Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will) (COLOR FILM) (1935) [ENGLISH SUBTITLES]

William
Published on Jan 29, 2023
A documentary of a three day gathering of the faithful National Socialist German Workers Party in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1934. The film can be subdivided into a number of sequences documenting arrivals, parades, preparations and speeches. Characteristic of all the sequences are beautifully composed shots of National Socialist flags and symbols, and of faces of enraptured people. During some of the speeches, there is martial music played by a military band.
1. An airplane is flying through beautiful clouds, then over the city of Nuremberg, and lands at the airport. NSDAP members descend, finally Adolf Hitler, and then there is a welcoming ceremony for the Fuhrer.
2. Adolf Hitler enters the city, standing in an open four door Mercedes Benz in a motorcade. Adoring crowds waving and giving the National Socialist salute, including children, women, uniformed soldiers. A woman hands him a bouquet of flowers while holding up a small child in her other arm. Flags with Hakenkruez's are flying and hanging on every street.
3. At a rally in a large indoor venue, the party faithful members hear speeches by a dozen high ranking party members . Only a couple of sound bytes from each are shown, ending with a brief speech by Hitler.
4. Night falls on the city of Nuremberg. There are parades through the old streets by small groups carrying torches. Patriotic songs are sung.
5. Dawn over the city. Aerial views of the quiet streets.
6. At an enormous campground of tents, young adult men are getting up, washing in communal basins. Breakfast is being prepared in enormous vats. They eat and sing and play good natured games, with lots of smiles all around.
7. At the enormous stadium built by the Germans in Nuremberg, the crowds march in and sit and wait for a speech by Adolf Hitler.
8. There is a youth rally at another enormous venue, with another speech by Adolf Hitler.
9. Military parades follow. In fields outside the city, motorized and cavalry troups display their equipment in marches and advances. Then various military groups each in a different uniform march through the old part of the city, past the Cathedral. In a square next to the Cathedral Adolf Hitler reviews the marching groups.
10. Another speech is givin by Adolf Hitler to military groups.
11. Night falls again, there are fireworks and parades by torch bearing groups.
12. In another motorcade, Adolf Hitler is hailed by the populace. Many observe from windows opening onto the motorcade route. Others hail him after having climbed onto any high place, even up lamp posts.
13. In the same venue of the first speeches, Hitler gives a speech closing the proceedings. This speech, just like all the others documented, have no programs or explanations but are designed to create enthusiasm for a new Germany, united, that can do extraordinary things, that can solve problems and build for a better future, where the ordinary worker is treated with dignity, and all are motivated by patriotic love for the German nation.