Forbidden films : the hidden legacy of Nazi film / produced by Amelie Latscha, Felix Moeller ; written and directed by Felix Moeller ; a Zeitgeist Films release.

New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2018]

1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Germany's Third Reich made 1,200 feature films. According to experts, some 100 of these were blatant Nazi propaganda. More than 40 of these films remain under lock and key. Director Felix interviews German film historians, archivists and filmgoers in an investigation of the power, and potential danger, of cinema when used for ideological purposes. Moeller shows how contentious these films remain, and how propaganda can retain its punch when presented to audiences susceptible to manipulation.

Original title: Verbotene Filme

Images / Video & Film

German

May 23, 2018

Cinematography, Isabelle Casez, Aline László, Ludolph Weyer ; editor, Annette Muff ; production companies, Blueprint Film, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, Hessischer Rundfunk.

Oskar Roehler, Moshe Zimmermann, Götz Aly, Jörg Jannings, Johanna Liebeneiner, Rainer Rother, Sonja M. Schulz, Thomas Koebner, Margarethe von Trotta, Ernst Szebedits, Christiane von Wahlert.

DVD; NTSC; region 1; 1.78:1, 16x9 aspect ratio; 5.1 Dolby digital.

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