Though "Der Sieg des Glaubens" apparently did well at the box office, it later became a serious embarrassment to the Nazis after SA Leader Ernst Röhm, who had a prominent role in the film, was executed during the Night of the Long Knives.
Hitler je vztrajal in Riefenstahlova se je končno strinjala, da bo posnela film z naslovom Der Sieg das Glaubens (Zmaga vere) na nürnberškem zborovanju leta 1933.