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megancatherine
29Jan12
Having just returned from Nürnberg, I was hardly able to escape Riefenstahl's eye. Traveling through the streets was uncanny. If nothing else, I found it a testament to her ability to manipulate the viewer and imagery at hand. (Regardless of the satellite concerns regarding the film itself) as a crafted work it is masterful - if not profound in its ability to conjure its presence in me still, after all these years.
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Marcos Ordonha
30Oct11
O documentário não deixa de cumprir extraordinariamente o seu papel de encomenda, de estética.
carmen
16Mar11
I've seen this twice for various classes. Annoyingly long speeches, scenes of flying and buildings and shit, the Hitler Youth exercising and eating lunch... But no memory of a word Hitler said. A waste of my time. I am disappointed that I saw this twice, let alone once. You can say Riefenstahl may have been trying to make a mockery of Hitler or a neutral statement, but I don't know if I'd believe you. Bleh.
Kid Sisyphus
27Feb11
Possible alternate title: "Adolf Hitler: He's Big in 1934 Germany." As a historical document, 5 stars; as Nazi propaganda, 1 star. Also, 1.) Nazis love them a horn section; 2.) during night rallies, they liked to hold flares like Robert DeNiro in "Cape Fear," and; 3.) they liked to talk about all the WWI battles Germany lost. See this if you think of National Socialism as some sort of abstraction.
Charles Deckert
16Feb11
I didn't really enjoy this film or its aesthetics, but I give it five stars for what it communicates to the present: Germany lost WWII, fascism won it. And the spirit of fascism has our world in a death grip, thus the eponymous "triumph of the will." Never mind the swastikas and jackboots, just an old mask for the same face that you find everywhere today.
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Zachary George Najarian-Najafi
25Aug10
Nevermind the ideological issues surrounding this film, it's just a deadly bore.
lesliepalich
4Aug10
I'm not sure that I'm totally comfortable with calling this a propaganda piece. yes it does only show one side, but it is technically a documentary of a historical event. and as far as things being staged, it's really hard to get the truth out of what really happened. obviously Hitler sucks but you have to separate him from the film and really dive in to what this masterpiece has to offer.
Nigel Mallet
1May10
It's hard to say you liked this film, however that could be said about Schindler's List, yet everyone should see it. If you disassociate yourself from the subject matter and concentrate on the imagery for what it is, it is an amazingly powerful and beautiful film. Hitler sucks though.
Theo Pappas
1Feb10
This a cinematic jem. But it is truly disturbing. One of the masterpieces of German propaganda film. Controversial and horrible, but a jem none the less. 3/5 for great film making, but loses points on the moral grounds.
Bruno Teixidor
24Nov09
Stunning. The beginning, when you are among the crowds waiting for Hitler to come out of the plane, is one of the scariest, most powerful moments in propaganda cinema EVER.
Anastasia
2Jul09
This film should be watched and studied, for it shows us the power of art and media, the impact it can have on history and the human consciousness. It reminds us to question all forms of media, to see the purpose of their intent and to what aspects it is impacting our life and times.
Maicol Andrés Ordoñez
10Jun08
Curiously it's the first film I had ever seen shake me and move me and disgust me and humour me (albeit sarcastically); or in other words really get a true human response of fury and passion. The images are as horrifying and overwhelming as any masterpiece of terror. O Riefenstahl, what a waste of talent.
Mustafa Cebrail Sadakoglu
1Jun08
Disgusting, horrible and the ground in which manking is nothing. As Goebbels' words; "... to win the heart of a people and to keep it"
Pierluigi Puccini
3Apr08
Both impressive and embarrasing propaganda piece. A colossal parade of madness.