Ebert reviews Triumph of the Will

Roger Ebert reviews Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will in his "Great Movies" series, coming to the conclusion that it's not so great, at least in his usual sense:

It is a terrible film, paralyzingly dull, simpleminded, overlong and not even "manipulative," because it is too clumsy to manipulate anyone but a true believer. It is not a "great movie" in the sense that the other films in this group are great, but it is "great" in the reputation it has and the shadow it casts... I doubt that anyone not already a Nazi could be swayed by it.


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