Year: 1935
Genre:
Documentary, War
Category: Movie
IMDB Rating: 7,5 (NEVAZUT)
Country: Germany
Language:
Director: Leni Riefenstahl
Writer: Leni Riefenstahl, Walter Ruttmann
Composer: Herbert Windt
Producer: Leni Riefenstahl
Actors: Adolf Hitler, Max Amann, Martin Bormann, Walter Buch, Walter Darré, Otto Dietrich, Sepp Dietrich, Hans Frank, Joseph Goebbels, Jakob Grimminger, Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Reinhard Heydrich, Konstantin Hierl, Heinrich Himmler, Franz Hofer, Robert Ley, Viktor Lutze, Ludwig Müller, Erich Raeder, Fritz Reinhardt, Alfred Rosenberg, Hjalmar Schacht, Franz Xaver Schwarz, Julius Streicher, Fritz Todt, Werner von Blomberg, Hans Georg von Friedeburg, Gerd von Rundstedt, Baldur von Schirach, Adolf Wagner
Description: A legendary propaganda/documentary of the Third Reich's 1934 Nuremberg Party Rally. Featuring a cast of thousands as well as, of course, Hitler, Himmler, Goebbels, Hess, Goering and other top party officials.
Comments: Triumph of the Will (Triumph des Willens) is a filmed record of the 1934 Nazi Party Convention, in Nuremberg. No, it is more than just a record: it is an exultation of Adolf Hitler, who from the moment his plane descends from Valhalla-like clouds is visually characterized as a God on Earth. The "Jewish question" is disposed of with a few fleeting closeups; filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl prefers to concentrate on cheering crowds, precision marching, military bands, and Hitler's climactic speech, all orchestrated, choreographed and illuminated on a scale that makes Griffith and DeMille look like poverty-row directors. It has been alleged that the climactic rally, "spontaneous" Sieg-Heils and all, was pre-planned according to Riefenstahl's specifications, the better to take full advantage of its cinematic potential. Allegedly, propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels resented the presence and intrusion of a woman director, but finally had to admit that her images, achieved through the use of 30 cameras and 120 assistants, were worth a thousand speeches. Possibly the most powerful propaganda film ever made, Triumph of the Will is also, in retrospect, one of the most horrifying. — Hal Erickson
Duration: 114 minutes (at 23.976 frames per second)
File path: Z:\00973 - Triumph Of The Will\TriumphDesWillens.avi
Filesize: 698 MB
Video: DivX 3 Low - resolution: 512x384 - quality: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
Audio:
Subtitles: Serbian