"Triumph of the Will"

Firstly upon watching this film the first 10 minutes epitomizes the coming of the king. There were thousands of people lining the street waiting to see their "Fuhrer" Hitler. The atmosphere seems happy, joyous and overwhelming. There were marching bands, then at night fall it seems all the joy turned into chaos as building were seeing burning and the place represents that of a ghost town.

Right before the 30 minute mark Nazi leaders were introduced to the crowd. The scene I choose was at the 30min mark until about the 42min mark. In this scene the people of Germany were showing their solidarity and loyalty to Germany, the people of Germany and the ruler of Germany at the Nazi party congress. The soldiers were asked (roll call) where they are from and all who answered were from different places. That scene showed that where you come from doesn't matter we will stand as one. They repeated what is seems like was a motto to the Germany constituents "We are ready to carry Germany into a new era, from one Fuhrer, one people, one Reich Germany. It symbolizes what seems like the rebirth of Germany.

I chose that scene because of the loyalty and solidarity that was portrayed towards Adolf Hitler. I found it to be full of propaganda. Hitler only cared about himself, the people of Germany were loyal to him but he was ruthless and the people (soldiers) were merely his pawn. He used the people of Germany to carry out his acts and millions were massacred during his ruling. The people of Germany had no choice they were ruled under dictatorship and killing and ill will became second nature to them. Another reason I chose that scene was because of how Hitler presence came across, it felt like he was sovereign, untouchable, he was their God. Triumph of the Will presents a great conundrum of art, it was one of the most powerful propaganda, but also one of the most eerie and horrifying film.