Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will: A Work of Art Leni Riefenstahl�s Nazi documentary, Triumph of the Will, although technically dazzling and artfully made, belies the sinister and inhumane actions of the Nazi regime the film celebrates. Triumph of the Will, a propaganda film commissioned by Adolf Hitler, documents a 1934 Nazi Rally in Nuremberg, Germany. The film inventively presents the rally�s grandeur: swastika banners waving gaily, thousands of German people on their tip-toes, eager to see and hear Hitler�s address. Triumph of the Will, under Hitler�s authorization and Riefenstahl�s direction, glorified and mysticized the Nazi party. The film was used to le