Riefenstahl directed many movies for Hitler, although she claims that she was a "naive non-political person who never joined the Nazi party and also took interest in her own art. She made two films for Hitler, that focused on the Nuremburg Rallies, she named these two films Der Sieg des Glaubens (The Victory of Faith) and Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will). Riefenstahl at first declined Hitler's request to create the Triumph of Will, but when promised to receive unlimited resources and a artistic license, she accepted his offer to make the film.
The Triumph of Will won many awards for the quality of pictures and the innovative films techniques used that because of the advanced technology that Riefenstahl had the ability to use.
Although, Riefenstahl claimed she was not politically connected with Nazi Germany at all, she would always be associated with the propaganda she created for National Socialism.
Propaganda was used by the Nazi's to show the new ideals of Nazism. Hitler used film to show people what the Nazi government was all about. When Hitler asked Riefenstahl to produce films of him, she declined because she didn't want to be politically connected to the Nazi's. But when Hitler gave her benefits, it was hard to turn down new technology and publicity. Riefenstahl became a big influence on Germans because of her well timed and thought out films.
ReplyDeleteI do not like how people say that they were not part of the Nazi party even though they made propaganda material. They like to say that they are not in support of something, yet contribute to the belief that they supposedly do no believe in. I think her actions as a filmmaker make her a hypocrite.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your point of her actions showing she's a hypocrite to a certain extent. The part that makes me disagree on your point is that have you ever considered the situation from the film maker's perspective? Considering the fact that she lives in Germany and is a film maker, it wouldn't necessarily be good for her to make a film that's all about anti-German and anti-Nazism. Maybe she was forced to make these films. Maybe her films were something she felt bad about because they didn't represent her personal beliefs on Nazism.
DeleteI disagree with Riefenstahl saying that she was not politically connected to Hilter. Although she did openly express it her actions to help create those movies for Hilter says other wise. If she was really against Hitlers politically view point she would have disagree and not helped him along. I understand that she was placed in a difficult situation where maybe if she did not do it she would have been fired or worse killed, but if she was really against it she would have stood up against him and would have been willing to do it. So I disagree with he saying that she did not politically connected to Hitler and his views points.
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