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Summary1,200 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, archivists and fil... Read More

Directed By:Felix Moeller

Written By:Felix Moeller

Forbidden Films

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May 13, 2015
80
Variety
Contemporary issues pale before the fascination exerted by the generously sampled films themselves, executed throughout with masterful classical film vocabulary.
May 13, 2015
80
The Dissolve
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.
May 13, 2015
75
New York Post
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.
May 10, 2015
75
Slant Magazine
The documentary takes an equivocal stance, implying that just because a film should not be shown doesn't mean that it should be banned.
May 13, 2015
70
The Hollywood Reporter
While the onscreen debate about the issues occasionally proves a bit dry, there's no denying the inherent twisted power of the films themselves.
May 13, 2015
70
The New York Times
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.
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