International Movies

Hitler is coming.But you dont see him first.you see the eager legs that are standing on the toes,you see the guy who has climbed the pole to see him.The commotion in the crowd,turning heads,the outstreched hands, the smiles, the way the face lights up, the childrens with a big grin,the eyes that are eager to see their fuher.
Triumph of will, is an excellent work from one of the great directors.This is propaganda at its best.The documentary when viewed just as a propaganda film without any attachment towards the nazi history is great.The documentary is made in 1934. when the world knew only one kind of propaganda the marxist one.But Leni Riefenstahl the director made this one to give a guide to the next generations on how propaganda documentary should be made.

This was made at a time period when germany loved its fuher and everyone dreamed about a geater future.When there was a mass hysteria and people dreamet of a greater germany.The nazi's love of grand show off's makes this documentary more intresting.you see coluns and columns of peoples.200000 people in one place.sea of flags all adding to the grand image that this proganda film tries to create.
But this movie also serves as a warning,you can imagine what kind of an impact this documentary would have created on the people in the 1930's.It would have totally blown anyone who was watching it then and would have created the larger than life of Adolf hitler.The mass hysteria and the speeches by the hilter's assistance reveal how we should be careful in not letting ourselves carried away by the iamge of a single person and put him above the law.



supposedly the first women to put the camera on the wheels, the trendsetting skill of leni riefenstahl where not recognized cause of her association with the nazi's.

Links
Leni Riefenstahl on wiki
Leni Riefenstahl home page