Vorbehaltsfilme
by rick_baretton | created - 21 Jul 2022 | updated - 21 Jul 2022 | PublicAls Vorbehaltsfilme bezeichnet die Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung Propagandafilme aus der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus aus ihrem Filmbestand, deren Inhalt kriegsverherrlichend, rassistisch oder volksverhetzend ist und die deshalb auf Beschluss des Stiftungs-Kuratoriums nicht für den Vertrieb freigegeben werden.
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1. Alarm in Peking (1937)
89 min | Crime, Drama
A man is caught in the 1900 Boxer Rebellion in China.
Director: Herbert Selpin | Stars: Gustav Fröhlich, Leny Marenbach, Peter Voß, Herbert Hübner
Votes: 16
2. Anschlag auf Baku (1942)
91 min
Competition between the British and the Germans to help the Russians with oil fields around Baku, after the Great War.
Director: Fritz Kirchhoff | Stars: Boris Alekin, Günther Ballier, Paul Bildt, Otto Braml
Votes: 15
3. Besatzung Dora (1943)
91 min | Drama, History, War
Luftwaffe pilots Joachim and Franz both love Marianne - their jealousy threatens to compromise the vital teamwork aboard their recon plane. Sergeant Otto, a farm boy, loses his love Mathilde when she discovers she hates agricultural work.
Director: Karl Ritter | Stars: Hannes Stelzer, Hubert Kiurina, Josef Dahmen, Georg Thomalla
Votes: 61
4. Blutsbrüderschaft (1941)
104 min | Drama
During the last days of WWI Lieutenant Colonel Klaus Olden desperately tries to hold a lost post with his unit. Help appears in the form of pilot Jochen Wendler. The two men form a blood brotherhood.
Director: Philipp Lothar Mayring | Stars: Hans Söhnker, Ernst von Klipstein, Anneliese Uhlig, Rudolf Platte
Votes: 17
5. Carl Peters (1941)
110 min | Biography, Drama, History
Film about the exploits of famed German explorer Dr. Carl Peters.
Director: Herbert Selpin | Stars: Hans Albers, Karl Dannemann, Fritz Odemar, Herbert Hübner
Votes: 62
6. D III 88 (1939)
103 min | Action, Drama, War
Flashbacks portray the heroics of two German fighter pilots in WWI and then the two are shown heading out to attack the British navy at the start of WWII.
Directors: Herbert Maisch, Hans Bertram | Stars: Christian Kayßler, Otto Wernicke, Heinz Welzel, Hermann Braun
Votes: 54
7. Three Non-Coms (1939)
90 min | Drama
One of three military warrant officer comrades falls for a young actress but his friends rescue him from neglecting his larger duty, to serve his country on the verge of war.
Director: Werner Hochbaum | Stars: Albert Hehn, Fritz Genschow, Wilhelm König, Wilhelm Althaus
Votes: 22
8. Falschmünzer (1940)
86 min
A quartet of cosmopolitan forgers working out of Switzerland is thwarted by the Nazi SD before Germany's financial system would be weakened.
Director: Hermann Pfeiffer | Stars: Kirsten Heiberg, Rudolf Fernau, Karin Himboldt, Hermann Brix
Votes: 13
9. Enemies (1940)
91 min | Drama, Romance, War
Nazi propaganda film about a German laborer named Keith who works in a sawmill in Poland near the German border in 1939. When local anti-German sentiment leads to lynchings, lovely Anna hides Keith in her tavern.
Director: Viktor Tourjansky | Stars: Brigitte Horney, Willy Birgel, Reinhold Lütjohann, Karl-Heinz Peters
Votes: 18
10. Flucht ins Dunkel (1939)
86 min
A drama of intrigue and sabotage set during WWI, this Nazi supported production was banned in post WWII Germany.
Director: Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Stars: Hertha Feiler, Joachim Gottschalk, Ernst von Klipstein, Paul Hoffmann
11. Fronttheater (1942)
95 min | Drama, War
The very successful actress Lena Andres marries Dr. Paul Meinhardt. For his sake she gives up her acting career.
Director: Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Stars: Heli Finkenzeller, René Deltgen, Lothar Firmans, Wilhelm Strienz
Votes: 27
12. Der 5. Juni - Einer unter Millionen (1942)
99 min
After the death of his father, war volunteer Eickhoff is treated harshly by his superior officer, Schulz. Schulz believes this to be the legacy of his fallen friend Eickhoff because he wanted to make his son an officer.
Director: Fritz Kirchhoff | Stars: Carl Raddatz, Joachim Brennecke, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Gisela Uhlen
Votes: 9
13. G.P.U. (1942)
99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Olga, a Russian refuge from Bolshevik terror has joined the Soviet secret police, the G.P.U. to find the man who killed her parents. Meanwhile a young Baltic couple are caught up in the ... See full summary »
Director: Karl Ritter | Stars: Laura Solari, Will Quadflieg, Marina von Ditmar, Andrews Engelmann
Votes: 74
14. Der Herrscher (1937)
103 min | Drama
Mathias Clausen is a self-made businessman who is forced to do a great deal of soul-searching when his wife unexpectedly dies.
Director: Veit Harlan | Stars: Emil Jannings, Paul Wagner, Hannes Stelzer, Hilde Körber
Votes: 86
15. Himmelhunde (1942)
70 min | Drama, History, War
In this Nazi propaganda film, young Germans at a Hitler Youth camp engage in a program to learn how to build and fly gliders.
Director: Roger von Norman | Stars: Malte Jaeger, Waldemar Leitgeb, Albert Florath, Lutz Götz
Votes: 19
16. Himmelstürmer. Geburt und Geschichte des Fliegens. (1941)
100 min | Documentary
Director: Walter Jerven | Star: Alfred Braun
17. Our Flags Lead Us Forward (1933)
87 min | Drama
In the depths of the Great Depression and in the waning days of the crumbling Weimar Republic, a poor Berlin youth is torn between loyalty to his unemployed Communist father and his ever-growing fascination of the Hitler Youth movement.
Director: Hans Steinhoff | Stars: Heinrich George, Berta Drews, Jürgen Ohlsen, Hermann Speelmans
Votes: 1,822
18. I accuse (1941)
110 min | Drama
In this pro-euthanasia melodrama, a successful doctor is forced to make a heart-wrenching decision after his beautiful young wife is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
Director: Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Heidemarie Hatheyer, Paul Hartmann, Mathias Wieman, Margarete Haagen
Votes: 184
19. Im Kampf gegen den Weltfeind: Deutsche Freiwillige in Spanien (1939)
94 min | Documentary, War
Nazi propaganda film about the Condor Legion, a unit of German "volunteers" who fought in the Spanish Civil War on the side of eventual dictator Francisco Franco against the elected government of Spain.
Director: Karl Ritter | Stars: Paul Hartmann, Rolf Wernicke
Votes: 18
20. Jakko (1941)
77 min | Drama
In this Nazi propaganda film, a troubled young boy joins the Hitler Naval Youth, where he finds meaning and purpose in his life.
Director: Fritz Peter Buch | Stars: Martin Affelt, Franz Berghaus, Günther Clemm, Inge Cupel
Votes: 21
21. Jud Süß (1940)
98 min | Drama
Infamous anti-Semitic Nazi propaganda historical drama about Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg and his treasurer Süß Oppenheimer.
Director: Veit Harlan | Stars: Ferdinand Marian, Kristina Söderbaum, Heinrich George, Werner Krauss
Votes: 3,370
22. Jungens (1941)
Drama
The leader of a Hitler Youth group arrives in a village to organize the local teenagers into a Hitler Youth branch.
Director: Robert A. Stemmle | Stars: Albert Hehn, Hilde Sessak, Eduard Wandrey, Kurt Fischer-Fehling
Votes: 15
23. Kadetten (1939)
94 min | Drama, War
During the 18th century's Seven-Year War, a group of young Prussian army cadets are captured by Russian soldiers. After enduring brutal treatment, the cadets come up with a plan to escape ... See full summary »
Director: Karl Ritter | Stars: Mathias Wieman, Carsta Löck, Andrews Engelmann, Theo Shall
Votes: 40
24. Comrades at Sea (1938)
89 min | War
Military drama involving a German torpedo boat and a steamer captured by Russians during the Spanish Civil War, with some romance on the side between a young Nazi lieutenant and a dark Hispanic beauty engaged to his commanding officer.
Director: Heinz Paul | Stars: Theodor Loos, Ingeborg Hertel, Julius Brandt, Carola Höhn
Votes: 18
25. Kampfgeschwader Lützow (1941)
97 min | War
German propaganda film, telling a story of a bomber crew, taking part in invasion on Poland and attacks on the British shipping.
Director: Hans Bertram | Stars: Christian Kayßler, Hermann Braun, Heinz Welzel, Hannes Keppler
Votes: 39
26. Burning Hearts (1945)
111 min | Drama, History, Romance
During Napoleon's German campaign, the city of Kolberg is isolated from Prussian forces. Residents organize resistance against the French army besieging and bombarding the city, refusing to surrender.
Directors: Veit Harlan, Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Heinrich George, Kristina Söderbaum, Horst Caspar, Gustav Diessl
Votes: 758
27. Kopf hoch, Johannes! (1941)
90 min | Drama
The exploits of a young German youth during World War II in Argentina.
Director: Viktor de Kowa | Stars: Albrecht Schoenhals, Dorothea Wieck, Klaus Detlef Sierck, Gunnar Möller
Votes: 55
28. Legion Condor (1939)
Drama, War
Presents Luftwaffe's fight against the enemy of the world. In a glorifying way, the use of the "Legion Condor" and others during the bombing of the city of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War is shown.
Director: Karl Ritter | Stars: Paul Hartmann, Albert Hehn, Fritz Kampers, Josef Dahmen
Votes: 17
29. Mein Sohn, der Herr Minister (1937)
81 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Veit Harlan | Stars: Hans Brausewetter, Heli Finkenzeller, Françoise Rosay, Hans Moser
Votes: 24
30. Ohm Krüger (1941)
124 min | Biography, War
Rousing biopic of Paul Kruger, the Boer guerilla fighter turned statesman and first president of South Africa.
Directors: Hans Steinhoff, Karl Anton, Herbert Maisch | Stars: Emil Jannings, Lucie Höflich, Werner Hinz, Ernst Schröder
Votes: 286
31. Pour le Mérite (1938)
122 min | War
This Nazi propaganda film chronicles the rise of the German Air Force ("Luftwaffe") from World War I until Adolf Hitler took power in 1933.
Director: Karl Ritter | Stars: Paul Hartmann, Herbert A.E. Böhme, Albert Hehn, Paul Otto
Votes: 49
32. Ride to Freedom (1937)
92 min | Drama, History
A Polish captain serving Alexander during the Czarist rule of Warsaw in 1830 gives up his love for a Russian lady and joins his compatriots in the liberation struggle.
Director: Karl Hartl | Stars: Willy Birgel, Viktor Staal, Hansi Knoteck, Ursula Grabley
Votes: 16
33. Robert und Bertram (1939)
87 min | Comedy
Two vagabonds escape from jail and steal jewelry at a wedding to help a poor innkeeper pay his debts.
Director: Hans H. Zerlett | Stars: Rudi Godden, Kurt Seifert, Carla Rust, Fritz Kampers
Votes: 38
34. Die Rothschilds (1940)
97 min | Biography, Drama
Anti-semitic Nazi propaganda "biography" of the Rothschilds, a German Jewish family whose members rose to the top of the European banking community during the Napoleonic era.
Director: Erich Waschneck | Stars: Erich Ponto, Carl Kuhlmann, Albert Lippert, Ludwig Linkmann
Votes: 1,668
35. Der Stammbaum des Dr. Pistorius (1939)
83 min
Director: Karl Georg Külb | Stars: Ernst Waldow, Käthe Haack, Heinz Wieck, Carsta Löck
36. Stukas (1941)
101 min | Drama, War
This German propaganda film details the exploits of a group of Luftwaffe pilots flying Junkers Ju 87 "Stukas"--dive bombers--in the Battle of France in the early days of World War II.
Director: Karl Ritter | Stars: Carl Raddatz, Hannes Stelzer, Ernst von Klipstein, Albert Hehn
Votes: 188
37. Togger (1937)
99 min
The international Reuler Group has its hand in every game, using questionable means to gain ever more power. Only the chief editor Togger of the newspaper "Neue Tag" has the courage to attack the machinations of the firm.
Director: Jürgen von Alten | Stars: Paul Hartmann, Renate Müller, Heinz Salfner, Paul Otto
Votes: 21
38. U-Boote westwärts! (1941)
100 min | Drama, War
This Nazi propaganda film follows the exploits of a German submarine as it prowls the North Atlantic.
Director: Günther Rittau | Stars: Herbert Wilk, Heinz Engelmann, Joachim Brennecke, Wilhelm Borchert
Votes: 82
39. The Private's Job (1937)
82 min | Drama, War
During the Great War, German soldiers are persuaded to die heroically in order to take a French village held by the British.
Director: Karl Ritter | Stars: Heinrich George, Paul Otto, Mathias Wieman, Ernst Karchow
Votes: 50
40. Über alles in der Welt (1941)
85 min | Drama
It was made as a propaganda film designed to promote Nazi Germany's war aims in the Second World War. Following the outbreak of war, Germans abroad face persecution from the British and French authorities.
Director: Karl Ritter | Stars: Paul Hartmann, Hannes Stelzer, Fritz Kampers, Carl Raddatz
Votes: 42
41. Venus vor Gericht (1941)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
A sculptor, an enemy of modern art, sets an example. He sculpts a statue of Venus in the style of the Greek antiquity and buries it in a forest. When it's dug up in 1930, it's considered to be a 2 000 year old, antique statue.
Director: Hans H. Zerlett | Stars: Hannes Stelzer, Hansi Knoteck, Paul Dahlke, Siegfried Breuer
Votes: 24
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