Documentary History War. Director Leni Riefenstahl. Top credits Director Leni Riefenstahl. See more at IMDbPro. Photos Top cast Edit. Leni Riefenstahl. More like this. Storyline Edit. This documentary by filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl 's is about the Nazi party's rally in Nuremberg, Germany. Told without narration, it documents all six days of activities from Adolf Hitler 's arrival to his departure. It includes speeches by all of the major participants as well as the various activities of the thousands upon thousands who attended.
In hindsight, it's a chilling film that shows the power of propaganda. The infamous propaganda film. Not Rated. Did you know Edit. Trivia The film spent six months in the editing suite. Quotes Adolf Hitler : There is always a part of society that sets themselves apart and more is expected from them than from the millions of national comrades.
In scenes well-documented by Riefenstahl's cameras, about 50, Brownshirts stood in neat formations and listened to a slightly edgy Hitler attempt to patch things up. Interestingly, the film also shows a huge cordon of SS guards in attendance. Neither the SA, nor any other institution of the Party, has anything to do with this shadow.
They are all deceived who believe that even one crack has occurred in the structure of our united movement Only a lunatic or deliberate liar could think that I, or anybody, would ever intend to dissolve what we ourselves have built up over many long years In the past you have proved your loyalty to me a thousandfold, and it cannot and will not be different in the future.
Thus Hitler absolved the SA membership from any complicity in the events precipitating the blood purge. And amid a hearty chorus of 'Sieg Heils,' the Brownshirts sounded their approval.
Any concerns over possible trouble from the SA during the Rally had been unfounded. Riefenstahl's film next shows a lengthy sequence featuring the grand finale parade, and concludes with Hitler's speech at the closing ceremony in which he labels the Rally "a most impressive display of political power. In its entity, however, it will be like a religious order Upon the very first screening of Triumph of the Will in the Nazis knew they had struck propaganda gold.
The film played to packed movie theaters throughout Germany. The film also won a gold medal for its artistry at the World Exhibition in Paris. The legacy of Triumph of the Will lives on today in the numerous TV documentaries concerning the Nazi era which replay portions of the film in regard to Hitler's early days, or show snippets of euphoric Hitler Youth, or the SS goose-stepping smartly on parade.
The film's most enduring and dangerous illusion is that Nazi Germany was a super-organized state that, although evil in nature, was impressive nonetheless. In reality, Nazi Germany was only well organized to the degree that it was a murderous police state. Triumph of the Will was released in and rapidly became one of the best-known examples of propaganda in film history. Riefenstahl's techniques, such as moving cameras, the use of telephoto lenses to create a distorted perspective, aerial photography, and revolutionary approach to the use of music and cinematography, have earned Triumph recognition as one of the greatest propaganda films in history.
Riefenstahl won several awards, not only in Germany but also in the United States , France , Sweden , and in other countries. The film was popular in the Third Reich and elsewhere, and has continued to influence movies, documentaries, and commercials to this day, even as it raises the question over the dividing line between art and morality.
The film begins with a prologue, the only commentary in the film. On a stone wall, the following text appears: On September 5, , … 20 years after the outbreak of the World War … 16 years after the beginning of our suffering … 19 months after the beginning of the German renaissance … Adolf Hitler flew again to Nuremberg to review the columns of his faithful followers… ' Day 1 ': The film opens with shots of the clouds above the city, and then moves through the clouds to float above the assembling masses below, with the intention of portraying beauty and majesty of the scene.
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