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...

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

The story of iconic Spanish artist Susana Estrada's struggle against censorship and sexual repressio...

The nephew of a Republican exiled during the Spanish Civil War is pushed to discover the fate of his...

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

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

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

Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is the...

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

In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade c...

Brecht's play Fear and Misery of the Third Reich consists of a series of playlets, portraying Nation...

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

In Third Reich, the abuse of drugs made commanders and soldiers feel invincible. The Führer himself ...

Among the millions of victims of the Nazi madness during the Second World War, Pierre Seel was charg...

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

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


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

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