All screenings are free, but ticketed Triumph of the Will (1935) Directed by Leni Riefenstahl August 26 - Monday - 7:00 p.m. The most famous propaganda film of all time, Leni Riefenstahl‘s chilling documentary of the Nazi Party Congress in 1934 Nuremberg helps one understand the Party’s influence and how Germany fell under Adolf Hitler’s spell. Hitler served as Executive Producer and his personal architect designed the Rally’s sets and managed much of the production, creating spectacle ripe for propaganda footage. As film critic Frank P. Tomasulo stated, “Hitler is cast as a veritable German Messiah who will save the nation, if only the citizenry will put its destiny in his hands.” In German language with English subtitles. (16mm. 110 min. Not Rated.) Stalingrad (1993) Directed by Joseph Vilsmaier September 23 - Monday - 7:00 p.m. Though Hitler misjudged the strength and will of the Red Army in 1942, he was convinced that he could take Stalingrad before winter. Joseph Vilsmaier (The Harmonists, Brother of Sleep) directs his depiction of the Third Reich’s fierce battle of Stalingrad, where over a million people were killed in action or subsequently froze or starved to death. The film is told through the eyes of a German commander, Lieutenant Hans von Witzland, and his platoon, presenting the horror that average German soldiers endured, who were also victims of Nazi evil. In German and Russian languages with English subtitles. (HD. 134 min. Not Rated.) 42 President’s Choice Tickets: (812) 855-1103