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I believe that the film techniques in Triumph of the Will, were not really meant to show Hitler as a god, and I also believe that the film was NOT a propaganda film. I think that because the film was based on the Nuremberg Rallies, and because of what came out of those rallies, is why people thing that it is a propaganda film. The other week I watched the documentary, Woodstock, about the Woodstock 1969 music festival, and after doing a little research on the movie I found an interesting quote by the director Michael Wadleigh. He said: "Either this is going to turn into a riot, and be a documentary about how and why it happened, or this will be a documentary on one of the greatest things to ever happen." I think director Leni Riefenstahl had the same idea. Remember this is early 1930's while Hitler was coming to power, it was not known what he would do with the power he would gain, and you have to realize that even though his regieme turned out to be for evil, he empowered a nation, just like Barack Obama did during his presidental campaign. While I'm not comparing Obama to Hilter, I'm saying that they both did their job politically. It's sad, but try to play devil's advocate for a minute and imagine what Hitler could have done for good with the political power he had; everybody saw how many people were at the Nuremburg rallies, its obvious that if Hitler had been different, Germany as a whole could have gone a very different way.