Adolf Hitler Movies
- 1989
Imagine that you're a on a train but instead of the landscape going past your window, time itself is out there and you're watching the people and the events while listening to the music. No one tells you what to think or how to interpret what you see, it's just there for you to look at and wonder about. The 1930s saw the Great Depression in America, and the beginnings of World War II. The stars were bigger than life and everyone went to the movies. Viewers can listen to the most popular songs and watch the passing events of the decade in 1930s: Music, Memories and Milestones. ~ Leslie Birdwell, Rovi
- 1976
In what is clearly a satire based on Hitler's book Mein Kampf, Sein Kampf tells the story of a none-too brilliant mother's boy who gets involved in (leftist) politics and becomes a firebrand revolutionary. Though the young man in this story, set in modern-day Berlin, is impotent, he gets a sexual thrill from using guns at every opportunity. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Lothar Lambert, Tilman Hemp, (more)
Triumph of the Will (Triumph des Willens) is a filmed record of the 1934 Nazi Party Convention, in Nuremberg. No, it is more than just a record: it is an exultation of Adolf Hitler, who from the moment his plane descends from Valhalla-like clouds is visually characterized as a God on Earth. The "Jewish question" is disposed of with a few fleeting closeups; filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl prefers to concentrate on cheering crowds, precision marching, military bands, and Hitler's climactic speech, all orchestrated, choreographed and illuminated on a scale that makes Griffith and DeMille look like poverty-row directors. It has been alleged that the climactic rally, "spontaneous" Sieg-Heils and all, was pre-planned according to Riefenstahl's specifications, the better to take full advantage of its cinematic potential. Allegedly, propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels resented the presence and intrusion of a woman director, but finally had to admit that her images, achieved through the use of 30 cameras and 120 assistants, were worth a thousand speeches. Possibly the most powerful propaganda film ever made, Triumph of the Will is also, in retrospect, one of the most horrifying. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1933
Sieg des Glaubens is the first documentary directed by Leni Riefenstahl, who was hired despite opposition from the Nazi officials that resented employing a woman -- and a non-Party member too. Her film recounts the Fifth Party Rally of the Nazi Party, which occurred in Nuremberg from August 30 to September 3 in 1933. Like her Nazi documentaries of 1935, the short Tag der Freiheit and the classic propaganda feature Triumph of the Will, Sieg des Glaubens has no voiceover commentary or explanatory titles. The activities captured by Riefenstahl's cameras include the welcoming of foreign diplomats and other politicians at the Nuremberg train station; Adolf Hitler's arrival at the airport and his meeting with important party members; massive Nazi troop parades; and Hitler's speech on the tenth anniversary of the National Socialist movement. ~ Nicole Gagne, Rovi
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