Der Sieg des Glaubens (1933)

Der Sieg des Glaubens (English: The Victory of Faith, Victory of Faith, or Victory of the Faith) (1933) is the first propaganda film directed by Leni Riefenstahl. Her film recounts the ... See full summary »

Director:

Leni Riefenstahl

Stars:

Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess

Cast

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

Storyline

Der Sieg des Glaubens (English: The Victory of Faith, Victory of Faith, or Victory of the Faith) (1933) is the first propaganda film directed by Leni Riefenstahl. Her film recounts the Fifth Party Rally of the Nazi Party, which occurred in Nuremberg from 30 August to 3 September 1933. The film is of great historic interest because it shows Adolf Hitler and Ernst Röhm on close and intimate terms, before Röhm was shot on the orders of Hitler on the Night of the Long Knives in July 1934. All known copies of the film were destroyed on Hitler's orders, and it was considered lost until a copy turned up in the 1990s in the United Kingdom

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Plot Keywords:

nazism | year 1933 | nazi uniform | nazi propaganda | nazi party | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Country:

Germany

Language:

German Italian

Release Date:

1 December 1933 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Victory of Faith

Filming Locations:

Reichsparteitag-Gelände, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Reichspropagandaleitung der NSDAP

Technical Specs

Runtime:

61 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Tobis-Klangfilm)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film includes footage of Ernst Röhm, head of the Nazi Party "Brownshirts" and heir-apparent to the Head of the NSDAP (National Socialist German Worker's Party). In June 1934 Adolf Hitler, suspecting a coup by the S.A., gave orders that Röhm and much of the S.A.'s top leadership be arrested and executed. All references to Röhm were ordered to be erased from German history, which included the destruction of all known copies of this film. The film Triumph of the Will (1935) was produced to replace it.

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Connections

Followed by Tag der Freiheit - Unsere Wehrmacht (1935)

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Soundtracks

Die Fahnen hoch (Horst Wessel Lied)
by S.A.

User Reviews

Well, will you look at what I found!

I love archive.org and learned about the site from IMDb. After all, many of the public domain films on the site have links on IMDb...and I followed the links to the site so I could download the pictures for free. In this case, however, there is no link on IMDb and I found "Victory of the Faith" by looking about archive.org. It's certainly NOT a typical film for the site and the story behind it is listed here on IMDb. This is apparently Leni Riefenstahl's first propaganda movie she made for the Nazi party and she would later go on to make the notorious pictures "Triumph of the Will" and "Olympia"...and effectively curtailed her career because she appeared to be a Hitler-lover. Sure, she later went on to make some small films but her days as a mover and shaker in the industry were gone after the war. Plus, no matter what she later said, she certainly did seem to admire Hitler and did her best to show him and the party in the best possible light! I've seen just about all her other films (including the two others I mentioned) but until I recently found this one, I assumed "Victory of the Faith" was a lost film. Read the IMDb trivia to find out how it became 'unlost'! After reading, you'll understand why this copy is a bit poor as well as how historically significant it is.

What follows is a long and relatively dull film showing the Nazis at their rally at Nuremburg, just after Hitler and the Nazis assumed power over Germany. You'll see a veritable smorgasbord of evil Nazis, though for some reason Heinrich Himler is absent. Additionally, a delegation of Italian Fascists are on hand to sing the praises of Hitler. And, of course, there's Hitler doing what he does best--whipping up the crowds.

Much of the film is essentially silent with added martial music. According to the film's intro, Riefenstahl didn't film the events herself but pieced together footage from the German press. Regardless, it's effective propaganda by some evil folks that is mostly of interest to historians or those who are intrigued by Rieenstahl and her sad legacy. Hard to rate...but interesting.