Victory of Faith Deluxe Remastered DVD (Der Sieg des Glaubens)

An earlier documentary by the director Leni Riefenstahl, whose "Triumph of the Will" provides a deep look into the Nazi penchant for propaganda on a grand scale, the Hitler cult like draw and love of pageantry, "Victory of Faith" disappeared prior to its release due the depiction of the friendship of Adolf Hitler with Ernst Roehm, head of the SA (Sturm Abteilung or "Brownshirts"). Roehm fell out of favor and was executed, essentially killing the film's release."Victory of Faith" is a showcase for Riefenstahl's talents. Great film for its historical value and a perfect example of the expertise with the Nazi Ministry of Propaganda.

It is a very good education that this respected film in "Victory of Faith"(Der Sleg des Glaubens) offers a viewer. I looked up full definitions of the word "Faith" and the word "Victory".This helped to begin to focus in on the film with merely a short while into the film I credited Filmmaker "Leni Riefenstahl" with having produced two of the most interesting films of the first 50 years of the 20th Century.The two films were "Triumph of The Will" and "Victory of Faith". This particular film is something of an abbreviation of "Triumph of the Will", however, this film in "Victory of Faith" is not to be overlooked. Does anyone here know what the Victory was that is in the film title? This is why it is so very important that persons not be persuaded by the hysteria of as it were of generations of inbred contempt for Germany of this particular day and time. Listen to Adolf Hitler speak and he tells many upon many thousand German Men in Uniform of a Victory, a Victory over the "Treaty of Versailles", A Victory over "Hyper-inflation", A Victory over Poverty and that victory was through faith in our German people.It is unmistakable just what an excellent speaker can do and Adolf Hitler was an orator a speaker if you will for a talent of speaking to the heart and soul of the German people.This film necessitates listening to it if only to listen to Adolf Hitler.He is very good and very as it were persuasive. There is more to this film than merely the speeches of Adolf Hitler, there is the people who are indeed the faithful and indeed the faithful is the cause for all the speech making. The film moves around a-lot, that is from one venue to another without the slightest hint of where exactly are we, sometimes you can figure it out and sometimes you have to do some homework. A for instance when the City of Nuremberg welcomes Adolf Hitler in a church setting, he, Adolf Hitler wishes upon the old German City prosperity and a future.I want nearly to suggest he Adolf Hitler wished upon Nuremberg "Glory" but I can not say that outright however if you listen and learn you will understand that there was such warmth and such a welcome exhibited that "Glory" may not be so as it were "off base". It was all in all a very effective show of overcoming obstacles. There was in the Nuremberg church setting a representative of the Italien "Black Shirts" of Benito Mussolini, that too was very effective.Like I said this can if given its due become increasingly interesting.This opinion is just that an opinion had after learning and wanting to learn more about this time in history.Though I know much and have learned much it was not above my hope to know the truth that I purchased here at Amazon under The Great Courses Category "A History of Hitler's Empire.2nd Edition(With Course Guidebook). I could reveal more and more but to suggest something that I learned about how the early NSDAP administrators dealt with letters and inquiries. They encouraged a particular inquiry to take the, as it were, bull by the horns. They encouraged a strongwilled individual to take control as with much that Germany was in the throws of, shaking off the lowering of one's spirit by allowing for your true place to be undermined by a circumstance that this film is a Victory over. I say again this is worth watching for the express purpose to learn as to what was all the yelling about. It will be well worth the time spent.This is a very good film experience and there is much to learn.

A real work of art by Leni Riefenstahl. Anyone who does not understand the art of mass media needs to see this dvd as I beleiveit was an important breakthrough in the business of mass media at its best. A remake of an earlier work she had done for Adolph Hitler in 1933. After the Triumph of the Will was released as the first of her super works the plot to assinate Hitler from within the SA was discovered, this movie was banned and destroyed at Hitlers orders. A historical and important dvd to understand what and why the attempt was made from within Hitler's own trusted commrad's who all paid with their lives.

It was GREAT to view this film by Leni Riefenstahl, which was the predecessor to Triumph of the Will - without Ernst Rohm, and scenes of the brown shirts . . . Consider 1933, and the use of film to further the propaganda power of the Nazi party, and Adolph Hitler !! Most interesting !!

Frankly, I had never heard of this film before but noted its existence here on amazon while I was looking to buy Leni Riefenstahl's most famous work, Triumph of the Will. So I ordered this as well.Now having seen this, I would agree with another of the reviewers that the main benefit to one interested in history is that the viewer sees many people instrumental in Hitler's rise to power who are no longer prominent when Triumph of the Will was filmed. The most important of these is Hitler's soon to be former SA chief, Ernst Rohm who is featured prominently in Victory of Faith.If you are expecting Hitler to rant and rave, you will be disappointed. Der Fuehrer manages to keep his legendary temper under control and to project an image as a serious politician who intends to guide the nation in the direction which he believes he was appointed to do. This is the first Nazi Congress after his appointment as Chancellor and he is not yet firmly in the saddle, so his comments are very general and mostly upbeat, with a lot of talk about building a classless society and the role of youth and workers in that society.Remember, this is the National SOCIALIST Party. Lots of Germans were Socialists but not all those were nationalists. Hitler's remarks seemed like a reaching out to those Germans who were not yet with him. It is also important to remember that this was the height of the depression as well. The Nazis and Communists had battled in the streets for years over which form socialism was to take. With those two groups comprising together the majority of the electorate, it was almost inevitable barring an armed forces coup that some form of socialism was going to be state policy following the elections. As Hitler was more palatable to the elite than any Moscow-loving communist, he was asked to form a government. Some say that the army, vastly outnumbered by the SA, was afraid of a revolution in the streets and so acquiesced to Hitler's appointment. If that is so, then the hated Versailles Treaty, which limited the size of the German armed forces, is guilty of yet one more unintended consequence.Victory of Faith seems primitive indeed when watched back-to-back with Triumph of the Will. It seems almost like a trial run. Riefenstahl's directoral prowess was not yet in full flower, and the film often seems choppy and spliced together. Perhaps this is due in some measure to deterioration while in storage.The most breathtaking moments are watching the nascent SS goose-step by for review by Hitler. They are already like a precision machine, even at this early stage. And I had to laugh at the fawning lick-spittle treatment Hitler got from his subordinates. Its no wonder he came to believe not only in his omniscience, but in his omnipotence as well.I give this only three stars as it doesn't come close to matching the power of Leni Riefenstahl's real masterwork, Triumph of the Will.

This is a must see movie. Long thought to be "lost" it was "rescued" from the Bundesarcive in Koblenz and put onto the general market. This was the prequal to the far more widely known Triumpg of the Will and is unique in that it was banned by both the National Socialist Government and the Allies.The NS Government banned it due tothe appearance of Ernst Rohm who was no longer in favour with certain elements within the state.Even has an originsl "blooper" left in where you see Baldur Von Shirach knock Hitlers hat off the podium onto the ground below...not a good career move one would think.Seroisly though this is an excellant rendition and all the more unique for the addittional features on the DVD namely the never before seen movie trailer for the Die Deutsche Reichstag in Nuremburg, 5 mins and the famous Word and Deed featurette by Fritz Hippler famous for his Directorshiop of the of Eternal Jew movie, 12mins.This DVD is PAL format Region 0 70 mins long and really does belong on every movie buffs shelf for the filming techniques as well as military/political historians who may already have Triumph of the Will. All we need is a DVD of Tag der Freiheit to make the complete set of movies that Riefenstahl made for the NSDAP.Get your copy today is all I can say.

Fascxinating film be Leni Riefenstahl,one of the worlds all time great directors,who also made "Triumph of the Will"and "Olympia",her incomparable fiklm of the 1936 Berlin Olympics. the intriguing thing about this film,is not just the historical storyline,which needs no recounting here,but the fact that Adolf Hitler,one of the worlds most dynamic,persuasive,even inspirational ,political speakers,was a lousy actor,in my view anyway! Maybe it was just a case of a titanic ego having too much to lose to be seen fumbling through a part.Anyway,Riefenstahl never tried to get him to do it again,everything else was just "Candid"

Very poor quality for the most part. Obviously filmed from another screen. Soundtrack ropey. Other reviews are positve, so perhaps there are rip-off copies around.

This film predates Triumph of the Will by four years. Many of the images that made Triumph of the Will such a powerful propaganda tool were being shaped in this movie. Leni Riefenstahl's eye for the powerful moment was incredible. The images she was honing in these films have been repeated in propaganda films ever since. She took the look of triumphal parades of the Caesars' in Rome and made the spectacles available to the general public at a local theater. Upon suspension of disbelief, the viewer must be swept into the vortex of feeling that their Fatherland is invincible. The propaganda value of this film was so complete that the Americans recruited Frank Kapra to produce the five, Why We Fight, films to inspire Americans to prepare for victory when the war came.