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Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will
March 21, 2012 | | Comments Off on Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will
By: Matt Rudderow
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHs2coAzLJ8[/youtube]
Triumph of the Will (German: Triumph des Willens) is a propaganda film made by Leni Riefenstahl. It chronicles the 1934 Nazi Party Congress in Nuremberg, which was attended by more than 700,000 Nazi supporters. The film contains excerpts from speeches given by various Nazi leaders at the Congress, including portions of speeches by Adolf Hitler, interspersed with footage of massed party members. Hitler 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.
Text from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_of_the_Will#cite_note-0
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