![]() DVD contains bonus material-a short documentary film by Fritz Hippler: ' Wort Und Tat’ (‘Word and Deed’). Sales and distribution prohibited in Germany, France, Italy and Austria. Germany, 1933, b/w, 70 minutes, German w/English subtitles. For students of film, the aesthetics of power, and the Third Reich, this is essential viewing. In these and other ways Victory of Faith fills a gap in our understanding of the Third Reich, capturing the Hitler state at a pivotal stage in its early development. Here, the movement still bears the marks of its street-fighter origins its rituals are often raw, lacking the orchestrated precision and theatrical grandeur we associate with later stagecraft. ![]() Moreover, Victory of Faith provides a revealing look at the NS movement in the first blush of its 1933 triumphs. Where Triumph of the Will showed Hitler as supreme symbol and absolute master of the movement, the Hitler of Victory of Faith is still first among equals, a man with an unruly forelock, a presence not yet wholly in command. 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,' its depiction of Hitler most of all. 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 Triumph of the Will. Until now-a copy of Victory of Faith has surfaced. As for Victory of Faith, it was long assumed that no complete copies survived, and the film seemed little more than an intriguing, if minor, postscript to Third Reich history. Again, Riefenstahl was commissioned to film the proceedings the results were indelibly recorded in her propagandistic masterpiece, Triumph of the Will (1935). But just as the Third Reich was eradicating memories of its 1933 celebration, party leaders were preparing for the next Nuremberg rally, slated for September 1934. As a result, the thousands of prints of Victory of Faith in circulation across Germany were tracked down and destroyed. Overnight Röhm became persona non grata, and all references to him were obliterated from the public record. Six months later, however, Hitler oversaw a bloody purge of many of his 'old comrades,' notably the Brown Shirt leader, Ernst Röhm, whose leading role at the 1933 rally, second only to Hitler, figures prominently in Riefenstahl's film. Released in late 1933, the film was enthusiastically promoted by the NS Party as a masterful promotional tool in presenting itself to the German people. A key work in the evolution of National Socialist propaganda, it provides an ambitious record of the 1933 NS Party rally at Nuremberg. On CD: The Release of a Rare Documentary Film of the Third Reich Der Sieg des Glaubens by Leni RiefenstahlĬonsidered lost for nearly 70 years, Leni Riefenstahl's Victory of Faith is again available to viewing audiences. Nineteen tracks of the German Air Force including "Luftwaffen Parade," "Flieger sind Sieger," "Deutscher Fliegermarsch," "Das Stuka Lied," "Aufwarts zur Sonne," "Bomben auf Engelland," "Rot Schient die Sonne," "Fallschirmjager Marsch," "Flieger Empor," "Hermann Goering Marsch." Tracks include "Lore, Lore, Lore.," "Deutscher Rhein," "Morgen Marschieren Wir," "Fliegermarsch," "Badenweilermarsch," "Preussens Gloria." More all-time favorite songs and marches of the German military. Tracks include "Wenn wir Marshieren," "Wenn die Soldaten," "Erika," "Parademarsch der Legion Condor," "Flamme Empor," "Ich hatt Einen Kameraden." We offer an unrivaled range of rare and hard-to-find titles coveringĪn excellent compilation CD of the all-time favorite songs and marches of the German military. Our audio CD's are digitally remastered from original-period recordings.
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