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Triumph of the Will

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Triumph of the Will	comment	Triumph of the Will (German: Triumph des Willens) is a 1935 film directed by Leni Riefenstahl and ordered by the government of Nazi Germany. It was shown once a year for propaganda purposes in every German cinema until 1945. The film was wildly successful at its intended purpose and to this day forms a reference point for people's mental image of the Nazi regime. Moreover, the extent that Triumph of the Will continues to be regarded as an innovative and groundbreaking film has its roots in a concerted effort by the Nazis to promote the film as an ideal in contrast to various forms of expression the Nazis disapproved of.Ultimately, the triumph of Triumph is one of budget. With the full backing of the state, the film sought to convince both foreign and domestic audiences that the Nazi regime was unstoppable through sheer force of spectacle. Surprisingly (or not), the film has since proved highly influential — the medal scene that ends Star Wars is a direct lift from the scene in this movie where Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, and Viktor Lutze lay a wreath at the memorial for President Hindenburg.The movie is officially not in the public domain, as its rights are being held by the German Government through Transit Film GmbH. It can however be viewed for free online. Interestingly, the film is not censored in Germany, but due to its status as a Nazi propaganda piece, it can only be screened publicly in an educational or scholarly context.See also Olympia, Riefenstahl's two-part documentary of the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. Compare The Birth of a Nation (1915), a similarly influential film that also acts as a white nationalist propaganda piece.Trope Namer for Hitler Cam.
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Triumph of the Will / int_117c211a	type	Glorious Leader
Triumph of the Will / int_117c211a	comment	Glorious Leader: The way Hitler is presented, as per the Nazis' agenda of near-deifying him.
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Triumph of the Will / int_1e7159cf	type	Propaganda Machine
Triumph of the Will / int_1e7159cf	comment	Propaganda Machine: The whole film itself is a glowing example. A few American propaganda pieces just showed the marching and translated parts of the speeches into English, letting the mere fact it was meant to be inspirational for the Germans speak for itself. The Why We Fight series did this a lot.
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Triumph of the Will / int_20917b55	type	Milking the Giant Cow
Triumph of the Will / int_20917b55	comment	Milking the Giant Cow: The Fuhrer's bombastic gesticulating during his big speech is truly a sight to behold.
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Triumph of the Will / int_23be181a	type	Patriotic Fervor
Triumph of the Will / int_23be181a	comment	Patriotic Fervor: Of the worst sort.
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Triumph of the Will / int_25b05c04	type	Hitler Cam
Triumph of the Will / int_25b05c04	comment	Hitler Cam: Possibly the Trope Maker, though it's actually used rather sparingly.
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Triumph of the Will / int_468d28be	type	Million Mook March
Triumph of the Will / int_468d28be	comment	Million Mook March: Numerous scenes, particularly the mourning of former President Hindenburg. The film claims a whopping 200,000 people came together for the celebration.
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Triumph of the Will / int_6752f60d	type	Signature Shot
Triumph of the Will / int_6752f60d	comment	Signature Shot: Riefenstahl had quite a few of these, including the aforementioned Hitler Cam, but one that's present in not just this but almost all her films is a shot of church bells ringing against the sky.
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Triumph of the Will / int_697b5232	type	Those Wacky Nazis
Triumph of the Will / int_697b5232	comment	Those Wacky Nazis: This trope is largely a product of perspective. The Nazis portrayed themselves as sane and reasonable, but we the audience now know that what they said and what they meant often conflicted with each other, and so all the many speeches in the film sound wholly ludicrous. Even in the context of the brief window of time between Hitler's rise to power and his suicide, members of the Allied Powers tended to view the film as making the Nazis look like a case of Small Name, Big Ego, with anti-German war propaganda subverting the film's imagery to depict Hitler's forces as all bark and no bite. Of course, the later postwar publicizing of The Holocaust eventually proved that yes, the Nazis really were that dangerous, but Triumph of the Will still stands as a display of just how disproportionately egotistical the Third Reich was.
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Triumph of the Will / int_82ed901	type	Balcony Speech
Triumph of the Will / int_82ed901	comment	Balcony Speech: Hitler does a few of these.
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Triumph of the Will / int_86ee8070	type	World of Ham
Triumph of the Will / int_86ee8070	comment	World of Ham: Just look at any one of Hitler's speeches in the film (which led to a good deal of jokes in Allied propaganda).
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Triumph of the Will / int_8878f3be	type	Badass Army
Triumph of the Will / int_8878f3be	comment	Badass Army: Perhaps the most iconic scene in the movie is when Adolf Hitler is standing with SS leader Heinrich Himmler, and SA leader Viktor Lutze. Hitler, Himmler, and Lutze all salute the entire armed forces, and the troops salute the Nazi leaders back.
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Triumph of the Will / int_aaece264	type	Rousing Speech
Triumph of the Will / int_aaece264	comment	Rousing Speech: Well, they certainly seem roused. And ready to kill on command.
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Triumph of the Will / int_b2af79fb	type	Leave the Camera Running
Triumph of the Will / int_b2af79fb	comment	Leave the Camera Running: The marching band sequence late in the film. Even Hitler seems to get exhausted watching it.
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Triumph of the Will / int_e557f57d	type	Intended Audience Reaction
Triumph of the Will / int_e557f57d	comment	Intended Audience Reaction: The idea behind the film was to get German audiences to view Hitler and the Nazis as gods among men. See Propaganda Machine.
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Triumph of the Will / int_e7e558	comment	The Oner: There's a very long crane shot (actually, the camera was mounted on a specially-built tower that was part of the arena) of Hitler, Himmler and SA leader Viktor Lutze saluting the First World War Cenotaph. This is actually an exact copy of a shot in Riefenstahl's previous film of a Nazi rally, Victory of Faith from 1933, except in the earlier film, it was Hitler and then-SA leader Ernst Röhm.note The reason it's Hitler, Himmler and Lutze in Triumph of the Will is that, earlier in 1934, Hitler and the SS had purged the SA and killed Röhm.
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Triumph of the Will / int_f18cd852	comment	Stock Parody: Probably one of the most referenced films of all time: everything from Citizen Kane to Star Wars to Gladiator to The Lion King (1994) to The Sponge Bob Square Pants Movie borrows imagery from this movie, along with the innumerable films and documentaries who simply cannibalize its footage such as A Clockwork Orange. More generally our collective image of Nazis (marching masses of soldiers, Hitler's manic speech-making, showy displays of gunmen and swastika banners) largely originates here.
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