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.

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

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

Victor Klemperer (1881-1960), a professor of literature in Dresden, was Jewish; through the efforts ...

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

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

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

The beautiful gay erotic superstar Johan Paulik is enthusiastically celebrated in this jam-packed co...

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

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

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

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

Lithuania, 1941, during World War II. Hundreds of thousands of texts on Jewish culture, stolen by th...

This documentary features candid studio conversations with people of diverse backgrounds from the Er...

Documentary produced by Falange and edited in Berlin, in response to the international success of th...

On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the...
A documentary about the cultural effect of film censorship, focusing on the tumultuous times of the ...

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

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

A documentary-essay which shows Costică Axinte's stunning collection of pictures depicting a Romania...

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