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Triumph of the Will Reviews
This is so awful! It is absolutely vile and twisted
Balls and cheeks!!!!!
I showed this to my cat yesterday. Today he left home to invade Pawland.
Important historical document that makes you wonder how on earth a nation can collectively turn into sheep, following a bizarre and frankly boring cult leader. I had to fast forward through much of the pageantry and marching because this is one deathly dull film, so I'm not recommending unless you have an interest in seeing just how weird Germans were back in the day. Thankfully, they all seem to have sobered up now. Watched it on YouTube.
Great Nazi propaganda film. My 2 1/2 Rt star rating is cuz I agree with most that it was great and stirring, so that would have been 5 stars, but hate Nazis so that would be Zero stars, so compromise at 2 1/2. But it way more than 'passed the time'. I saw it when it was shown at college. I wonder it colleges still allow it today?
This was really boring. Even if I was a Nazi, I still might find this movie boring. Long parades, lots of speeches and some close ups of the Aryan youth of the day. Not very inspiring. I'm totally willing to admit that I just don't get what made this work.
I do not support Nazism but that does not mean I can't praise this films production values. Triumph of Will is probably the best propaganda films if all time. It's still holds up well in terms of film history.
A mix of a showcase of great talent in terms of cinematography and a showcase of the dreadful reality of nazi Germany. This documentary really gets me by the stomach because I realise that if I was born 90 years earlier there would be a possibility that I would get bombed or shot in a street execution by the very people I saw on the screen.
A fantastic propaganda film. Although I find it unlikely to sway anyone not already a Nazi.
Triumph of the Will is one of those films that practically defies a numerical rating given how conflicted its elements are. Pros: there is some incredible technical achievement in the scale of the production and particularly its editing techniques, with an inspired series of cuts and montage in the more active scenes that were really quite innovative. Riefenstahl knew what she was doing, at least in bursts. Cons: Long stretches are actually intensely dull, with prolonged marches lacking narration or structure. And oh yes, it is also actual Nazi propaganda, though mercifully its strength has faded with time. In the modern day, it has a greater value as a piece of historical documentary chronicling the emergence of a singular personality and the social tactics and circumstances that allowed him to amass power, especially viewing the film in context with knowledge of the atrocities to come ("Hitler is Germany as Germany is Hitler"). To have a complete understanding of WWII, it's practically necessary to see a film like Triumph of the Will, to understand the rhetoric, hear the nationalistic sentiment, see the enthusiasm on people's faces, and witness swastikas in youth camps and public spaces. It's horrifying and vital viewing, one of those films you have to see as an artifact rather than as an enjoyable piece of cinema. (2.5/5)
Today, 9th day, 11th Month, 2020. Relationship it has to truth: Propaganda. From Susan Stebbings, Thinking to Some Purpose, 1939, "originally propaganda meant 'a committee of cardinals for the Roman Catholic church"- the propagation, (of the "Gospel") (source: OED). "Since the desire to enlist sympathy is often stronger than the desire to obtain sympathy by providing information sufficient to provoke it, propaganda has come to mean any method of inducing people to accept the judgments of the propagandist. Description: Act one (and inexact). Adolf Hitler flies in to Nuremberg. (Nuremberg? fairly central city? of Germany) People line the streets to receive him and salute him. The Hitler youth's tents stretch off into the distance- they wash, mess around, before the evening's sixth party congress. At which Mr Hitler is introduced, and a series of captains in charge of various departments. Who each give a short talk. Then, go outside. 50,000 men with spades say they are ready to dig fields for the fatherland. Then sing. (Reaction: music actually does a lot of work throughout.) (Although that at 50 minutes sounded like 10 green bottles.) That evening, another address and singing. Act two. The youth put on a show. Mr Hitler addresses them. Salutes. Cavalry. Tanks, armoured cars, horse-driven cannon. A lot, of banners. Act three. Speech in the massive (sheer numbers) stadium. Parade through streets. Wind it all up in a beer cellar? Reaction: I wasn't awake. Refer to a historian for intelligent remark.
Like the Potemkin or the October, this is political propaganda and milestone in technical sense at the same time. What Eizenstein gave for the montage, Riefenstahl gave for camera movements. Sometimes fascinating (like the opening, when Hitler flies from the clouds), sometimes boring (like the never ending military processions), but every frame made by religious passionate.
An historically important film which captures the passion of the Nazi party at its height. Only for the dedicated historical enthusiast though.
Its message is obviously hard to swallow. It's cinematic brilliance for the time is simply undeniable.
The sheer beauty and power of this film, and the extent of Riefenstahl's talents, cannot be denied by anyone with the ability to objectively analyse this film in the context of the era. It was a film beyond it's time, and yet would seem strangely alien to many Western viewers of the modern era compared to what they are used to seeing on screen. A masterpiece of immense historical value.
1001 movies to see before you die. A good reminder of how distracting good propaganda can be from the truth.