Triumph of the will [videorecording] / Container title : Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the will Synapse Films ; producer, director Leni Riefenstahl. - Special ed. - Bloomington, IL : Synapse Films, c2006 - 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Originally produced as a documentary in 1935 ; new edition c2000 "2005 digitally re-mastered windowboxed transfer from a 35mm fine grain element"--Container

Special features: Optional audio commentary by historian, Dr. Anthony R. Santoro ; Tag der Freiheit = Day of freedom (17 min.) [a short film by Leni Riefenstahl, n.d.]

This film, commissioned by Adolf Hitler to record the 1934 Nazi party rally in Nuremberg, is the "most powerful piece of propaganda ever produced". Included are many scenes of gatherings, marches, and parades. The viewer will also hear speeches given by Hitler, Goering, Goebbels, and Hess as well as samples of monumental architecture designed by Albert Speer.


DVD ; mono, ntsc


In German ; optional English subtitles available on main feature only


Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.


Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei.


Propaganda, German.
Documentary films--Germany.


Germany--History--1933-1945.
Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945

943.086 / TRI 2006