Triumph des Willens - Triumph of the Will
(1935)
Triumph
of the Will (German: Triumph des Willens) is a 1934 film made by Leni Riefenstahl.
It chronicles the 1934 - Party Congress of the NSDAP in Nuremberg, which was
attended by more than 700,000 National-Socialists. The film contains excerpts
from speeches given by various NS leaders at the Congress, including portions
of speeches by Adolf Hitler, interspersed with footage of massed party members.
The Führer commissioned the film and served as an unofficial executive
producer; his name appears in the opening titles. The overriding theme of the
film is the return of Germany as a great power, with Hitler as the True German
Leader who will bring glory to the nation.
Triumph
of the Will was released in 1935 and rapidly became one of the best-known
examples of propaganda-educational film in the history. Riefenstahl's
techniques, such as moving cameras, the use of long focus 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 films in history. Riefenstahl won several awards, not only in Germany
but also in the United States, France, Sweden, and other countries. The film
was popular in the Third Reich and elsewhere, and has continued to influence
movies, documentaries, and commercials to this day.
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