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.

In 1943, as Hitler continues to wage war across Europe, a group of college students mount an undergr...

Hamburg, Germany, 1939. Getting a passage aboard the passenger liner St. Louis seems to be the last ...

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

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

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

Based on true events of the late 60s in Italy, poet, playwright and myrmecologist Aldo Braibanti is ...

This documentary explores the creation of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin as designed by architect ...

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

A captivating and personal detective story that uncovers the truth behind the childhood of Michaël P...

The greatest secret of the Second World War has remained a mystery for the last 80 years: a Jewish C...

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

September 1st, 1939. Nazi Germany invades Poland. The campaign is fast, cruel and ruthless. In these...
A documentary about the cultural effect of film censorship, focusing on the tumultuous times of the ...

A Canadian artist turned diamond merchant in Vienna, Austria risks his life to smuggle Jews out of t...

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

Italy, after the promulgation of the racial laws (1938). Luciano, a Fascist-abiding restaurateur, no...

The history of Bruguera, the most important comic publisher in Spain between the 1940s and the 1980s...

Based on a true story of inmates at KZ Buchenwald that risked their lives to hide a small Jewish boy...

After his father is murdered by the Nazis in 1938, a young Viennese Jew named Ferry Tobler flees to ...

Released in 1796 posthumously, The Nun, a novel that Diderot did not dream of publishing during his ...