State papers: Olympia Theatre refused to allow Nazi film reels to be stored on premises

Newly-released Irish documents show that undercover gardaí were monitoring people attending the Dublin screening of 'Triumph of the Will', the 1935 Nazi propaganda film depicting Adolf Hitler's Nuremberg rally. File picture: DPA/AP

The owner of Dublin’s Olympia Theatre refused to allow the reels of a leading Nazi propaganda film when it was released in 1935 to be stored overnight on the premises, newly-released State papers have revealed.

Triumph of the Will which promoted the return of Germany as a great power with Adolf Hitler as its leader was directed, produced and co-written by the controversial German film-maker, Leni Riefenstahl.