Der Sieg des Glaubens (1933)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Leni Riefenstahl

Release Date:

1 December 1933 (Germany)

Cast

Josef Goebbels	...	Himself
Hermann Göring	...	Himself
Rudolf Hess	...	Himself
Heinrich Himmler	...	Himself
Adolf Hitler	...	Himself
Robert Ley	...	Himself
Willy Liebel	...	Himself
Prince August Wilhelm	...	Himself
Ernst Röhm	...	Himself
Albert Speer	...	Himself
Margarete Speer	...	Herself
Julius Streicher	...	Himself
Franz von Epp	...	Himself
Franz von Papen	...	Himself
Baldur von Schirach	...	Himself

Also Known As:

Der Sieg des Glaubens - Der Film vom Reichs-Parteitag der NSDAP (Germany) (poster title)
Victory of the Faith (International: English title)

Runtime:

61 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German | Italian

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Tobis-Klangfilm)

Filming Locations:

Reichsparteitag-Gelände, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

Company:

Reichspropagandaleitung der NSDAP

Trivia:

Director Leni Riefenstahl was visiting Great Britian in April 1934, to speak at major universities to discuss her documentary film techniques. It is during this visit that at least one copy of this film is known to have been duplicated. It was found after being in storage for over 60 years, and is the only known surviving print. The opening credits appear to have been shot off of a screen projection, but the remainder of the footage appears to be a direct copy of a print.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Die Macht der Bilder: Leni Riefenstahl (1993)

The prequel to Triumph of the Will

Triumph of the Will is a remake of this film, Riefenstahls earlier effort. However only myself and a few others have seen this film in it's entirety as it is generally believed lost. It is a fantastic film in that one can truly see how Riefenstahl was developing her unique documentary style which would later result in Triumph of the Will, Day of Freedom Our Armed Forces and finally Olympia I and II. Sadly this film will probably never be released to the general public as it is heavily protected by the German Federal Archives and rights are administered through Transit Film Munich. Rating? Three of Five Stars!