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.

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

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


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

A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.

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

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

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

As local newsrooms vanish, "News Without a Newsroom" explores journalism's uncertain future in the d...

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Baste...

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

A retrospective documentary about the groundbreaking horror series, Friday the 13th, featuring inter...

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

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

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

On January 31, 1857, the French writer Gustave Flaubert (1821-80) took his place in the dock for con...

Archival footage of an American Nazi rally that attracted 20,000 people at Madison Square Garden in ...

The animated short film tells the moving story of the resistance and bravery of Alfreda Noncia Marko...

Explores Leni Riefenstahl's artistic legacy and her complex ties to the Nazi regime, juxtaposing her...