Triumph of the Will

Triumph of the Will
by Leni Riefenstahl

Triumph of the Will
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Actor: Adolf Hitler, Hermann G?ring, Martin Bormann, Max Amann, Walter Buch
Director: Leni Riefenstahl
Brand: RYKODISC
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, 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
Product features:
  • This documentary of the Sixth Nazi Party Congress at, ironically enough, Nuremberg, is a frightening example of powerful film propaganda. It helped launch Hitler into power and its sweeping style was later used by American director Frank Capra for his war documentaries. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?DOCUMENTARIES Rating:?NR Age:?654930305294 UPC:?654930305294 Manufactur

Movie Reviews of Triumph of the Will

Movie Review: Propoganda never looked so beautiful.
Summary: 5 Stars

Triumph of the Will is not a German WWII action documentary. What it is - is cinematic art. Propoganda never looked so beautiful. Most people agree Adolf Hitler was the 20th century's greatest villian. But for a brief period in history, Hitler was the face of hope to many Germans. Not above a little self promotion, Hitler recognized early on the value of cinema. He hand selected Leni Riefenstahl, a young German actress/filmmaker to direct the first great propoganda movie. Granted total control and unlimited funds, Riefenstahl produced her master work - Triumph of the Will. Anyone who enjoys great filmmaking will love Triumph of the Will.

Summary of Triumph of the Will

This documentary of the Sixth Nazi Party Congress at ironically enough Nuremberg is a frightening example of powerful film propaganda. It helped launch Hitler into power and its sweeping style was later used by American director Frank Capra for his war documentaries.System Requirements:Running Time 120 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating:?NR UPC:?654930305294 Manufacturer No:?SFD0052
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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