Documentaries about Fascism, Nazism & the Far-Right
"The historic function of fascism is to smash the working class, destroy its organizations, and stifle political liberties when the capitalists find themselves unable to govern and dominate with the help of democratic machinery." - Leon Trotsky
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- DirectorHans BurgerBilly WilderStarsAnton ReimerOriginally made with a German soundtrack for screening in occupied Germany and Austria, this film was the first documentary to show what the Allies found when they liberated the Nazi extermination camps: the survivors, the conditions, and the evidence of mass murder. The film includes accounts of the economic aspects of the camps' operation, the interrogation of captured camp personnel, and the enforced visits of the inhabitants of neighboring towns, who, along with the rest of their compatriots, are blamed for complicity in the Nazi crimes - one of the few such condemnations in the Allied war records.
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsDwight D. EisenhowerOmar N. BradleyGeorge S. PattonProduced and presented as evidence at the Nuremberg war crimes trial of Hermann Göring and twenty other Nazi leaders.
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsJoseph GoebbelsHermann GöringRudolf HessProduced and presented as evidence at the Nuremberg war crimes trial of Hermann Göring and twenty other Nazi leaders.
- DirectorAlain ResnaisStarsMichel BouquetReinhard HeydrichHeinrich HimmlerThe history of Nazi Germany's death camps of the Final Solution and the hellish world of dehumanization and death contained inside.
- DirectorMino LoyAdriano BaraccoA documentary that follows the life of Benito Mussolini, the Italian fascist dictator, from his early years to his death by using historical footage.
- DirectorLino Del FraCecilia ManginiLino MiccichèStarsGiancarlo SbragiaEmilio CigoliNando GazzoloDocumentary compiled from archives and accompanied by a poet's commentary, shows the sweep of modern Italian history from 191 to 1961, centering on the conditions leading to Fascism and the post WW II reaction to the Fascist experience.
- StarsCharles Kuralt
- DirectorJack KaufmanStarsRichard BasehartErnst HanfstaenglAdolf Hitler"The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" exposes the darkest chapter in history, from Adolf Hitler's rise to power as a Nazi demagogue to his ultimate fatal mistakes. Researchers spent decades uncovering shocking footage of war, carnage and genocide and examined government documents and interviews with Hitler's closest associates to discover how one man led his nation and the world into hell.
- StarsLaurence OlivierAverell HarrimanAnthony EdenA groundbreaking 26-part documentary series narrated by the actor Laurence Olivier about the deadliest conflict in history, World War II.
- DirectorDavid BergmanJacques EhrlichHaim GouriHistorical documentary made up of footage and stills shot by the Nazis. A compilation of testimony from witnesses who appeared at the Eichmann trial provides a telling narrative.
- DirectorPeter BattyStarsSiegfried WestphalWalter WarlimontKenneth StrongThis is the remarkable story of Reinhard Gehlen, former Head of the German Secret Service, who helped to found the CIA, the American Central Intelligence Agency.
- DirectorJoachim FestChristian HerrendoerferStarsGert WestphalStephen MurrayArtur AxmannThis meticulously assembled film dissects the Third Reich with an analytical blade, charting Hitler's improbable rise, his mastery of crowd psychology and his consummate skill in exploiting others' weaknesses.
- DirectorDieter HildebrandtStarsAlexander ScourbyHolger HagenHelga Mayer-MaynardWith a great archive footage coming from 16 countries, this Oscar nominated documentary briefly presents some of the most important facts about the Nazist persecution against Jews in Europe, starting with Hitler's rise to the power.
- DirectorClaude LanzmannStarsSimon SrebnikMichael PodchlebnikMotke ZaïdlClaude Lanzmann's epic documentary recounts the story of the Holocaust through interviews with witnesses - perpetrators as well as survivors.
- DirectorMarcel OphülsStarsKlaus BarbieClaude LanzmannMarcel OphülsA documentary about Klaus Barbie, the Gestapo chief of Lyon, and his life after the war.
- DirectorIrv DrasninStarsIrv DrasninThe story of Father Charles Coughlin who, during the Depression, used the radio to protest against what he saw as society's ills.
- DirectorAlan AdelsonKate TavernaStarsJerzy KosinskiTheodore BikelJulie CohenThe Polish city of Lodz was under Nazi occupation for nearly the entire duration of WWII. The segregation of the Jewish population into the ghetto, and the subsequent horrors of the occupation are vividly chronicled through newsreels and photographs. The narration is taken almost entirely from journals and diaries of those who lived--and died--through the course of the occupation, with the number of different narrators diminishing over the course of the film, symbolic of the death of each narrator.
- DirectorPeter CohenStarsRolf ArseniusBruno GanzSam GrayAn absorbing and chilling documentary about the National Socialist aesthetic, and how attempts to create the Aryan Ideal caused the extermination of millions. Aspects covered include: Hitler's epiphany while viewing Wagner's opera 'Rienzi', the rise of the homo-erotic Grecian/Nordic ideal, the parallels drawn between the 'degenerate' art of the cubists and dadaists and the mentally ill/physically deformed, the Nazi obsession with purity and cleanliness, and, finally, the descent of the Jewish people to the level of a virus/vermin.
- DirectorMichael CampbellStarsPatrick AllenReinhard HeydrichAdolf HitlerThe Geheime Staatspolizei, abbreviated Gestapo, was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe. The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933.
- DirectorMartin SmithStarsDavid BurkeMike FieldMagdalene Kusserow ReuterA documentary about Jehovah's Witnesses in Nazi Germany and the persecutions they faced in the concentration camps because they would not renounce their faith and pledge allegiance to Hitler.
- DirectorWilly LindwerStarsGabriel BachYehuda BauerAdolf EichmannThis documentary examines the events leading up to the 1942 Wannsee conference which organized the "final solution" to destroy European Jews.
- 1987–7.5 (71)TV EpisodeDirectorMarty OstrowStarsHal LindenAs the campaign to force Jews out of Germany ramps up, the American government blocks efforts to help rescue many of these displaced persons, and Americans' antisemitism only seems to get worse.
- DirectorMichaël PrazanStarsDavid BrinkleyEdward AsnerBrian BedfordActual trial footage, emotional recollections of trial witnesses and other key participants provide insight and contrasting perspectives of the Eichmann legacy.
- StarsSamuel WestAdolf BuchnerJutta RüdigerAn examination of how a cultured people could have allowed Adolf Hitler's rise to power.
- DirectorAndrew Corwin
- Features the terrible story behind WWII "Unit 731", a japanese military base located in the puppet state of Manchuria, China.
- DirectorBill BrummelStarsD. Paul ThomasDavid M. ChalmersWilliam M. BanksThe history of the Ku Klux Klan in America.
- DirectorPeter CohenStarsJan HolmquistVladimir LeninTrofim LysenkoHomo Sapiens 1900 is a stunning exploration of the history of eugenics, race hygiene and the quest to improve the human race. Emerging at the turn of the century, eugenic movements spawned government sanctioned research projects
- DirectorMichael KloftStarsUrsula Beutel-PatschkeEugen HadamovskyAdolf HeuserA history of Nazi television programming and technology, from 1935 to 1944.
- DirectorRobert GarofaloStarsPhilip BakerAdolf HitlerFrom its beginnings for Aryan youth, blindly adopting the directorship of Hitler, it grew throughout Nazi Europe until its sudden collapse with Hitler's death.
- DirectorRob EpsteinJeffrey FriedmanStarsRupert EverettKlaus MüllerKarl GorathHistorian Klaus Müller interviews survivors of the Nazi persecution of homosexuals because of the German Penal Code of 1871, Paragraph 175.
- CreatorGuido KnoppStarsAli BallantyneChristian BrücknerPeter HeuschThe documentary explores the influence of the Hitler Youth on German boys during the Nazi era.
- StarsD. Paul ThomasAdolf HitlerSusan CanedyA history of the Nazi movement in the United States.
- 1998–201150mUnratedTV EpisodeDirectorDamian WeyandStarsDavid AckroydPeter AmannMichael BirdwellThe Black Legion was a secret organization of the 1930s, responsible for hate crimes that terrorized the Midwest. Its demise was dramatized in the 1937 motion picture "The Black Legion" starring Humphrey Bogart.
- DirectorMark Jonathan HarrisStarsJudi DenchLory CahnKurt FuchelThe secret smuggling of 9,300 Jewish children out of Nazi Germany in the late 1930s.
- DirectorRob BlumensteinStarsArthur KentDavid AckroydHelga Kahrau
- StarsTom KaneJames CritchfieldReinhard GehlenReveals how over 4,000 former Nazis went to work for the U.S. government without the public's knowledge.
- StarsLinda HuntSamuel WestGert HeidenreichThe history of the Final Solution phase of the Nazi Holocaust, particularly with the most infamous of the death camps.
- DirectorLutz HachmeisterStarsUdo SamelKenneth BranaghHeinrich BrüningThrough archival footage and dramatic readings of his personal writings, the life of Nazi Germany's Propaganda Minister, Josef Goebbels, is examined.
- DirectorJoshua M. GreeneShiva KumarDocumentary about the legal system in Nazi Germany featuring archival footage from the Nazi era, rare photographs, and interviews with various leading voices in international law including writer Joshua Greene, a Canadian lawyer himself. Hitler's Courts provides a vivid, accessible account of the role of law and lawyers during the Nazi era, and continues to be relevant today in American society as we wrestle with the difficult balance between civil liberties and national security. Democracy is fragile, and the experience of Germany in the 1930s and 1940s demonstrates how even a constitutionally governed nation could succumb to the rhetoric of despots. Without vigilance on the part of our lawyers and judges, the men and women who are charged with the task of safeguarding the rule of law, any nation is vulnerable to the effects of fear and propaganda. Greene suggests that his should be the most enduring lesson of the documentary.
- In 1979, in Greensboro, North Carolina, while TV news cameras captured members of the Communist Worker's Party preparing for a "Death to the Klan" rally.
- DirectorFi Cotter CraigStarsAdolf HitlerKaiser Wilhelm IIKing George VHitler's Favourite Royal is the extraordinary but little known royal story of the British prince who became a convicted Nazi. Prince Charles Edward was Queen Victoria's youngest grandchild. Brought up at Claremont House and educated at Eton until he was 14, Charles Edward was forced by Queen Victoria to take up the Dukedom of Coburg in Germany after a series of unexpected deaths of uncles and cousins. Transformed overnight from a British Prince to a German Duke, the course of his life was altered in ways he could never have imagined as he found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Narrated by Oscar-winner Tilda Swinton Hitler's Favourite Royal features interviews with one of the Duke's grand-daughters who had never spoken publicly about him before. It is a very compelling story which achieved the highest audience of the day when it was broadcast in 2007 on Channel 4 as part of the High Society season.
- DirectorMichael VerhoevenStarsGötz AlySenta BergerAugust ZirnerThe so-called "Aryanization" in fascist Germany is without a doubt the biggest raids of the 20th century. Nonetheless, the issue is consistently hushed up. Because it was not the Gestapo, who broke into Jewish households to seize the possessions, but German financial officials. Larger valuables went to the authorities, the remainder was distributed in "auctions of non-Aryan possession" to the neighbors. Michael Verhoeven embarks his harrowing documentary in search of clues to the origins of the expropriation of the Jews in Germany. In the bonus material the director takes in an extensive interview about position and other aspects such as the expropriation of art to be deepened in the additional scenes.
- DirectorJonathan B. TaylorStarsErik ThompsonArlo HemphillJason BiceNational Geographic looks in some detail at 6 of the many close brushes with death Adolph Hitler had at the hands of assassins. The potential for the plots to succeed are examined as is the unpleasant fate of the would be assassins.
- StarsChristian IngraoChristopher BrowningPaul BandeyTestimony from witnesses, survivors and Nazis themselves reveals the truth about the mass executions carried out by the Third Reich's Einsatzgruppen.
- DirectorClive MaltbyStarsJack DavenportTom CarterHannah YoungAccording to research, mainly from FBI files, British king Edward's abdication was not exactly the price for marriage to twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson, an outrage, especially for the royal head of the Anglican church. It was a convenient excuse for the British government to remove a royal prince who, from before his ascension to the throne end even during the Second World War, let his Nazi sympathies prevail on patriotism, making him a spy for Berlin, mainly trough Von Ribbentrop. Hitler hoped to restore Edward as a satellite pawn after militarily conquering Britain.
- StarsAlisdair SimpsonGreg StebnerRolf von SydowAs shown on TV, 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. Many did it for financial gain, others for the promise of elevated status. Some believed that siding with imperialist Germans offered the best chance of survival for their people, whilst others later claim they would be killed if they refused. From the Jewish leader who offered up his people as free labour, to the ex French Prime Minister who actively aided the Nazi hunt for the Resistance. And from the IRA-German plot to usurp control of Northern Ireland to the brutal killing squads of Lithuania, this ground-breaking series explores the complex motivations behind the controversial paths these collaborators chose. Uncovering incredible personal stories, this Special Edition Box Set features all 13 episodes across 4 DVD discs.
- StarsTony CallDan BittnerGeoffrey CantorTHIRD REICH: THE RISE & FALL tells the story of Hitler's Germany through rarely seen films of the people who were there. Immersive and evocative, it takes viewers inside the Germany of the 20s, 30s, and early 40s, through the use of rare and never-before-seen home movies, Nazi propaganda films and other contemporaneous material. The narrative consists of personal recollections culled from German's diaries, journals and letters. The end result is an intimate, richly nuanced and authentic portrait of the Third Reich and its people.
- DirectorMatías GueilburtStarsLuciano BorgesJuan Alberto CedilloManuel Diaz CidIn 1985 the documents on Nazism in Mexico during World War II were published. But what would be Hitler's interest in a country goes far from the war?
- DirectorAndreas Pichler
- DirectorFrank GutermuthWolfgang SchoenStarsGiulio AndreottiGerhart BaumUlrich ChaussyIn Italy and Germany, numerous people die in bomb attacks in the 1960s to 1980s. Clues prove certain connections, the traces lead to a secret structure called "Gladio".
- Episode: (2011)2010– 1h 16m7.9 (14)TV EpisodeDirectorIdit BlochJuliette JourdanThis is the first documentary film that tells the forgotten story of the annihilation of the Gypsies by the Nazis and their allies from one end to the other of Europe. With interviews of the survivors and archival footage never seen before the film points out the architects of this terrifying genocide and goes through all the territories where the extermination took place.
- StarsNick BenjaminAnne DrescherHerbert HechtOrganization 'Werewolf': Hitler's last contingent.
- DirectorDirk PohlmannStarsTill HagenKlaus BarbieAllen DallasThey were criminals, some of them even torturers and mass murderers: High-ranking National Socialists and fascists were allegedly since 1945 on the run from the justice of the Allies. But the victors were less concerned with morality and justice. The CIA recruited numerous former Nazi leaders and Italian fascists as agents for their worldwide operations against communism. They infiltrated the highest government offices in Germany, organized torture, death squads and intelligence services in pro-American military dictatorships in South America and were involved in coup attempts in Italy.
- 2000–2023TV EpisodeDirectorStefan Brauburger
- DirectorDirk PohlmannStarsNick BenjaminWinston ChurchillStefano Delle ChiaieZDF-History reconstructs the paths of a global network, the secret power of which also extended to government circles in the Federal Republic.
- DirectorPaul NelsonStarsMark BazeleyRobert Andrew BrownAidan CreeganThe British Royal Family may have changed its name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor but some believe they didn't lose their allegiance to Germany. Was Edward VIII a Nazi sympathizer? Did his brother try to negotiate peace with Germany?
- DirectorKate DooleyStarsMark BazeleyNorman PolmarTim NaftaliReinhard Gehlen was the head of Nazi Germany's intelligence operation against the Soviets. That made him invaluable to the West during the Cold War, but did he simply tell his new allies what they wanted to hear, fueling the arms race?
- DirectorCatherine BernsteinStarsGötz AlyThomas BeddiesPhilipp BouhlerOperation T4 was a Nazi program to exterminate people who did not fit the Nazi perception of ideal under the pseudoscience of eugenics. A general overview of the program is described with a brief explanation of the financial fraud perpetrated against the victims' families. Included is a roll call of the medically trained men who willingly lead the mass murders of over 70,000 people with the locations of the killings. Archival Nazi propaganda films that attempt to justify the program are included. Photos of several of the children euthanized are shown in the conclusion.
- DirectorStefan AustDirk LaabsStarsStefan AustTino BrandtUwe BöhnhardtAn underground neo-nazi organisation evades law enforcement whilst performing horrific acts of crime and violence. But for how long?
- StarsWolfgang BenzAstrid LeyFrank McDonoughMay 1945: With the end of World War II and the surrender of the Third Reich, the world discovered the full horror of Adolph Hitler's genocidal system. Hitler's Nazi death camps were meticulously designed to kill on a scale never before seen in the history of humanity. With the elimination of millions of Jewish and other non-Arian citizens, Hitler would become one of the great villains of history.
- DirectorRüdiger SuchslandStarsRüdiger SuchslandRike SchmidHans Henrik WöhlerRüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came into power, until 1945 when the Third Reich collapsed.
- StarsCallan McAuliffePower, terror, performance. These notions define our perception of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party at the height of the Third Reich. But behind this was an ordinary man. This is the story of one of the most comprehensive, wide-reaching and successful marketing campaigns in modern history: the rise of Adolf Hitler. The construction of the Fuhrer, messianic figure. Fuelled by a mastery of propaganda techniques that preyed on the discontent of the German people, packing and selling Nazi ideology to the masses. Propaganda that created and propped up a regime built on hatred and mistrust. A regime that casts a long shadow over the second half of the 20th century. From speeches in beer halls, to marches in the streets and smashed shop windows, leading inevitably to war and the devastation of millions of lives. All created and interpreted through the warped lens of Hitler's propaganda machine.
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- DirectorAdam Bhala LoughStarsDaryle Lamont JenkinsRichard SpencerMark PotokIn the first year of Donald Trump's presidency, Daryle Lamont Jenkins, an Antifa activist, combats the rise of the alt-right movement, while Richard Spencer, an alt-right leader, fights to gain ground, culminating in a tragic showdown in Charlottesville.
- DirectorJason SklaverStarsAnnie JacobsenThe story of the German blitzkrieg and how methamphetamine and other drugs fueled it
- DirectorKim HarringtonStarsChris HarveyOperation Paperclip recruited Nazi scientists into NASA's space program, enabling America's space exploration success despite their controversial backgrounds, as revealed in this documentary exploring this little-known historical event.
- DirectorPedro De EchavePablo AzorinStarsOtto SkorzenyLuis María PardoJosé María Blanco CorredoiraAustrian Waffen-SS Lieutenant-colonel Otto Skorzeny was Hitler's favorite commando. His participation in daring military actions such as the rescue of Benito Mussolini in the Apennines or covert "Operation Greif" at the Battle of the Bulge, among others, made him famous. In May 1945 he was taken prisoner by the US Army. After 3 years in a POW camp, Skorzeny escaped to a safe haven in Franco's Spain. What was he up to during the long 25 years he spent in Spain? This documentary has gained access to its very own files "The Skorzeny papers" that picture a determined character who took to the dealings of the Cold War like duck to water: active Nazi ratline mastermind, gun runner, advisor to Egyptian President Nasser, freelance covert operations agent for CIA and Mossad and other western intelligence services. The after WWII, "Cold War", account of the life and deeds of one of the most charismatic and enigmatic characters of the 20th century.
- StarsLucien Jean-BaptisteBirgitta AssheuerDavid GasmanA look back at years of largely unpunished violence committed from 1865 to the present day by the Ku Klux Klan, the "oldest terrorist group in the United States".
- DirectorDanielle WinterStarsLee JagowLisa PineGuy WaltersThe Weimar Republic came to bear for many the humiliation of World War I and the blame for all its accompanying hardships. Despite a few years of stability, the Weimar Republic faced issues such as hyperinflation and the Great Depression, which drove many Germans into the arms of radical and extremist political parties. From this political uncertainty rose a demigod, an unexpected leader who promised to revive Germany to the powerful country it once was. Adolf Hitler converted democracy into a dictatorship, causing the fall of the Weimar Republic.
- DirectorMark CousinsStarsAlba RohrwacherDonald TrumpMark CousinsDepicts the ascent of fascism in Italy, and its fallout across 1930s Europe.