
Triumph Over Violence
Seen it?1965 | 138 min | Documentary, History, War
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for the curious and history buffs. If you loved O.J.: Made in America or Paris Is Burning, start here.
- The mood
- Intense, eye-opening.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 2 hr 18 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1965: an older pace and style.
Romm pulls out all the stops in his selection of documentary material to draw the viewer not only into absolute horror about fascism and Nazism in 1920s–1940s Europe, but also to a firm conviction that nothing of the sort should be allowed to happen again anywhere in the world.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 6K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Mikhail Romm
- Mikhail RommNarrator (voice)
- Marlene DietrichSelf (archive footage)
- Joseph GoebbelsSelf (archive footage)
- Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)
- Benito MussoliniSelf (archive footage)
- Oswald MosleySelf (archive footage)
- Martin BormannSelf (archive footage)
- Willy BrandtSelf (archive footage)
- Aristide BriandSelf (archive footage)
- Cab CallowaySelf (archive footage)