TRIUMPH OF THE WILL was seized by the United States government under Alien Property Laws with the result that the film was not protected by any copyright. Several distributors circulated copies of the film. Many of these copies were straight copies without sub-titles so the work could be seen as a grand musical and visual spectacle. The politics of the film was inferred. There is at least one copy of TRIUMPH with sub-titles. This enables non-German speakers to learn what they are talking about. It turns out that in addition to its aesthetic sophistication, the film is also a politically sophisticated treatment addressed to the particulars of the circumstances following the "Night of the Long Knives" late in June 1934 which assassinated the only force in Germany that could threaten Hitler's absolute power. Gallo's book NIGHT OF THE LONG KNIVES will give interested readers some of the background. Glenn Infield's book on R examines the issue from a slightly different angle. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Cal Pryluck, Radio-Television-Film, Temple University, Philadelphia <[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]>