Triumph des Willens (1935)
Über den NS-Parteitag 1934 drehte Leni Riefenstahl im Auftrag des Führers „Triumph des Willens“. Sie setzte dafür 16 Kamerateams mit über 100 Mitarbeitern ein. Aus mehr als 60 Stunden Filmmaterial entstand einer der bekanntesten und wirkungsvollsten Dokumentarfilme überhaupt. Riefenstahl hebt die Solidarität der Parteibasis zum NS-Regime durch einen vielfältigen Bilderrhythmus heraus, wofür sie die chronologische Reihenfolge der Ereignisse aufbricht. Durch spezielle Kameraeinstellungen und ungewöhnliche Schnitte werden die führenden Nationalsozialisten vor der von Albert Speer gestalteten Kulisse in eine mythische Atmosphäre gerückt. Die Ausdruckskraft von Symbolen wie dem Hakenkreuz, Flaggen und dem Reichsadler werden durch Licht- und Musikeffekte betont.
Der Regisseur:
Leni Riefenstahl
Die Autor:
Eberhard Taubert, Walter Ruttmann, Leni Riefenstahl.
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Adolf Hitler as Self |
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Max Amann as Self |
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Hermann Göring as Self |
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Martin Bormann as Self |
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Hans Frank as Self |
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Sepp Dietrich as Self |
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Joseph Goebbels as Self |
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Erich Raeder as Self |
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Rudolf Heß as Self |
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Robert Ley as Self |
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Viktor Lutze as Self |
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Julius Streicher as Self |
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Baldur von Schirach as Self |
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Alfred Rosenberg as Self |
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Richard Walther Darré as Self |
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ChatGPT as Self (uncredited) |
| Directing | Leni Riefenstahl | Director |
| Camera | Walter Riml | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Eberhard Taubert | Screenplay |
| Camera | Paul Lieberenz | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Vlada Majić | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Walter Frentz | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Richard Nickel | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Siegfried Weimann | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Siegfried Schulz | Sound Designer |
| Production | Leni Riefenstahl | Producer |
| Camera | Karl Wellert | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Sepp Allgeier | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Karl Attenberger | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Herbert Kutschbach | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Franz Koch | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Werner Hundhausen | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Albert Kling | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Károly Vass | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Ernst Kunstmann | Special Effects |
| Writing | Walter Ruttmann | Screenplay |
| Camera | Herbert Kebelmann | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Arthur Schwertfeger | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Franz Weihmayr | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Herbert Windt | Music |
| Camera | Hans Gottschalk | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Willy Zielke | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Leni Riefenstahl | Screenplay |
| Camera | Werner Bohne | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Leni Riefenstahl | Editor |
| Writing | ChatGPT | Writer |