3.3 - Triumph of the Will (Triumph des Willens) - Nazis
Film historians debate whether or not it's a documentary or if it's pure propaganda but whatever it is it's a visualization of exactly how the Nazi's saw themselves and Adolph Hitler - as gods.
Hitler commissioned the film and served as an unofficial executive producer; his name appears in the opening titles. He praised the film as being an "incomparable glorification of the power and beauty of our Movement".
The overriding theme of the film is the return of Germany as a great power, with Hitler as the True German Leader who will bring glory to the nation.
Riefenstahl's techniques, such as moving cameras, the use of long focus lenses to create a distorted perspective, aerial photography, and revolutionary approach to the use of music and cinematography, have earned Triumph recognition as one of the greatest films in history. The film was popular in the Third Reich and elsewhere, and has continued to influence movies, documentaries, and commercials to this day. The film spent six months in the editing suite. The two-hour running time represents approximately 3% of the footage Leni Riefenstahl shot.
Viewed today as a film itself, it's not very good. But viewed in context it's the quintessential document showing the sway that the Nazis had on the German population at the time.
This is THE Nazi film.
