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.

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

Hamburg, Germany, 1939. Getting a passage aboard the passenger liner St. Louis seems to be the last ...

After his father is murdered by the Nazis in 1938, a young Viennese Jew named Ferry Tobler flees to ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The greatest secret of the Second World War has remained a mystery for the last 80 years: a Jewish C...

A documentary-essay which shows Costică Axinte's stunning collection of pictures depicting a Romania...

The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adven...
A documentary about the cultural effect of film censorship, focusing on the tumultuous times of the ...

September 1st, 1939. Nazi Germany invades Poland. The campaign is fast, cruel and ruthless. In these...

The theatre 7:3 project was conducted at the Tidaholm prison 1998-1999. What started as an artistic ...

In February 1939, more than 20,000 Americans filled Madison Square Garden for an event billed as a “...

Hitler's biography told like never before. Besides brief historical localizations by a narrator, onl...

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