World War II Interdisciplinary Dual-Column Script: Triumph of the Will (1935)

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MEIJADE: Hello, and welcome to the Film
Critics Corner, World War II Edition!

In this segment, we will be discussing the

1935 Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the
Will.

MEIJADE voiceover: The film, which was

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directed, produced, and written by Adolf

Hitlers personal favorite filmmaker, Leni
Riefenstahl, chronicles the 1934 Nazi Party
Congress in Nuremberg.

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NATALIE: The film is broken into four

segments, each of which is dedicated to one
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of the four days of the Party Congress. Day

one shows Hitlers arrival at Nuremberg and
day two is when Hitler gives his first speech,
on the merits and accomplishments of the
labor service. Day three is when it gets
interesting.

MEIJADE: Day three starts with a Hitler Youth

rally on the parade ground. Hitler addresses
the Youth, describing in militaristic terms how
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they must harden themselves and prepare for

sacrifice.

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NATALIE: Hitler Youth rallies brought together

thousands of German children, who were
brainwashed into worshiping Hitler and
becoming faithful Nazis to carry on the sacred
Nazi cause.

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MEIJADE: The fourth day is the climax of the
film, where the most memorable of the
imagery in the film is presented. Hitler, flanked
by Heinrich Himmler and Viktor Lutze, walks
through a long, wide expanse with over
150,000 Storm Troopers and SS troops
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standing at attention, laying a wreath at a

World War I memorial.

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NATALIE: Lets fast-forward to Hitlers closing

speech. In it, he reaffirms the primacy of the
Nazi Party in Germany.

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MEIJADE: All Germans were taught to worship

Hitler, who as in this film was depicted as
the German Messiah, and to see the Nazi
Party as the executors of his will. This illusion
would not be shattered until the twilight days of

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World War II.

NATALIE: This is Film Critics Corner, World

War II Edition.

MEIJADE: Thanks for watching!

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