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Basic Facts about Triumph des Willens

• The movie depicting the congress of NSDAP, held
  in Nuremberg in 1934
• Ordered and paid directly by Nazi government,
  filmed during the congress in September 1934,
  released April 5, 1935
• Strongly affected by two important political
  events of 1934
• Night of the Long Knives (June 30 and July
  1-2) The SA leadership was slaughtered by SS and
  Hitler in a struggle for power. But Ernst Röhm
  was presented as Hitlers closest ally in the
  film Victory of Faith from the 1933 party
  congress, thus a new film had to be created.
• The death of president Paul von Hindenburg
  (August 2) Hitler unified the functions of
  chancellor and president (and thus, the supreme
  commander of the armed forces) and declared
  himself the Führer.

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Propaganda Techniques Religion
In the beginning, the flight and landing of
Hitlers airplane in Nuremberg clearly evocates
the impression of gods descent to the earth.
Hitler was probably the first politician to use
airplane in such scale.
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Propaganda Techniques History
Fleet of Hitlers cars continues to the center of
Nuremberg through rallying crowds, with Hitler
evoking Roman Imperator (or a pillar striking
through the mass), while the overall scene shows
connection of glorious history and strong present.
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Propaganda Techniques Symbols
The movie is full of symbols of National
Socialism, NSDAP and Germany, not only various
forms of the Swastika (usually on flags and
banners), but also the German Eagle, which was
modified to Nazi-style.
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Propaganda Techniques Fire
Fire was an important attribute of the Nazi
movement, symbolizing the dynamism, revolution
and action-style. The night marches of SA-men
carrying torches and launching fireworks are
shown in the movie several times.
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Propaganda Techniques Labor
Trying to get wide support and overcome class
differences, the Nazis were often promoting
manual work as a part of the struggle for the
nation. In the movie, the scene of RAD (Nazi
labor service) illustrates this. (The well-known
quote Hitler has built motorways is nothing but
true.)
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Propaganda Techniques Masses
There are many mass scenes showing NSDAP
sub-organizations such as the SA, SS, RAD and
Hitlerjugend. The enormous formations not only
show wide support for the NSDAP and the national
unity, but their geometric shapes should also
symbolize the victory of the order over the
chaos.
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Propaganda Techniques Führer
Adolf Hitler is depicted as a super-human
being, overtopping all the other people. Many
shots were taken from below with Hitler standing
on a huge firm object, thus looking like a
mountain towering over the devoted masses.
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Propaganda Techniques Speeches
Die Partei ist Hitler! Hitler aber ist
Deutschland, wie Deutschland Hitler ist! The
Party is Hitler! But Hitler is Germany, as
Germany is Hitler!
Vor uns liegt Deutschland, in uns marschiert
Deutchsland und hinter uns kommt
Deutschland! In front of us Germany lies,
within us Germany marches and after us Germany
comes!
In jede Stunde, an jedem Tag, nur zu denken an
Deutschland, an Volk und an Reich! An unsere
deutsche Nation und den deutsche Volk! Sieg
Heil! Every hour, every day, think only of
Germany, the people and the empire! To our German
nation and German People! Hail to the victory!
The speeches delivered in the movie by Hitler and
other Nazi leaders are usually short and simple,
but very striking. They contain clear messages
about features and goals of the National
Socialism and quotes about all the main features
of the movement and the movie power, unity,
nation
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Conclusion and Critique

• Riefenstahl often stated that it was only a
  documentary movie about the congress of the
  ruling political party, but the truth is that
  the congress of NSDAP was organized just for the
  making of the movie, and the purpose was entirely
  propagandistic.
• The impact on German public was enormous and the
  movie was extremely successful. It started to
  gain net profit in two months after opening,
  which was absolutely fantastic result in that
  time.
• Usually considered the best propagandistic movie
  ever made. In that time, it received many foreign
  prizes and awards. And what is probably even more
  interesting, the DVD version is still making
  money! (The film is prohibited in certain
  countries, e.g. in Germany.)
• For us now, Nazism is connected with terror, war
  and holocaust, but we can imagine that ordinary
  people were fascinated in 1934.

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Conclusion and Critique

• The movie is built on masses, while present
  society is individualistic, thus the impact on
  current viewer is significantly weaker. The mass
  scenes (such as SA or RAD marches) seem quite
  boring now.
• However, certain sequences are still (and
  probably will forever be) fearfully thrilling,
  e.g. the opening flight and ride through
  Nuremberg, the honoring of the Beer Putsch
  victims or Hitlers speeches.
• From the purely technical point of view, Triumph
  des Willens is surely an exceptional masterpiece,
  which strongly influenced film-making in the 20th
  century, and scenes in many well-known movies
  (such as Star Wars or The Lord of the Rings) are
  apparently inspired by it.

Triumph des Willens, from both ideological and
technical point of view, is one of the best
managed and most influential movies of all time.
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Sources

• Triumph des Willens (http//www.youtube.com/watch?
  vGcFuHGHfYwE).
• Bach, Steven Leni Riefenstahlová Život a dílo
  Hitlerovy filmarky, Praha, Euromedia Group, k.
  s. Ikar 2007.
• Leni Riefenstahl (http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len
  i_Riefenstahl).
• Triumph des Willens Triumf vule
  (http//nacismus.mysteria.cz/program/triumf.php).
• Triumph of the Will (http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
  Triumph_of_the_Will).
• Vlnas, Martin Triumf vule jako vrchol nacistické
  propagandistické kinematografie
  (http//www.globalpolitics.cz/clanky/triumf-vule).
  
• Vlnas, Martin Triumf vule nacistická
  propaganda nebo nadcasová kinematografie
  (http//vlnas.blog.respekt.cz/c/1474/Triumf-vule-n
  acisticka-propaganda-nebo-nadcasova-kinematografie
  .html).