Adolf Hitler

A documentary about the life and work of Leni Riefenstahl, a German film director most notorious for making the most effective propaganda films for the Nazis. (imdb)

A legendary propaganda/documentary of the Third Reich's 1934 Nuremberg Party Rally. Featuring a cast of thousands as well as, of course, Hitler, Himmler, Goebbels, Hess, Goering and other top party officials. (imdb)

A "documentary" style film to praise the R.A.F. at the start of World War II. The 'Michael Powell' touch adds to the stock footage to bring us the people involved in a bomber attack on the Keil Canal and a Spitfire night fighter repulsion of the Nazi bombers. (imdb)

A Walt Disney wartime propaganda look into the mind of Hans, a boy born into a German family. Watch as his attitude about the value of human life degrades as he is exposed to Hitler Youth and other Nazi organizations and attitudes. (imdb)

Beatles' "significance" pushed to the breaking point in this bizarre documentary that juxtaposes their songs (sung by a number of rock stars) with World War II newsreel footage. Helen Reddy sings "Fool On The Hill" while Hitler relaxes at Bertchtesgaden, and Rod Stewart husks "Get Back" while Nazi troops goose step. (imdb)

Their names belong in a rogue's gallery of the most brutal, venal and soulless killers of any century. They were the lackeys of Adolf Hitler, his inner circle of co-conspirators who shaped the Nazi dictatorship, enforced its power and carried out the Holocaust. HITLER'S HENCHMEN tells the story of the six very different men who formed the inner circle of the Nazi regime Goebbels, Goring, Himmler, Hess, Speer and Donitz.

A look at the history of one-time Gestapo commander Klaus Barbie, infamously known as "The Butcher of Lyon." This documentary's main focus will be on Barbie's post-war activities, in which he became a counter-intelligence agent who worked for the same countries that pursued him during WWII. (imdb)

Short documentary about 50 years of history of Czechoslovakia, with archive images. (imdb)

This movie is only made of archive pictures: the official newsreels that were broadcasted on French movie screens during 1940 and 1944 (the Occupation). Those newsreels were controlled by the government of Vichy, which collaborated with the Nazis, so most of them are propaganda. Their purpose is to show what the disinformation was then, and perhaps more generally to evoke the problem of the power of the mass media. (imdb)

Sonata for Hitler could broadly be described as an experimental piece although Sokurov is very clear about distancing himself from avant-garde filmmakers. Perhaps because of his early experiences of censorship, Sokurov is famously reticent about the concrete meanings to his films and has often been quoted as saying (of cinema) 'too much importance is put on words'. 'Impressions' are what have remained important in Sokurov's work. (www.cinema16.org)

Mondo documentary on the horrors of German nazism.

Documentary about life inside Nazi Germany in 1938.

A Nazi propaganda piece using fancy editing and stock footage to instill fear and hatred of Jews.

Color footage of many aspects of WW2. (imdb)

A haunting documentary which illustrates the banality of evil by creating intimate portraits of five of this century's most reviled dictators. The film unveils the personal lives of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Francisco Franco and Mao Tse Tung. We learn the private and mundane details of their everyday lives -- their favorite foods, films, habits and sexual preferences. (jayrosenblattfilms.com)

Philippe Mora was the person who as a 19 year old film student discovered the now well known personal films of Eva Braun (that would make a fine film in itself). This fascinating color film footage is incorporated into this un narrated documentary along with a wide assortment of original Nazi newsreels and propaganda films to present life in Nazi Germany from 1933-45 as seen through the propaganda filmmakers (and Eva's) camera lens. (imdb)

The film recounts the Fifth Party Rally of the Nazi Party, which occurred in Nuremberg from August 30 to September 3 in 1933. (Wikipedia)

1950's television documentary special that includes interviews with Hitler's sister Paula Wolf and a fellow prisoner who was incarcerated with Hitler, actual footage shot by the Nazi's and Eva Braun's rare home movies. (imdb)

Filming of the performance show the Deutsche Wehrmacht (German Army) made during the Reichsparteitag of the NSDAP in Nurnberg 1935. Showing the readiness and the will of the newly build army. (imdb)

The only film known to be made by the Nazis inside an operating concentration camp. Filmed in Theresienstadt, the "model" ghetto established by the Nazis in 1941 in Terezin, Czechoslovakia, Joseph Goebbels intended to use the film to prove to the International Red Cross and the world that Jews were being well-treated in the camps, however, is an elaborately hoax presenting a false picture of camp life. Upon completion, the director and most of the cast of prisoners were shipped to Auschwitz. (imdb)

The life of the greatest dictator ever passed by earth.

A German documentary by Rosa von Praunheim that looks at gay men with hard-core right wing views, Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis gives the impression of being documentary dynamite. 'Some may be shocked that I do not take a stand in my film and do not portray gay neo-Nazis as monsters, but as people living their lives in dramatic contradiction'. (sneersnipe.co.uk)

During the colorful ceremonies of the Nuremberg rallies, Hitler Youth parade before their Fuehrer and are addressed by Nazi youth leader Baldur von Schirach, Rudolf Hess, and Hitler himself. (imdb)

Chronicles Hitler's life as a failed painter and far-right activist up to his election as Chancellor of Germany, leading to his relentless rise to power, culminating in the beginning of World War II. (imdb)

The center piece of the this propaganda film is Mussolini's visit to the the German Olympic Stadium in 1937, where he was greeted that 1 million people jammed into the stadium to hear him speak. Also features speeches in nearby Mayfield, various meetings that Mussolini had with prominent members of the Nazi party in Munich, Mussolini's watching German Army field exercises, and, with Hermann Göring, reviewing military parades. (imdb)

Said to pick up where Triumph of the Will left off, this film showcases highlights of the Nazi Party rallies in Nüremberg in 1936 and 1937. The main focus of the film begins with extended footage of the Gothic splendor of Nüremberg from the air, Hitler's arrival at the airbase, his motorcade into the city, and the ensuing ceremonies. Other, much more propagandistic elements, are edited in; they include: Nazi party marches and rallies, parachute drops, Wehrmacht exercises in the Zeppelin fields. (imdb)

Nazi propaganda film contrasting Germany in the days of the Weimar Republic with contemporary Germany under Adolf Hitler. (imdb)

Nazi propaganda film contrasting Germany in the days before Adolf Hitler became Chancellor with the Germany of "today" and how much better it is. (imdb)

A funny anti-Nazi propaganda piece using footage from Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph Des Willens. Cleverly edited montage footage taken from German propaganda films, including Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph Des Willens, which shows Hitler and his marching Soldiers of the Reich, synchronised to the tune of 'The Lambeth Walk'. A great and iconic cultural masterpiece of the 20th century.

On September 3rd 1939, 25-year-old English aristocrat Unity Mitford, relative of Winston Churchilll, walked into a Munich park and shot herself in the head. Distraught at the prospect of England declaring war on her beloved Fuhrer, Britain's most notorious Nazi sympathiser seemed determined to make the ultimate act of fanatical devotion. Later returning to England, rumours began to spread she had Hitler's child.

Traces the history of the American Nazi Party and the many Neo-Nazi parties active today. Members speak of why they embrace a cause universally reviled, while law enforcement officers reveal how they fight the spread of the Nazi influence in America

The Colour Films follow the Führer's rise to political power, which was as unforeseeable as it was catastrophic

Never has a generation been so completely taken over by a totalitarian state as was the case in Hitler's Third Reich: at the age of 10 children joined the Jungvolk movement, at 14 they joined the Hitler Youth, and at 18 they joined the party, the Wehrmacht, the SA, or the SS. This documentary by Guido Knopp and the ZDF Contemporary History Department is the first comprehensive film portrayal of the young people in the Third Reich.

Lutz Becker lets newsreels, home movies and other archive footage tell the tale of Hitler's rise to power after WWI. (imdb)

Some of the most famous people of modern times (including Charles Darwin, Thomas Edison, and Adolf Hitler) have been influenced by the controversial New Age movement that has re-awakened mankind's communication with the spirit realm. Full of highly detailed research, this film challenges even the most skeptical viewer to consider the consequence of this global awakening. (imdb)

Since the mid-20th century, the world has only ever heard one side of an incredible story. The story of a boy from an ordinary family whose ambition it was to become an artist, but who instead became a drifter... (imdb)

The blitzkrieg tactic of the Second World War, in which the combined use of mobile units and air power made it possible for Germany to break through Poland's defences in 1939

Documentary exploring the history of the German air force

New light on Hitler's poor health, hypochondria and extraordinary drug dependency, drawing on his personal physician's previously secret medical diaries and journals

Documentary examining the devastation caused by the German Luftwaffe in the north of England and Scotland during the Second World War.

Documentary examining the rise to power of Fascist governments in Germany and Italy and the events that led to the Second World War

Following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, America was rife with rumors about the size of Japan's armed forces and how well-equipped they were to wage war against the US. The first part of this film dispels these rumors by showing that the US had more raw materials and more fighting ships. The narrator also cautions moviegoers against spreading rumors and believing everything they read in the newspapers. Just because "they say" something, that doesn't make it true. (imdb)

Illuminating some unusual and innovative weaponry throughout history, the World's Weirdest Weapons.

A colloquially worded document written and read out by the protagonist, which initially takes form of curriculum vitae, but as it progresses begins to sound more like a letter of complaint. The protagonist 's account spans from the pre-war to the post-war period. The unique method of editing archive material is particularly worthy of note. As each take is replayed a number of times the footage looses its credibility. (filmaffinity.com)

Nazi Collaborators explores the fascinating and often shocking tales of how individuals from all walks of life: the privileged; the political elite; ordinary working men; turned against their nations and races to fight alongside the Nazis during World War 2.

Series looking at the events that led up to World War II.

A unique insight into the men that guarded Hitler, one of the toughest jobs of WWII

Documentary examining life in Britain after the downfall of France in the Second World War, when the country faced the possibility of invasion

Documentary exploring the bombardment of Berlin during the Second World War

A recounting of life in Germany up until the Nazi takeover in 1933. (imdb)

This Nazi propaganda documentary traces the rise to power of the Nazi party in Germany. (imdb)

The first blitzkrieg, Hitler's invasion of Poland, is traced in this original Nazi propaganda film from 1940. (imdb)

Mixture of re-enactments and documentary footage relates the story of the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and his Nazis in Germany and the danger they pose to Europe and the rest of the world. (imdb)

Meades celebrates the culture of Northern Europe, and wonders why the North suffers in the English popular imagination compared to the South. Meades travelled through the slag heaps of northern France, Belgian cities and to the redlight district of Hamburg, musing on the architecture, food and art of the places in which he finds himself. (en.wikipedia.org)

It took 353 days to bring down the Nazi regime. National Geographic explores the eleven months that preceded Hitler's defeat and unveils entire chapters of the war that are largely unknown.

This short, produced at the end of WWII, warns that although Adolf Hitler is dead, his ideas live on in the German people. The world must stay ever vigilant, so that Germany cannot make war against the world again. The film uses dramatized footage interspersed with historical footage and newsreels. (imdb)

Warner Bros. uses the movies to prepare the US for war and keep up morale on the home front during World War II. (imdb)

Cameramen from Britain's Army Film Unit capture footage of concentration camps in German in 1945. (imdb)

Apocalypse: Stalin draws a vivid portrait of a cruel and fascinating personality through previously-unreleased colorized archive footage. (ahctv.com/apocalypse-stalin/)

It is Dovzhenko's second World War II documentary, and dealt with the Battle of Kharkov. The film incorporates German footage of the invasion of Ukraine, which was later captured by the Soviets.

This film illustrates the difference between World War II and the war of 1914, emphasizing the importance of mechanization, and contrasting the mobile tactics with the immobility of trench warfare. The scientific approach, both to problems of military strategy and to new weapons, is all-important. The film shows some of the work done by Canadian scientists to make these weapons as effective as possible.

Hitler's greatest military victory - the conquest of Holland, Belgium and France in the spring of 1940 - is graphically documented in this special Nazi feature. (imdb)

On the warpath with Hitler's bodyguard regiment in the fierce battles of Rotterdam and Dunkirk, and the invasions of France, Yugoslavia, and Greece. (imdb)

The making of 'The World At War.' Each film in the 26 episode series had to be an essay on an aspect of the war, because the length and separate aspects of the war was far too much to cover in detail. Jeremy Isaacs talks about the production process and the aims of the project. (imdb)

One of the last of the films made under the direction of the War Activities Committee. It is a 10 minute documentary produced under the supervision of Ray Kellogg (I)who, at the time, was a Commander in the the Office of Strategic Services(the O.S.S.)which was the forerunner of the C.I.A. It is a compilation of newsreels and captured German films and reported on the pending trial of German's arch-war criminals in Nuremberg, Germany (imdb)

German historian Lothar Machtan proposed in his book that Hitler may have been gay and his desire to keep it a secret motivated many of his actions. This film details Machtan's explorations and provides other historians a chance to refute Machtan's conclusions. (imdb)

Over 40 Byelorussian and 1st Ukrainian Army cameramen contributed footage of this remarkable documentary of the fall of Berlin, including captured German footage.

Propaganda short about the Second World War.

Official War Film produced by the U.S. Army Signal Corps shows the importance of U.S. and allied factories in turning out military arms and vehicles to help in the war effort.

Your Job In Germany is a short film made for the United States War Department in 1945 just before Victory in Europe Day (VE). It was shown to US soldiers about to go on occupation duty in Germany. The film was made by the military film unit commanded by Frank Capra and was written by Theodor Geisel, better known by his pen name Dr. Seuss.

William L. Shirer, the author of The Rise and Fall of the 3rd Reich, talks about the youth who were under Hitler. He speaks on the influence, hate, death, war and conquest has on the youth. How these concepts are built into them the moment they are born.

Produced and presented as evidence at the Nuremberg war crimes trial of Hermann Göring and twenty other Nazi leaders.

A look at the trials of Nazi leaders.

Documentary about the leader of the fascist party in The Netherlands, from 1931 till 1945. This architect called Anton Mussert was shot in 1946 after having been convicted for high treason and aiding the enemy.

A short economic history of the world from Neolithic man through the present day which espouses free trade and global economics.

A boy scout tries to make the world a better place and as a result he transcends into other persons, not famous and very famous. Will it make a change?

Hitler's first speech as the elected Chancellor of Germany. Subject is a call for German's to hand the Nazi party total power in Germany.

This United States government documentary short film recapitulates the efforts made by the United States Army Air Forces in coming to terms with the necessities and exigencies of war in the lead-up to and during the Second World War. Archival footage, charts, and animated illustrations depict the unprepared state of America's air power in face of the threat from Germany, Italy, and Japan, and the massive efforts made to catch up to the enemy in terms of manpower, training, and materiel.

The freedom of speech and protest against any oppressive regime or conflicting politics is the main topic of this short film, released on the critical years of military regime in Brazil. However, the director doesn't limit to his own country and he also presents images of social/political protests around the world.

A civil and artistic statement about those who determined the fate of the planet: Stalin, Churchill, Mussolini, Hitler, according to a Russian newspaper.

This short WWII propaganda documentary drives home the point that steel and committed steel workers can make the difference between winning and losing in modern warfare. A short sequence demonstrating the depravity of the Nazis is followed by a detailed explanation of the manufacture of Bren guns, ambulances, transport trucks and submarine chasers in Canada during World War II.

Follows Hans Jürgen Höss, the son of Rudolf Höss, the Camp Commandant of Auschwitz when he confronts his father's involvement in the murder of over a million Jews during the Holocaust. (imdb)