Between 1933 and 1945 roughly 1200 films were made in Germany, of which 300 were banned by the Allied forces. Today, around 40 films, called "Vorbehaltsfilme", are locked away from the public with an uncertain future. Should they be re-released, destroyed, or continue to be neglected? Verbotene Filme takes a closer look at some of these forbidden films.


A Nazi propaganda movie from 1941 directed by Max W. Kimmich, covering a story of Irish heroism and ...

The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adven...

Nazi historical drama about Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg and his treasurer Süß Oppenheimer.

Depicts the controversial double police murder, involving neo-nazism and a theatre project by one of...

Documentary directed by W.K. Border, that which dives into the aspects of contemporary Gothic subcul...

At the end of the 1960s, when the air is filled with rock-and-roll and student rebellions are changi...

On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the...

The intricate history of UFA, a film production company founded in 1917 that has survived the Weimar...

In 1894, French officer Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted for the treasonous acts of another man, ...

In Maija Blåfield’s documentary, eight former North Koreans talk about what it was like to watch ill...

Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two ...

What would your family reminiscences about dad sound like if he had been an early supporter of Hitle...

Hitler's biography told like never before. Besides brief historical localizations by a narrator, onl...

The writer and comedian looks at antisemitism and the progressive left. From theatre to football, Ba...

After the World War I, Mussolini's perspective on life is severely altered; once a willful socialist...

The theatre 7:3 project was conducted at the Tidaholm prison 1998-1999. What started as an artistic ...

Hitler no longer believes in himself, and can barely see himself as an equal to even his sheep dog. ...

A Bunch of Questions with No Answers (2025) is a 23-hour film by artists Alex Reynolds and Robert M....

When indie comic character Pepe the Frog becomes an unwitting icon of hate, his creator, artist Matt...