Triumph of the Will: Directors, Writers, and Actors

Writer: Leni Riefenstahl - She was born in 1902 in Berlin, Germany. Her main work involved propaganda films for Hitler and Nazi Germany. Because of this she was despised internationally and did not make any movies for around fifty years after producing this film.

Writer/Director: Walter Ruttmann - Born in 1887 in Germany and died in 1941. He was a graphic designer and worked in the early experimental uses of film. During the Nazi period of Germany he worked on this film to promote Nazi propaganda.

Actor: Hitler - Born 1889, died 1945. Growing up he attempted to become an artist but was refused by the Vienna Art Academy. He entered a military career at the beginning of World War I. Hitler eventually rose to command all of Germany and initiated World War II by giving the command to invade Poland. He died at the end of the war by a self inflicted gunshot wound.