The Triumph of the Will, a documentary from 1935 set in Germany, revolutionized cinema when Leni Riefenstahl captured and exalted the fearless Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler and his infamous Nazi party. The film uses powerful imagery of Hitler himself and adoring crowds to emphasize his deity like leadership and the people’s love for him. In a time of insane rule, Riefenstahl’s picture was the propaganda for the Nazis that pushed its ideals through techniques that gave them false hope for the future of Germany in a ruthless and fascist regime. I will endeavor to investigate what techniques such as mise en scène and sound Riefenstahl uses to capitalize on the pathos of the viewer to follow the Nazi regime and their cause.
Nazi Germany in 1935 was under the influence of the authoritarian ruler Adolf Hitler. He recruited Leni Riefenstahl to make a movie on the Nuremberg rally. The Nuremberg laws was Hitler’s attempt to exclude Jews from economic, political life. The Nuremberg laws were created to protect German blood. Hitler wanted to remain the puppeteer and contain the violence and still have control. Hitler started off by taking away the rights for Jews to marry Germans and/or to have sexual contact with them. In order to even have a Jewish woman living in the same home, the woman needed to be over the age of fort-five for …show more content…
She was handpicked by Joseph Goebbels, the master of propaganda, along with Hitler, the tyrant himself because of the way she was able to move people through her art in film. She was able to pair excellent music and film technique to touch people’s hearts. The article “Triumph Des Willens (1935): Documentary and Propaganda” explores how Hitler had admired Riefenstahl’s work specifically Das blue Licht (The Blue Light, 1932). He is quoted to have said to her “Once we come to power, you must make my films.” (153). Together they did exactly that and made
Nazi Germany in 1935 was under the influence of the authoritarian ruler Adolf Hitler. He recruited Leni Riefenstahl to make a movie on the Nuremberg rally. The Nuremberg laws was Hitler’s attempt to exclude Jews from economic, political life. The Nuremberg laws were created to protect German blood. Hitler wanted to remain the puppeteer and contain the violence and still have control. Hitler started off by taking away the rights for Jews to marry Germans and/or to have sexual contact with them. In order to even have a Jewish woman living in the same home, the woman needed to be over the age of fort-five for …show more content…
She was handpicked by Joseph Goebbels, the master of propaganda, along with Hitler, the tyrant himself because of the way she was able to move people through her art in film. She was able to pair excellent music and film technique to touch people’s hearts. The article “Triumph Des Willens (1935): Documentary and Propaganda” explores how Hitler had admired Riefenstahl’s work specifically Das blue Licht (The Blue Light, 1932). He is quoted to have said to her “Once we come to power, you must make my films.” (153). Together they did exactly that and made