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 group of people are imprisoned in a rail car bound from Berlin to a concentration camp in 1945.

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

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

Documentary film that follows Silvana Castro, a woman who works at the National Congress Library in ...

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

Master filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) transforms a portrait of the world-renowned museum ...

The capture of Naples, the first great European city to be liberated, revealed the magnitude of the ...

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

"Never Again?" seeks to educate others on the horrors and consequences of anti-Semitism. The film fo...

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

A man's story parallels Hitler's rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in...

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

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

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

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

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

“Tragic Awakening: A New Look at the Oldest Hatred,” directed by Canadian-Israeli filmmaker Raphael ...

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

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