Triumph des Willens
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Triumph des Willens is a 1935 Nazi propaganda documentary film that chronicles the Nuremberg Rally and is infamous for its pioneering yet deeply controversial cinematic techniques.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Triumph des Willens canonical | 7 |
| Triumph of the Will | 3 |
| Nuremberg Rallies in Triumph of the Will | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Triumph des Willens Context triple: [Leni Riefenstahl, notableWork, Triumph des Willens]
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A.
Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf is a political manifesto and autobiographical book by Adolf Hitler that outlines his extremist ideology, including antisemitism, nationalism, and plans for Germany’s future.
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B.
Gleichschaltung
Gleichschaltung was the Nazi regime’s systematic process of consolidating total control over German political, social, and cultural life by eliminating independent institutions and opposition.
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C.
Third Reich
The Third Reich was Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler’s totalitarian rule from 1933 to 1945, marked by aggressive expansionism, dictatorship, and the Holocaust.
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D.
Downfall
Downfall is the codename for the planned but never executed Allied invasion of the Japanese home islands near the end of World War II.
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E.
Munich Betrayal
Munich Betrayal is a critical, pejorative term for the 1938 Munich Agreement, emphasizing how the pact is seen as a shameful act of appeasement that sacrificed Czechoslovakia to Nazi Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Triumph des Willens Target entity description: Triumph des Willens is a 1935 Nazi propaganda documentary film that chronicles the Nuremberg Rally and is infamous for its pioneering yet deeply controversial cinematic techniques.
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A.
Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf is a political manifesto and autobiographical book by Adolf Hitler that outlines his extremist ideology, including antisemitism, nationalism, and plans for Germany’s future.
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B.
Gleichschaltung
Gleichschaltung was the Nazi regime’s systematic process of consolidating total control over German political, social, and cultural life by eliminating independent institutions and opposition.
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C.
Third Reich
The Third Reich was Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler’s totalitarian rule from 1933 to 1945, marked by aggressive expansionism, dictatorship, and the Holocaust.
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D.
Downfall
Downfall is the codename for the planned but never executed Allied invasion of the Japanese home islands near the end of World War II.
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E.
Munich Betrayal
Munich Betrayal is a critical, pejorative term for the 1938 Munich Agreement, emphasizing how the pact is seen as a shameful act of appeasement that sacrificed Czechoslovakia to Nazi Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (71)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nazi propaganda film
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documentary film ⓘ film ⓘ propaganda film ⓘ |
| archivalStatus | preserved in various film archives ⓘ |
| bannedIn | postwar Germany for many years ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy |
Karl Vash
ⓘ
Sepp Allgeier ⓘ Walter Frentz ⓘ Werner Bohne ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Adolf Hitler
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Nazi Party ⓘ |
| controversialFor |
glorification of Adolf Hitler
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glorification of the Nazi Party ⓘ overt Nazi propaganda ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| depictsOrganization |
Hitler Youth
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Nazi Party ⓘ
surface form:
NSDAP
SA ⓘ SS ⓘ |
| director | Leni Riefenstahl ⓘ |
| editedBy | Leni Riefenstahl ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle |
Triumph des Willens
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Triumph of the Will
|
| era | Third Reich cinema ⓘ |
| ethicalAssessment | widely condemned for its political content ⓘ |
| featuresEvent |
Nuremberg Party Rally
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surface form:
1934 Nuremberg Rally
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| filmingLocation | Nuremberg ⓘ |
| filmingYear | 1934 ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary film
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political film ⓘ propaganda film ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
cited in film schools for technique and ethics
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studied as example of filmic propaganda ⓘ |
| hasFilmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| historicalContext | pre-World War II Germany ⓘ |
| influenced |
documentary film techniques
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later propaganda films ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Herbert Windt
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Richard Wagner ⓘ |
| notableFor |
careful staging and choreography of mass rallies
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extensive use of moving cameras ⓘ influential editing techniques ⓘ innovative cinematography ⓘ pioneering aerial photography ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Nazi ideology ⓘ |
| portrays |
Adolf Hitler
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Baldur von Schirach ⓘ HeinrichHimmler ⓘ
surface form:
Heinrich Himmler
Hermann Göring ⓘ Joseph Goebbels ⓘ Julius Streicher ⓘ Rudolf Hess ⓘ Viktor Lutze ⓘ Werner von Blomberg ⓘ |
| portraysAs | cult of personality around Adolf Hitler ⓘ |
| producer |
Leni Riefenstahl
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Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda ⓘ
surface form:
Reichspropagandaleitung der NSDAP
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| productionCompany | Leni Riefenstahl-Produktion ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1935-03-28 ⓘ |
| runningTimeMinutes | 110 ⓘ |
| screenedAt | Nazi Party events ⓘ |
| setInLocation | Nuremberg ⓘ |
| subject |
Adolf Hitler
ⓘ
Nazism ⓘ
surface form:
National Socialism
Nuremberg Party Rally ⓘ
surface form:
Nuremberg Rally
|
| timePeriodDepicted | 1934 ⓘ |
| title | Triumph des Willens self-link ⓘ |
| usedAs | propaganda tool by the Nazi regime ⓘ |
| writer | Leni Riefenstahl ⓘ |
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Subject: Triumph des Willens Description of subject: Triumph des Willens is a 1935 Nazi propaganda documentary film that chronicles the Nuremberg Rally and is infamous for its pioneering yet deeply controversial cinematic techniques.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Olympia
this entity surface form:
Triumph of the Will
this entity surface form:
Triumph of the Will
subject surface form:
Helene "Leni" Riefenstahl
this entity surface form:
Triumph of the Will
subject surface form:
Helene "Leni" Riefenstahl
this entity surface form:
Nuremberg Rallies in Triumph of the Will