Triumph of the Will

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Triumph of the Will

1935

1h 50m

Documentary

History

Drama

War

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Filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl's controversial masterwork is an artful work of propaganda showcasing German chancellor and Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler at the 1934 Nuremberg Rally. Edited from over 60 hours' worth of raw footage shot over the course of the rally's four days, the film is visually remarkable in the way it captures the event's enormous scale. Riefenstahl's portentous filming from low angles (to make the small-framed Hitler look imposing and majestic) is often copied and parodied.

Critics Consensus

Triumph of the Will is impossible to separate from its repugnant political context -- and impossible to deny as a powerfully made piece of cinematic propaganda.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

02/17/2016

4/4

That Triumph of the Will is a great propaganda film, there is no doubt, and various surveys have named it so. But I doubt that anyone not already a Nazi could be swayed by it.

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David Parkinson

Empire Magazine

02/17/2016

5/5

Making a supreme effort to put aside the socio-ethical considerations this is, in purely cinematic terms, incredible filmmaking.

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

02/17/2016

Nazis or no, two hours of marching and speechifying is pretty damn dull; maybe this is what they mean by "the banality of evil."

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

11/23/2022

As a document of the allure of demonic power, it must be seen and shuddered at.

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

04/22/2022

7/10

I don't know if it is a major work of documentary cinema, but of course, Riefenstahl frames it with a formal virtuosity that manages to captivate me for its compositional care, despite the reprehensible propaganda diatribes. Full review in Spanish

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David Keyes

Cinemaphile.org

03/14/2016

The movie is the embodiment of an evil and destructive philosophy, but it must remain accessible for both new filmmakers and students of history, especially if it inspires them to contemplate the moral limits of their respective fields.

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@sedtrguyhiifdhxfg 18h

this movie should die.

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Carrot 6

@Elfin628 Apr 13

Its just a bad movie

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Witty 2

@RT75227371 Jun 29

Absolutely unacceptable!!! This movie is promoting nazism!!!

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I love S

@RT58890540 05/16/2025

This is so awful! It is absolutely vile and twisted

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Bubble B

@Pillowspillowa 03/29/2025

Balls and cheeks!!!!!

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Sachin E

@sachineldho 02/11/2024

I showed this to my cat yesterday. Today he left home to invade Pawland.

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl's controversial masterwork is an artful work of propaganda showcasing German chancellor and Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler at the 1934 Nuremberg Rally. Edited from over 60 hours' worth of raw footage shot over the course of the rally's four days, the film is visually remarkable in the way it captures the event's enormous scale. Riefenstahl's portentous filming from low angles (to make the small-framed Hitler look imposing and majestic) is often copied and parodied.

Director: Leni Riefenstahl
Producer: Leni Riefenstahl
Screenwriter: Leni Riefenstahl, Eberhard Taubert
Genre: Documentary, History, Drama, War
Original Language: German
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 4, 2012
Runtime: 1h 50m