Triumph Of The Will with Leni Riefenstahl: DVD Cover

    Triumph Of The Will
    a.k.a. Triumph des Willens, Triumph of the Will Director: Leni Riefenstahl

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    • DVD Release Date: 03/28/2006
    • Original Release: 1934
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Sales Rank: 13,634

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    2005 digitally re-mastered windowboxed transfer from a 35mm fine grain element; Original German language with newly translated removable English subtitles; The Leni Riefenstahl short film, Day of Freedom (17 Min.); Optimal quality rsdl dual layer edition ; Audio commentary by historian Dr. Anthony Santoro

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    Disc #1 -- Triumph of the Will
    1. Overture [2:13]
    2. Flying to Nuremberg' [4:13]
    3. Motorcade [4:37]
    4. Night Rally [2:58]
    5. Youth Encampment [6:09]
    6. Farmer's March [2:08]
    7. Labor Front Men [2:14]
    8. Congress Hall of the N.S.D.A.P. [9:40]
    9. Reich Labor Service Review [7:04]
    10. Viktor Lutze [3:42]
    11. Hitler Youth Rally [10:12]
    12. Reichsweir Review [1:30]
    13. Night Rally of Political Leaders [8:20]
    14. SA and SS Review [11:37]
    15. Grand Review of N.S.D.A>P. [13:40]
    16. Liebstandarte Bodyguards [4:38]
    17. Closing Ceremonies [12:03]
    18. N.S.D.A.P. Hymn [3:19]

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    Editorial Reviews

    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, All Movie Guide

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    Riefenstahl's perfect shameby Anonymous

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    March 16, 2009: How does one rate a masterpiece created for the very worst of causes? Leni Riefenstahl was a great actress and director of what were called "mountain pictures" during the silent era of movie making. She uses in this film all the skills she had acquired to present Hitler as an Olympian savior of the German people. He of course turned out to be the cause of death for millions around the world. The movie is presented by it's director as a documentary of the Nuremberg rally of 1934 but the rally itself was staged and events repeated several times in order to create the kind of film that Hitler and Riefenstahl desired. The Triumph of the Will is more an example of the triumph of propaganda. It is essential viewing for those interested in World War 2 and for those interested in the history of advertising (i.e. propaganda).

    I Also Recommend: Occult History of the Third Reich, The Power of the Image: Leni Riefenstahl.

    Ignore the out-dated cliches and corny remarks about this film and just enjoy it!by Anonymous

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    August 19, 2007: Other reviews and endless, boring commentaries will tell you the history you probably already know about this film, so I will get on to the heart of the matter. In this beautifully conceived and executed piece of filmaking you will experience a phenomenom unknown to our own time: A people united, uplifted and bound together in a common enthusiasm for their future. Hopefulness, joy and beauty expressed and then captured on film. It is sentimental, it remembers the dead of the great world war and it exhalts at the resurrection. The sometimes moving, sometimes stirring musical score is artfully set to a variety of expressive visuals, from spontaneous crowds of the every-man to choreography and movement of the camera, all created and assembled to give you a unique experience to linger with. The speeches by various dignitaries and officials may be sat through with curiosity, perhaps even patience, as we here today will have to focus a little harder to understand them and what each is talking about. Forget the hopeless, corny propaganda which insists this film is propaganda. Simply enjoy, for a moment, what we have not had since that time, in the post-war world of the west. We search and are anxious for such a union of happy, enthusiastic people, elusive for many of us today. You will enjoy the experience this film brings to you, whoever you are, wherever you are, for this was its intention, and it will succeed.


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