Propaganda

At the time Triumph of the Will was made, despite Riefenstal claiming it was a documentary, the film was pure propaganda. A documentary wouldn't have painted Hitler and the Nazi party so gloriously, and would have used much different techniques. For example, camera angles would be at eye level rather that from below Hitler, and music would probably be almost non existent. However, today we can look at this as a documentary because we can learn from it; we know the extreme repercussions of such powerful propaganda.