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.

"Himmlers Kantele Player" - about Finnish student, who decides to leave University of Sorbonne and ...

Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is the...
Chronicles combat action of Hitler's elite bodyguard regiment from 1940 to 1941. From Rotterdam to G...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

January 1953: On the eve of his death Stalin finds himself yet another imaginary enemy: Jewish docto...

A deep dive into the hidden industry of digital cleaning, which rids the Internet of unwanted violen...

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

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

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

It was a foundational myth of the GDR that it was anti-fascist and free of Nazis. But was that reall...

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

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