he feels life has passed him by. Eventually, due to a cruel business rival's manipulations, Bailey falls into despair so deep that he contemplates suicide, until his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody, gives him a valuable perspective on the worth of his life. The character was listed ninth on the American Film Institute's 2003 list
The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl () is a 1993 German documentary film about the life of German film director Leni Riefenstahl, directed by Ray Müller. Riefenstahl was best known for her documentary film "Olympia" (1938), on the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and her Nazi propaganda films, "Der Sieg des Glaubens" (1933), "Triumph of the Will" (1935), and "Tag der Freiheit" (1935), which are regarded by historians as among the greatest propaganda films of all time. The United States release of this film, in 1993, coincided with the publication of Riefenstahl's