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Best Films About Nazis You've Never Heard Of


Just curious if anyone has recommendations for films about the Nazis/WWII that are really good (as in worth-watching) but have gone largely unnoticed or forgotten? Primarily interested in the portrayal of the Nazis or from the Nazis' point of view (in lieu of focusing on the plight of the Jews or American/Allied involvement).

I'm writing a paper on this subject and I've already seen almost all the mainstream ones so I'm curious if there are more, especially non-English ones that I might have never heard of?

SEEN:
Schindler's List (1993)
Munich (2005)
Black Book (2006)
Europa Europa (1990)
Defiance (2008)
Conspiracy (2001)
Das Boot (1981)
Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS (1975)
Stalingrad (1993)

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Escape From Sobibor
Hitler The Rise of Evil
Band Of Brothers (Miniseries)
Uprising (2001)
Nuremberg (2000) (Miniseries)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
The Pianist (2002)
Before the Fall (2004)
Inside the Third Reich (1982) Miniseries starring Rutger Hauer (obscure title)
North Face (2008)

WWII Films Asia/Pacific

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
The Great Raid (2005)
To End All Wars (2001)

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come and see (1985 - also known as "idi i smotri"). as far as i know it's the only film to show einsatzgruppen in action

the unknown soldier (2006 - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844462/). documentary about german reactions to a museum detailing nazi war crimes & complicity of ordinary german soldiers.

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If we've never heard of them how would we know they are the best.

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i want to add recent films:
The Book Thief,
Suite Francaise,

and tv series
The Man in The High Castle (it's an alternative history but it's really engaging)

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Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter also known as Generation war (2013)

A three episode mini-series about 5 friends who vow to meet up after the war.
Two brothers, one a decorated officer and his younger sibling who is not happy about killing. The two take different paths with the older becoming disillusioned with the war and the younger becoming a soulless killing machine.
A Jew and his actress girlfriend who sells herself to an SS officer for papers so he can flee.
A young girl who becomes a nurse for the Wehrmacht on the eastern front.

Cross of Iron (1977)

A career officer takes command on the Eastern front with the goal of winning the Iron Cross at the expense of the men under his command.

Before the Fall (2004)

A talented young boxer catches the eye of the Nazi elite who recruit him to their school.

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army of shadows (about french resistance - in french w/ subtitles)

germany year zero (first post-war movie filmed in germany, broaches atrocities)

the architecture of doom (swedish documentary)

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As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001), German with English subtitles available. It's about a German POW taken to Gulags and his struggle to get back to his family.

Check my list of ghost horror movies here:

http://www.imdb.com/list/ls056695650/

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