For almost a century, Leni RiefenstahlsTriumphof the Will(Triumphdes Willens) has reigned as the most controversial documentary ever made, a cinema masterpiece, according to film historian Amos Vogel, a huge and disturbing film spectacle. Capturing the pageantry of the 1934 Nuremberg congress,Triumphof the Willis a sensory tableauthat celebrates the nations resurgence in the aftermath of a crushing economic depression.Riefenstahl commanded a squad of photographers and oversaw the editing of the film, crafting a landmark of documentary cinema, even as it permanently stained the reputation of the filmmaker. Riefenstahl spent a lifetime trying to disassociate herself from the Nazi leadership, but her complicity with Hitler is now uniquivocal, and no matter how artistically rendered,Triumphof the Willwas used to fertilize the rise of the Third Reich. This Kino Classics release is part of an ambitious reevaluation of the filmmakers career, including the release of Andres Veiels award-winning documentaryRiefenstahl, new restorations of her films (The Blue Light,Tiefland) and special editions of previously unreleased work (Longing for Innocence,Under Water Impressions).Triumphof the Willwas restored by the Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archives) and includes two additional Riefenstahl propaganda films glorifying the military strength of the National Socialist German Workers Party:Day of FreedomandVictory of Faith.Product Extras:Audio commentary by Film Historian Anthony SlideLeni Riefenstahl: On a Nazi Female Filmmaker, an Essay by Novelist, Essayist and Critic Francine ProseDay of Freedom(Tag her Freshet Unsere Wehrmacht, 1935, 28 Min.) andVictory of Faith(Der Sieg des Glaubens, 1933, 61 Min.): Two propaganda films made for the NSDAP by Leni RiefenstahlSchichlegruber Doing the Lambeth Walk: A 1942 Satirical British Anti-Nazi Propaganda ShortPlease note that IF THS TITLE COMES WITH A SLIPCOVER it is the first pressing only and that first press can end at anytime without notice.We are not guaranteeing slipcovers on this title and those with slips may have minor dents and dings which are normal and not returnable