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.
September 3rd, 1939. Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany, only two days after the Wehrmac...
When World War II broke out, John Ford, in his forties, commissioned in the Naval Reserve, was put i...
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Propaganda short film depicting the rise of Nazism in Germany and how political propaganda is simila...
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Shalom Italia tells the story of three brothers, who set off on a journey to find a cave in the wood...
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A retrospective documentary about the groundbreaking horror series, Friday the 13th, featuring inter...
Stories of 12 gay and lesbian survivors of Nazism and the Holocaust.
Nazi historical drama about Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg and his treasurer Süß Oppenheimer.
Drama set in the Second World War, focused on Jean Moulin, hero, martyr and symbol of the French res...
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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 ...