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Filmmaker Felix Moeller interviews film historians and filmmakers to determine the fate of the archive of Nazi films.
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Mark Jenkins NPR 05/14/2015
Forbidden Films offers fascinating clips from such notorious efforts as The Eternal Jew, Jew Suss and The Rothschilds. All were made to incite anti-Semitic passions and justify Nazi atrocities. Go to Full Review Farran Smith Nehme New York Post 05/14/2015
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Of more than 1,200 films produced under the Nazi regime, to this day Germany bans about 40 it has deemed dangerous propaganda. Why that is so, and whether it does any good, is the ostensible subject of Felix Moeller's documentary. Go to Full Review Nicolas Rapold New York Times 05/14/2015
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. Go to Full Review Michael J. Casey Boulder Weekly 08/19/2019
Cinema verboten. Go to Full Review Francine Prose The New York Review of Books 06/16/2017
Moeller's documentary has taken an important step toward opening a discussion that can only be more useful than silence, or than the warehousing of these films in a structure where they remain unseen, prohibited-and liable to explode. Go to Full Review MaryAnn Johanson Flick Filosopher 06/01/2015
A frustrating movie in some ways, but an important reminder of the power of cinema to manipulate and seduce us, and not always for the better. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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07/31/2022 The greatest 01 hour: and 34 minutes with real footage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more 10/24/2015 Forbidden films documents the propaganda films of the Nazis, with extensive clips, descriptions and a discussion of how Germany still struggles with the question of when and how to show them. There are no easy answers and the films are fascinatingly insidious, somewhat absurd, yet intense. The questions linger and the answers are not as simple as they seem. See more Read all reviews
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Felix Moeller

Director

Felix Moeller

Screenwriter

Amelie Latscha

Producer

Felix Moeller

Producer

Ludolph Weyer

Cinematographer

Isabelle Casez

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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker Felix Moeller interviews film historians and filmmakers to determine the fate of the archive of Nazi films.
Director
Felix Moeller
Producer
Amelie Latscha, Felix Moeller
Screenwriter
Felix Moeller
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
German
Release Date (Streaming)
May 15, 2018
Runtime
1h 34m
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