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Podcast: Witness History
Episode: Triumph of the Will: A Nazi propaganda film
Description: In 1934, one of the most controversial propaganda movies ever made - Triumph of the Will – was filmed at the Nazis’ Nuremberg rally.
The two-hour picture was directed by Leni Riefenstahl, once described as Adolf Hitler’s favourite filmmaker.
Over four days, scenes of military marches, speeches, and parades were shot from dramatic angles. Long-focus lenses recorded close-ups of the crowds, and cameras filmed from moving cars.
But, while to some Riefenstahl was an artistic genius, to many others, she glorified a regime that would go on to be responsible for the death of millions. And for portraying a genocidal dictat...