Approved by Hitler as the official film record of the sixth Nazi-party Congress, held in 1934 at Nuremberg, this infamous film provides a case study of cinema as a means of propaganda that, nonetheless, preserves its integrity as an art form. Defending her role in making this film, the director stated that she “faithfully photographed what existed in reality.” Yet Riefenstahl’s camera reinforces the psychological contours of an autocratic society.