germany Documentaries

Hitlers Secret Tunnels

2019
2

There's a secret Nazi tunnel system that may change everything we know about Hitler's plans during WWII.

Feldzug in Polen (Campaign in Poland)

1940
7

Feldzug in Polen (Campaign in Poland) is a 1940 NAZI war propaganda documentary about the invasion and occupation of Poland by the German army in 1939. The film was made by German filmmaker Fritz Hippler, who was head of the film production department of Propaganda Ministry of the Third Reich, under[...]

The Germans We Kept

2000
2

The Germans We Kept is a BBC Timewatch programme from 2000 about German Prisoners of War (POWs) who were captured by Allied forces and imprisoned in camps in Great Britain but decided to remain in the country after the end of the Second World War. By 1946 there were over 400,000 prisoners of war in[...]

Hitler's Secret Science

2010 Unrated

Hitlers Secret Science is a 45 minute long 2010 documentary about the huge teams of leading scientists which were working for Nazi Germany in their quest to develop the devastating weapons they needed to win them the Second World War, they had even made progress towards developing an atomic bomb. By[...]

Adolf Hitler: The Greatest Story Never Told

2013
5

Adolf Hitler: The Greatest Story Never Told, a marathon 6-hour-long documentary by Dennis Wise providing a full biographical account of Hitler's life.   There are many documentary films that have examined Hitler's role as ruler of the Third Reich such as Hitler in Colour. When it[...]

Germany's Swastika Revivalists

2018
1

Florian is not a Neonazi, but is fighting in the German Supreme Court for his right to display the swastika, which is illegal in Germany. He represents a group of activists who are tattooing the forbidden symbol to reclaim the original meaning of the swastika. © Three Eye Productions

Free to Play

2014
2

The 2014 Free to Play documentary film produced by video game company Valve follows three gamers as they compete for a life-changing prize: $1,000,000.   The film takes a close look at the lives of Benedict "hyhy" Lim, Danil "Dendi" Ishutin and Clinton "Fear"[...]

Pina

2011
6

The 2011 Pina documentary by German filmmaker Wim Wenders pays tribute to the famous choreographer, Pina Bausch.   Since the 1970's Bausch is considered to be one of the most influential figures in modern ballet and dance choreography. "Pina" celebrates her artistic style by[...]

Hunting Hitler Season 2

2016
2

Hunting Hitler Season 2, is a 2016 documentary that continues to build on evidence that was presented in Hunting Hitler Season 1.   This documentary series which is presented by American writer Dave Hoffman looks into evidence supporting theories that suggest Nazi leader Adolf Hitler did[...]

Why We Fight

2005
4

Why We Fight, a 2005 historical war documentary by Eugene Jarecki about the US military-industrial complex, and western foreign policies over the last 50 years.   The title of the film refers to a series of seven propaganda movies made by the United States during World War 2 with the same[...]

World War II In Colour

2009
5

World War II In Colour is an epic thirteen-part war documentary series covering the 20th centuries second greatest war in high quality remastered footage.   All of the episodes in this series are narrated by English actor Robert Powell (The Italian Job - 1969), who opens with an explanati[...]

Land of Silence and Darkness

1971 Unrated

Land of Silence and Darkness (original title: Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit) is a 1971 documentary by the German filmmaker Werner Herzog which asks deaf-blind people about their experience of life.   The film centres around Fini Straubinger who lost both her eyesight and hearing[...]

Night and Fog

1955
2

Night and Fog, a 1955 documentary about the Nazi concentration camps by French director, Alain Resnais. The film was made ten years after the camps were shut down and features a lot of footage of their grounds interlaced with people talking about what it was like to survive them.   The ti[...]

After Auschwitz

2014 Unrated

The 2014 history documentary After Auschwitz by British documentary Filmmaker Kat Mace highlights the importance of remembering the horrors of the Nazi death machine in today's modern society.   For while we have moved on in many ways, there is still an enormous amount of discriminati[...]

Soviet Storm: WW2 in the East

2011
4

Soviet Storm: WW2 in the East, a 2011 war documentary series which covers many of the battles fought by the Soviet Union against the German army during the Second World War.   This starts in June 1941 when the German army invaded the USSR under a campaign codenamed "Operation Barbaro[...]

Hunting Hitler Season 3

2018
8

Hunting Hitler Season 3 is the latest 2018 documentary series narrated by Dave Hoffman which examines many of the conspiracies surrounding the death of Adolf Hilter in 1945.   As the Allied armies closed in on the führer bunker in the heart of Berlin, Hilter and his propaganda m[...]

Apocalypse: The Second World War

2009
3

Apocalypse: The Second World War, is a French-made war documentary series hosted by Mathieu Kassovitz which takes us through 6 significant stages before and during WW2.   This film comprises completely of historic archive footage from French citizens, resistance fighters, soldiers and war[...]

Little Dieter Needs to Fly

1997
5

  Little Dieter Needs to Fly, a 1997 biographical war documentary by World-renowned filmmaker Werner Herzog which centres around German-American Naval piolet Dieter Dengler who talks about experiences during the Vietnam war.   During his tour, Dengler was shot down by an anti-airc[...]

Hitler in Colour

2005
3

Hitler in Colour, a 2005 documentary film narrated by Scottish actor Brian Denis Cox (X-men 2) which comprises almost all known colour footage of Adolf Hilter in the rise of the Nazi party and during World War 2.   The result is a documentary which provides a 12-year account of Germany un[...]

Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler - The Fuhrer

2011
2

  The second part of the 2011 war documentary Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler we take a look at when Hilter actually became "The Fuhrer".   As German economy fell apart in the early 1930's, the Nazi part surged in popularity across the country. In 1933 Hilter became c[...]

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