Country: Germany
Year: 1934
Duration: 110'
Germany 1934. Hitler lands in Nuremberg for the annual convention of the National Socialist party. The crowd is festive. An evening concert is organized in his honor. The next morning there is a folkloristic parade before the convention begins. Images of soldiers swearing allegiance and of the SA gathering are shown. Hitler gives a speech in the stadium in front of the young members of the Hitlerjugend. Immediately afterwards a parade of the Wehrmacht and of the SS is organized, as they march on Nuremberg. The convention ends. A flag bearing the swastika is superimposed on a column of marching SA.
Biography
film director
Leni Riefenstahl
Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003) began her career in cinema as an actress, working for the mountain director Arnold Frank. In 1932 she directed her first film, Das Blaue Licht, for which she wrote the screenplay with BÈla BalÈsz. The rise of Nazism brought her close to Hitler, who commissioned her to make the film Der Triumph des Willens. During the Berlin Olympics in 1936 she filmed the majestic Olympia, assisted by 40 cameramen. In 1945 she was arrested and then released for not having committed a crime. She went to Africa in the 1960's, where she lived for a while, and then returned to Europe with a marvelous collection of photographs. The Telluride Festival in Colorado was harshly criticized for having organized a retrospective of her work. Leni Riefenstahl continued her activity as a photographer and critical interest in her works was renewed. Over the past few years she has continued to travel the world with her exhibits and has published an autobiography.
FILMOGRAFIA
Das Blaue Licht (La bella maledetta, 1932), Der Sieg des Glaubens (1933), Der Triumph des Willens (1934), Tag der Freiheit Unsere Wehrmacht (1935), Olympia (1936), Tiefland (1954).
Cast
& Credits
Director, screenplay and editor: Leni Riefenstahl.
Director of photography: Sepp Algeier e altri operatori.
Music: Herbert Windt.
Art director: Albert Speer.
Production company: NSDAP/UFA.
Italian distribution: The Museum of Modern Art Department of Film and Video, 11 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019, USA, tel. +1-212-7089600, fax +1-212-3331145, e-mail FMTemp@moma.org.
Director of photography: Sepp Algeier e altri operatori.
Music: Herbert Windt.
Art director: Albert Speer.
Production company: NSDAP/UFA.
Italian distribution: The Museum of Modern Art Department of Film and Video, 11 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019, USA, tel. +1-212-7089600, fax +1-212-3331145, e-mail FMTemp@moma.org.