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.

A captivating and personal detective story that uncovers the truth behind the childhood of Michaël P...

Released in 1796 posthumously, The Nun, a novel that Diderot did not dream of publishing during his ...

A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.
Every year, thousands of commercials are made that never reach our TV screens, deemed too shocking t...

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

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

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

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

The history of Bruguera, the most important comic publisher in Spain between the 1940s and the 1980s...

“Tragic Awakening: A New Look at the Oldest Hatred,” directed by Canadian-Israeli filmmaker Raphael ...

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

After the World War I, Mussolini's perspective on life is severely altered; once a willful socialist...

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 ...

This documentary explores the creation of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin as designed by architect ...

In 1943, as Hitler continues to wage war across Europe, a group of college students mount an undergr...

Italy, after the promulgation of the racial laws (1938). Luciano, a Fascist-abiding restaurateur, no...

Based on true events of the late 60s in Italy, poet, playwright and myrmecologist Aldo Braibanti is ...

Documentary film that follows Silvana Castro, a woman who works at the National Congress Library in ...

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