Triumph des Willens

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Triumph des Willens is a 1935 Nazi propaganda documentary film that chronicles the Nuremberg Rally and is infamous for its pioneering yet deeply controversial cinematic techniques.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi propaganda film
documentary film
film
propaganda film
archivalStatus preserved in various film archives
bannedIn postwar Germany for many years
cinematographyBy Karl Vash
Sepp Allgeier
Walter Frentz
Werner Bohne NERFINISHED
commissionedBy Adolf Hitler
Nazi Party
controversialFor glorification of Adolf Hitler
glorification of the Nazi Party
overt Nazi propaganda
countryOfOrigin Germany
depictsOrganization Hitler Youth
NSDAP
SA
SS
director Leni Riefenstahl
editedBy Leni Riefenstahl
EnglishTitle Triumph of the Will
era Third Reich cinema
ethicalAssessment widely condemned for its political content
featuresEvent 1934 Nuremberg Rally
filmingLocation Nuremberg
filmingYear 1934
genre documentary film
political film
propaganda film
hasCulturalImpact cited in film schools for technique and ethics
studied as example of filmic propaganda
hasFilmFormat black-and-white
historicalContext pre-World War II Germany
influenced documentary film techniques
later propaganda films
musicBy Herbert Windt NERFINISHED
Richard Wagner
notableFor careful staging and choreography of mass rallies
extensive use of moving cameras
influential editing techniques
innovative cinematography
pioneering aerial photography
originalLanguage German
politicalAlignment Nazi ideology
portrays Adolf Hitler
Baldur von Schirach
Heinrich Himmler
Hermann Göring
Joseph Goebbels
Julius Streicher
Rudolf Hess
Viktor Lutze NERFINISHED
Werner von Blomberg NERFINISHED
portraysAs cult of personality around Adolf Hitler
producer Leni Riefenstahl
Reichspropagandaleitung der NSDAP
productionCompany Leni Riefenstahl-Produktion
publicationYear 1935
releaseDate 1935-03-28
runningTimeMinutes 110
screenedAt Nazi Party events
setInLocation Nuremberg
subject Adolf Hitler
National Socialism
Nuremberg Rally
timePeriodDepicted 1934
title Triumph des Willens
usedAs propaganda tool by the Nazi regime
writer Leni Riefenstahl

Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Helene "Leni" Riefenstahl ("Triumph of the Will")
Leni Riefenstahl
notableWork
Leni Riefenstahl
directed
Triumph des Willens ("Triumph of the Will")
EnglishTitle
Olympia ("Triumph of the Will")
follows
Helene "Leni" Riefenstahl ("Nuremberg Rallies in Triumph of the Will")
hasSubject
Triumph des Willens
title

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