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Triumph of the Will is a 1935 German Nazi propaganda film directed, produced, edited, and co-written by Leni Riefenstahl. Adolf Hitler commissioned the film and served as an unofficial executive producer; his name appears in the opening titles. It chronicles the 1934 Nazi Party Congress (rally) in Nuremberg, which was attended by more than 700,000 Nazi supporters. The film contains excerpts of speeches given by Nazi…
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The history of cinema is full of dark ironies. One of them can be found in the life and career of Leni Riefenstahl, the German director who is both the best-known and the most infamous female filmmaker that ever lived. Much of her infamy was due to her 1935 film *Triumph of the Will*, one of the most important documentaries ever made, known as the most influential piece of on-screen propaganda in history. The film d…More
Documentary appreciation sessions organised by Kuala Lumpur Film School, screening the ‘Triumph Des Willens’ by Leni Riefenstahl (1935) , moderated by U-Wei Bin HajiSaari and guest panel Datin Paduka Shuhaimi Baba Starting with the shots from the plane where Hilter is in. Above the clouds, looking down on the land of Germany and its people, and then descending down onto Earth. It's a 2-hour-plus film with the main o…More
