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Triumph of The Will. Answer the following questions: 1.)What would you consider to be the most important message of the film? 2.) The director of the film tried to portray Germany's return as a gret power. Do you think she was successful? 3.) What is the image of Hitler in the film? Make sure to comment on one other student's post.
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This film was somewhat strange to me. The film made Hitler and the Nazi's seem really good. The groups that were in support of Hitler looked really happy and so did everyone else. He was looked at as a good leader and loved by all. If I hadn't known everything i know about Hitler now, this film would have made me believe he was a great man.
1) The most important aspect of the film is the exaggeration put on the Hitler Youth program. The film displays it as a place that most young children/teens would want to actually go to and take part in. They seemed to be having so much fun being able to socialize with one another and they were well taken care of with food and clean water and sanitary needs really.
2) I believe the director of the film was more than accomplished in her portrayal of that era. From the moment we saw Hitler descending from his plane as though he came from the heavens to all the youth groups. I think she was definitely trying to reach out to the younger generation because they are the future.
3) The image of Hitler in this film was very god-like. He seemed to be loved by everyone and there wasnt a single image that was negative against him. He kept the children and the adults happy and it made him seem like a very generous man. So I agree with Annie when she said that the film made Hitler and the Nazis seem really good, as though they were there to do more good than evil.
I suppose the most important message portrayed by the film is that the German people loved Hitler and really would vow to die before disobeying him. For everyone who was there, it must have been so easy to just jump on the band wagon and praise this man who believed in exterminating a whole race, even if they disagreed. And with all the smiling faces, why not? Germany seemed great again! The way people thought it should be, with happy children (where are he girls by the way?). But I have to disagree a little with Celina and Annie because I don't think the movie puts Hitler in that great of a light, but I guess that's the best he can look. And when I saw scenes where I thought he didn't look his best, then I remembered that he had this movie shown multiple times a year, so this must be the best side of him.
The most important message of the film was that, wtih Hitler, Germany was in good shape and had recovered from the previous problems they were having. I think the director was succsessful in portraying Germany as a great power. Everything seemed like it was going well and everybody respected Hitler. I agree with Annie that the movie seemed very strange.
1) I agree wth Celina, about the exaggeration and the misconceptions that were displayed to the Hitler Youth. The amount of propaganda and dishonesty and deception is just staggering and I found that to be one of the most important messages in the film.
2)The director did succeed in her attempt to glorify the Nazis and show their acension to power. The film portrayed the Nazis in a way that no one other has; it showed them as beneficial to Germany, showed them in a positive light, and did all that it could to demonstrate the positives surrounding the Nazi party.
3) The film serves to make Hitler seem superhuman. It attempts to show his power and determination and shows that he wants to improve and restore Germany to its former glory. The film as a whole shows Hitler as being above everyone else, which honorable intentions and powerful goals for Germany's future.
In the film we watched it portrayed Hitler as being a well liked and respected man. I couldn’t understand that one person could get millions of people to listen to what he said and follow his every command. The clips shown in the film made him and the Nazi party look good and did not show anything negative about Hitler or his party. The music that was being played sounded like royalty music, but was referring to Hitler so that people would look at him as a person with superior power. Seeing something like this as a skeptic would easily make someone lean towards seeing Hitler as a good person and leader of the country.
I believe the films message was to make the viewers believe Germany would rise back from their poverty and have a good leader ahead of them to help the country's future. The director of the film was very successful in making the viewers believe Germany would return a very powerful nation. The records of Hitler visiting the Youth organizations showed how Hitler was trying to save Germany's future. The film tried to portray Hitler as this amazing man who would help Germany get back on its feet and restore peace to the nation. He would try to help Germany become more powerful army wise and politically.
I agree with Annie. This was the only positive piece of work I have ever watched/heard of about Hitler.
1. I would consider the most important message from the film is, that Germany is in a good place right now and that the Hitler Youth program is in a good spot as well.
2. Yes, i do think she was successful because the film mad Hitler and Germany seem so pwerful and the teens and youth in the Hitler Youth groups looked happy and well kept.
3. The image of Hitler in the Film is tht he is a very powerful and has brough Germany back together. They also make him look like such a great man the way the German peopl praise him and honor him with salutes.
I agree with in that the film did appear to make Hitler "superhuman" the way they portrayed him.
1.)The most important theme throughout this movie was that Germany was back on its feet again and that its youth were going to restore to country to greatness.
2.)I do think that the director was very successful in glorifying the Nazis. The director portrayed the Nazis in a new, positive light, contrasted to the negativity that usually is associated with the Nazis.
3.)Hitler in this film, is portrayed as a king or even a god, he is meant to be shown as a greater than human figure, that was calm and relaxed, and always knew the right answer.
The most imporant message of the film was to make the Nazis appear to be generous and helping improve the German lifestyle. They showed this through video clips of the soldiers having a good time together and learning new things. I think the director did a good job of showing how powerful Germany was. The director showed Hitler making speeches and the entire country uniting with him and saluting him. Hitler appears to be an extrodinary leader who has the power to unite an entire country to follow one belief. I agree with Nick that the film relayed the message that Germany was in good shape with Hitler as its Fuher.
I think the most important message of the film is that Hitler was able hold power over Germany because of how powerful of a speaker he was and how he was able to get people of any age to view him as a god almost. I think the director did portray Germany's return as a great power very well. She showed how united the German people became under Hitler and this provided structure for the country socially and economically. Hitler's image in the film is as a very powerful public speaker. He is very emotional in all of his speeches and he is reciting them from his mind which also adds to his image as a powerful leader. I agree with Christine that Hitler was trying to protect the future of Germany through his youth programs.
I believe that this film was created by Leni Riefenstahl in order to show the German people of the Nazi era that Germany was in good hands and to alleviate German concerns about the state of the country. I believe that Riefenstahl was very successful in this aspect. Riefenstahl used constant backgrounds of people cheering and saluting to make it seem as if Hitler was almost the German people's savior. By doing this I believe, she essentially made Germany seem totally stable and in goods hands. This portrayal of great stability leads to the view of Germany as a great power. I agree with Sam and Celina. The propaganda revolving around the Hitler Youth Program very effective. The most easily manipulated age group is children and this propaganda made children believe in the Nazi cause.
The most important aspect of the film was it's skewed depiction of both Hitler and the Nazi party. The film portrays Hitler as some divine authority, who has the answers to all of Germany's problems. The film also depicts a Nazi party as a group that does nothing but good for Germany, and hid the agressive tactics and violence that came with the Nazi Party. I agree with Celina in that the director was quite successful in portraying the greatness of the Nazi's. Hitler was almost god-like in the film, and the clips from programs such as the Hitler youth suggested that the Nazi Party was good for Germany.
The film showed the leaders influecing the youth to do the will of their leader. In a time of chaos Germany gave the opportunity to the nazi party. A point to make here is if you do not fit into the puzzle they choose then you are discarded like being the paper sent through a paper shredder.
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