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Triumph of the Will by Leni Riefenstahl
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DVD Cover InformationActor: Adolf Hitler, Hermann G?ring, Martin Bormann, Max Amann, Walter Buch Director: Leni Riefenstahl Brand: Ryko Distribution Cinematographer: Albert Kling Cinematographer: Arthur Schwertfeger Cinematographer: Franz Koch Cinematographer: Franz Weihmayr Producer: Leni Riefenstahl Writer: Leni Riefenstahl Writer: Walter Ruttmann DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: German (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); Italian (Original Language); English (Subtitled) Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Special Edition Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 120 minutes DVD Release Date: 2006-03-28 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Synapse Films
Movie Reviews of Triumph of the WillMovie Review: Propaganda... Summary: 5 StarsWe have all seen excerpts from "Triumph of the Will" wheather we knew it or not but until you see the film from beginning to end you do not realize just how much of it had been used directly and the film technique copied as anti-Nazi Propaganda!
Summary of Triumph of the WillStudio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 03/28/2006 Run time: 120 minutes Triumph of the Will is one of the most important films ever made. Not because it documents evil--more watchable examples are being made today. And not as a historical example of blind propaganda--those (much shorter) movies are merely laughable now. No, Riefenstahl's masterpiece--and it is a masterpiece, politics aside--combines the strengths of documentary and propaganda into a single, overwhelmingly powerful visual force. Riefenstahl was hired by the Reich to create an eternal record of the 1934 rally at Nuremberg, and that's exactly what she does. You might not become a Nazi after watching her film, but you will understand too clearly how Germany fell under Hitler's spell. The early crowd scenes remind one of nothing so much as Beatles concert footage (if only their fans were so well behaved!). Like the fascists it monumentalizes, Triumph of the Will overlooks its own weaknesses--at nearly two hours, the speeches tend to drone on, and the repeated visual motifs are a little over-hypnotic, especially for modern viewers. But the occasional iconic vista (banners lining the streets of Nuremberg, Hitler parting a sea of 200,000 party members standing at attention) will electrify anyone into wakefulness. --Grant Balfour Triumph of the Will is one of the most important films ever made. Not because it documents evil--more watchable examples are being made today. And not as a historical example of blind propaganda--those (much shorter) movies are merely laughable now. No, Riefenstahl's masterpiece--and it is a masterpiece, politics aside--combines the strengths of documentary and propaganda into a single, overwhelmingly powerful visual force. Riefenstahl was hired by the Reich to create an eternal record of the 1934 rally at Nuremberg, and that's exactly what she does. You might not become a Nazi after watching her film, but you will understand too clearly how Germany fell under Hitler's spell. The early crowd scenes remind one of nothing so much as Beatles concert footage (if only their fans were so well behaved!). Like the fascists it monumentalizes, Triumph of the Will overlooks its own weaknesses--at nearly two hours, the speeches tend to drone on, and the repeated visual motifs are a little over-hypnotic, especially for modern viewers. But the occasional iconic vista (banners lining the streets of Nuremberg, Hitler parting a sea of 200,000 party members standing at attention) will electrify anyone into wakefulness. --Grant Balfour
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