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 (4.5 / 5.0) This documentary of the Sixth Nazi Party Congress at ironically enough Nuremberg is a frightening example of powerful film propaganda. It helped launch Hitler into power and its sweeping style was later used by American director Frank Capra for his war documentaries.System Requirements:Running Time 120 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 654930305294 Manufacturer No: SFD0052
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 (3.5 / 5.0) This limited edition 2-disc set features the complete original version of OLYMPIA, presented for the first time on DVD. (All Region, NTSC) <P>Special Edition DVD features: Over 5 hours of material including JUGEND DER WELT ("Youth of The World") Official Documentary of the 1936 Winter Olympics at Gaemisch-Partenkirchen, DIE KAMERA FAHRT MIT ("The Camera Goes Too") 1936 Documentary by Bavaria-Filmkunst featuring footage from Leni Rifenstahl’s films OLYMPIA and TRIUMPH OF THE WILL. Deleted Scenes, Biography, Still Gallery, German with ON/OFF English subtitles and English language, Dolby 2.0 audio, Essays by film historian David Calvert Smith, Trailer.
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 (5.0 / 5.0) <b>Olympia by Leni Riefenstahl (Enhanced 2 Disc Set) 1938
This 2 Disc Set contains Olympia Part 1 Teil Fest der Volker (Festival of Peoples/Nations) and Olympia Part 2 Teil Fest der Schonheit (<b>Festival of Beauty). <P> Brought to you buy acclaimed German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl. Olympia Part 1, Festival of Nations , is a representation of the human body and Olympia Part 2, Festival of Beauty , showcases athletes from all nations involved in all sports. <P> Famous also for its ground breaking film techniques, Olympia employs unusual camera angles, smash cuts, extreme close-ups and the use of moving cameras. Olympia is the first documentary film on the Olympic Games ever made. Olympia set the precedent for future films documenting and glorifying the Olympic Games, particularly the Summer Games. The Olympic Torch Run, revered as an ancient tradition, was devised by Riefenstahl for these games and this film in conjunction with the German sports official Dr. Carl Diem. Riefenstahl herself, uncredited, appears briefly in the prologue of the film as the nude dancer. <P><i>This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
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(4.5 / 5.0) Triumph of the Will is one of the most important films ever made. Not because it documents evil--more watchable examples are being made today. And not as a historical example of blind propaganda--those (much shorter) movies are merely laughable now. No, Riefenstahl's masterpiece--and it is a masterpiece, politics aside--combines the strengths of documentary and propaganda into a single, overwhelmingly powerful visual force.<p> Riefenstahl was hired by the Reich to create an eternal record of the 1934 rally at Nuremberg, and that's exactly what she does. You might not become a Nazi after watching her film, but you will understand too clearly how Germany fell under Hitler's spell. The early crowd scenes remind one of nothing so much as Beatles concert footage (if only their fans were so well behaved!).
Like the fascists it monumentalizes, <I>Triumph of the Will overlooks its own weaknesses--at nearly two hours, the speeches tend to drone on, and the repeated visual motifs are a little over-hypnotic, especially for modern viewers. But the occasional iconic vista (banners lining the streets of Nuremberg, Hitler parting a sea of 200,000 party members standing at attention) will electrify anyone into wakefulness. <I>--Grant Balfour
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 (4.0 / 5.0) Considered lost for nearly 70 years, Victory of Faith is again available to viewing audiences. A key work in the evolution of National Socialist propaganda, it provides an ambitious record of the 1933 NS Party rally at Nuremberg. The film ran afoul of authorities, however, after the "blood purge" of 1934, which rendered Brownshirt leader Ernst Rohm, a central figure in of the 1933 rally, a non-person. Across Germany, references to Rohm were obliterated from the public record, and all prints of Victory of Faith were tracked down and destroyed. Until now, the film seemed little more than an intriguing postscript to Third Reich history. Though far from a masterwork, the film is a revelation on many counts, offering a fascinating first draft of the ideas and techniques Riefenstahl would pull off so powerfully in Truimph of the Will. In their contrasts, the two films shed much light on the early evolution of NS propaganda, its evocation of heroism and collective will! , its portrayal of the 'national people's community,' and its depiction of Hitler most of all. Where Triumph of the Will showed Hitler assupreme symbol and absolute master of the movement, the Hitler of Victory of Faith is still first among equals, a man with an unrulyforelock, a presence not yet wholly in command. Moreover, Victoryof Faith provides a revealing look at the NS movement in the firstblush of its 1933 triumphs. Here, the movement still bears themarks of its street-fighter origins; its rituals are often raw,lacking the orchestrated precision and theatrical grandeur weassociate with later stagecraft. In these and other ways, Victoryof Faith fills a gap in our understanding of the Third Reich,capturing the Hitler state at a pivotal stage in its earlydevelopment.
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 (3.0 / 5.0) Olympia (COLLECTORS EDITION) 1938<P> This Collectors Edition has been digitally restored to improve picture and sound quality without degrading the look and feel of this historic example of early cinema. <P> Olympia 1: Teil Fest der Volker (Festival of Nations) 1938 <BR> Olympia 2: Teil Fest der Schonheit (Festival of Beauty) 1938 <P><b>COLLECTORS EDITION 2009 INCLUDES:<BR> The original un-cut version of Olympia with digitally restored black & white picture. BONUS FEATURES: Poster Gallery of original advertisements from the 1936 Berlin Olympics as well as posters of legendary director Leni Riefenstahl. Very rare Nazi propaganda film Berlin Reichshauptstadt. This film depicts Berlin during the summer Olympics of 1936 showcasing the early 20th century city. MOVIE DESCRIPTION Famous also for its ground breaking film techniques, Olympia employs unusual camera angles, smash cuts, extreme close-ups and the use of moving cameras. Olympia is the first documentary film on the Olympic Games ever made. Olympia set the precedent for future films documenting and glorifying the Olympic Games, particularly the Summer Games. The Olympic Torch Run, revered as an ancient tradition, was devised by Riefenstahl for these games and this film in conjunction with the German sports official Dr. Carl Diem. Riefenstahl herself, unaccredited, appears briefly in the prologue of the film as the nude dancer. <P> For more information on this movie visit the Internet Movie DataBase (IMDB). <P><i>This product is manufactured on demand using Dual Layer DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com s standard return policy will apply.
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Istorija olimpiad ot Antichnosti do 1936 goda ot Leni Rifenshtal'. Sport, kak sredstvo formirovanija chelovecheskogo tela, krasota kotorogo javljaetsja neotryvnoj chast'ju obwej krasoty prirody. Rezhisseru i operatoram byli predostavleny dlja s#emok vsevozmozhnye sredstva: podvodnye kamery, dirizhabli, vozdushnye shary i t.d.
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(4.5 / 5.0) There is no other filmmaker remotely like Leni Riefenstahl, which is probably a good thing. The prodigiously gifted Riefenstahl, at Hitler's behest, transformed the 1934 Nuremberg rally into the stunning, terrifying documentary <i>Triumph of the Will. Her next challenge was the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, a task she undertook with technical innovations and an unfailing aesthetic eye. The games are of historical interest; Berlin was where the black American runner Jesse Owens dominated his sport, much to Hitler's chagrin. But Riefenstahl's long film (it's often shown in two parts) is more than just a document. Olympia is also a delirious paean to movement, competition, and the human body. The diving meet becomes less a battle for medals and more a dreamlike series of shapes in mesmerizing motion. While Olympia has often been described as Riefenstahl's hymn to beauty, it is also her hymn to the possibilities of cinema, of the sheer magic of camera angle and rhythm and light. After two years of exhausting editing, the film premiered on April 20, 1938--Hitler's birthday. If only Riefenstahl had turned her back on her Führer, she might be remembered as one of the mightiest directors in film history, instead of the most notorious. As it is, Pauline Kael once described Riefenstahl's <i>Triumph and <i>Olympia as "the two greatest films ever directed by a woman." <i>--Robert Horton
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Olympia / All Region DVD / 2 discs / Audio: German / Subtitle: Chinese / Directed by Leni Riefenstahl / 1938
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