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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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I don`t know if this fits your category but I like film called Živi i mrtvi (Alive and dead in Croatian). One story in film follows Croatian defence council soldier (Army of Bosnia and Herzegovinan Croats in Yugo wars) in 1993 central Bosnia during the Croatian - Muslim conflict. Other story follows his grandfather, in 1943 also central Bosnia, member of the Croatian homeguard (regular army of Independent state of Croatia - Nazi puppet state). He and his fellow homeguard soldiers (both Catholics and Muslims) fight against partisan communists and are led by two Ustasha (Croatian nazis from WW2, one catholic other Muslim). ISC goverment was installed by Germans and Italians therefore Axis. So half of the films story is seen through their eyes and they are not presented as bad guys (except for Ustasha catholic officer he is shown to be ruthless man, while muslim one seems to be man of honor). Homeguard soldiers are presented as forcibly recruited normal guys who just want to survive the war. One the other hand some Croatian soldiers from 1993 storyline are actually eager for a fight. I don`t know if English subtitles exist for the movie but if you do find them, you should know the movie is based on a novel and directors subtle intentions. Muslims from WW2 speak Croatian exclusive dialect but their grandsons fight against catholic Croats in 1990`s. He also made Assault on percint 13 style movie called number 55 based on real event from Croatian war of independence which shows Yugoslav people army and local Serbs attacked us and we had to defend ourselves. So this first movie is actually anti war film.

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another one, fairly new: look who's back (2015) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4176826

it's a comedy...or is it?

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Valkyrie - definitely worth watching
Night of the Generals - worth watching, but if you watch the DVD, be sure it is one that had a good film transfer; there are some really crappy ones out there
The Eagle Has Landed - not very good
Zeppelin - worth watching
The Hindenburg - so-so
Good - very dull, I almost couldn't finish it
The Ninth Day - worth watching; priest in German-occupied Belgium
I Served the King of England - worth watching; perspective of Czechs

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I recommend two films by G. W. Pabst:

Der letzte Akt (1955)
Es geschah am 20. Juli (1955)

The remarkable aspect of these films are the proximity to the war itself. These are German/Austrian films from a time where neither nation wanted to deal with the shadows of the recent past. Also, they both seem to form the basis for newer adaptions of the same subject, "Der letzte Akt" for "Der Untergang" and "Es geschah am 20. Juli" for "Valkyrie".

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The Damned, with Helmut Berger. It's difficult to watch and should be "X" rated. The acting was great, but the story was very grim. Still I recommend it if you are up to grim.

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Inglorious Bastards.

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