Lili Marleen is a singer who falls in love with a Nazi officer during World War II. Despite their differences and the war tearing them apart, their love continues to endure. Through music and resistance, they navigate the challenges of their forbidden relationship.
Set in Nazi-occupied France, Paradise tells the story of a Russian aristocrat who becomes a prisoner and collaborates with the Nazis. As she navigates the dangerous world of the French Riviera, she finds herself torn between love, fate, and self-sacrifice. The film explores themes of betrayal, resistance, and the cost of survival.
Simon, a young boy growing up in Sweden during World War II, discovers his passion for books and music while dealing with his traumatic past and search for his birth father. With the help of his best friend, Simon navigates through complex family relationships, friendship, and the societal divide of the time.
Triumph Over Violence is a powerful documentary that explores the political crimes and atrocities committed by the Nazi regime during the 1930s and 1940s. Through a compilation of footage, the film exposes the megalomaniacal nature of fascist leaders, the ideology of Nazism, and the devastating consequences of their actions.
The life of a family in Germany between 1920s and 1940s.
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.
Portraits of important people in Nazi-Germany.
A man endeavors to collect memories of his grandparents who died in a concentration camp during the Holocaust.
In 1939 Berlin, an American newspaper reporter discovers her husband’s true allegiance as the Nazi regime gains power. She must navigate a web of lies, infidelity, and the truth amidst the backdrop of World War II.
The film, 'The Spring Of Life', brings to light a little-known operation of the Nazi SS, started just before the outbreak of World War II. Through the careful selection and re-education of young women, it was the Nazi's mad dream to create an Aryan 'master race'.
In WWII Munich, Anna works for a Nazi family as a nanny but secretly steals food and cigarettes and bring those to a Jewish family, who hides from the Nazis. One day, the family is discovered and only by chance can Anna save the family's only daughter, Franziska. Together they escape to Anna's native village where Anna tells everybody that Franziska is her daughter...
A communist is released from prison in 1935 Hamburg. He tries to link up with the Party again, but is unsure as to who he can trust, and has difficulty adjusting to life in Nazi Germany.
Condemned To Remember is a powerful documentary that follows the journey of a Holocaust survivor as they recount their time in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. This deeply moving film sheds light on the atrocities committed by the Nazi regime and highlights the resilience of the human spirit.
Annemarie Schwarzenbach: Une Suisse rebelle is a biographical documentary that explores the fascinating life of Annemarie Schwarzenbach, a rebellious Swiss writer and photographer. The film delves into her struggles with personal and societal limitations, her exploration of her sexual orientation and gender identity, her involvement in drug use, and her encounters with the Nazi regime during the 1940s. Through interviews, archival footage, and narration, the documentary chronicles Schwarzenbach's life and journey through the turbulent years of the 20th century.
This film traces the story of the German-Jewish Auerbach family of oppingen, Germany from 1933 through 1945. The film begins with home movies in the 1930s and follows Inge Auerbach from her hometown to her deportation to Theresienstadt, where she suffered for 3 1/2 years and was among the 100 children who survived. Rare footage is accompanied by on-camera interviews of Inge and her mother on a return visit to their town, and to Theresienstadt, where an amazing amount of photographs and documents were saved. Interviews with former Nazi Party members, townspeople and the switchboard operator from Theresienstadt are conducted by German high school students and exposes German citizens who attempt to deny and conceal their involvement in the Holocaust.
The Second World War is a black page in the history of the Belgian national railways. The company was taken over by the German occupiers and 'trains of death' transported victims of the Nazi regime to concentration camps. In this documentary from 1945 filmmaker Jacques Kupissonoff reconstructs the activities of 'Group G' that specialized in the sabotage of the railway network during the Second World War. The film includes exclusive images of wrecked railway infrastructure.
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