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  • 2015
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2015
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 34 m

Summary 1,200 feature films were made in Germany’s Third Reich. According to experts, some 100 of these were blatant Nazi propaganda. Nearly seventy years after the end of the Nazi regime, more than 40 of these films remain under lock and key. Director Felix Moeller (Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Süss) interviews German film historians, archivist...

Directed By: Felix Moeller

Written By: Felix Moeller

  • 2015
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2015
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 34 m

Forbidden Films

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Summary 1,200 feature films were made in Germany’s Third Reich. According to experts, some 100 of these were blatant Nazi propaganda. Nearly seventy years after the end of the Nazi regime, more than 40 of these films remain under lock and key. Director Felix Moeller (Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Süss) interviews German film historians, archivist...

Directed By: Felix Moeller

Written By: Felix Moeller

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80
May 13, 2015
Contemporary issues pale before the fascination exerted by the generously sampled films themselves, executed throughout with masterful classical film vocabulary.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW
80
May 13, 2015
Anyone with an interest in the intersection between film history and world history, or in the psychological powers of narrative cinema, should see Forbidden Films.
By Andrew Lapin FULL REVIEW
75
May 13, 2015
The on-camera experts make intelligent, earnest points, but the Web means there’s no such thing as a real ban. Indeed the movies have always been available, as two former neo-Nazis point out.
By Farran Smith Nehme FULL REVIEW
75
May 10, 2015
The documentary takes an equivocal stance, implying that just because a film should not be shown doesn't mean that it should be banned.
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70
May 13, 2015
While the onscreen debate about the issues occasionally proves a bit dry, there's no denying the inherent twisted power of the films themselves.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
70
May 13, 2015
This is a documentary fascinated with and fearful of cinema’s potency, but it’s also devoted to the idea of open discourse, a stance that underlines the urgency of thinking about film critically.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Blueprint Film
Release Date May 13, 2015
Duration 1 h 34 m
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Tagline Verbotene Filme: Das Verdrängte Erbe des Nazi-Kinos.
Website https://zeitgeistfilms.com/film/forbiddenfilms
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