German Documentaries in the University of Arizona Library
The Wall
[Mauer, Die], by Bottcher. In German with subtitles. Documentary — A film from the documentary filmmaker and painter Jürgen Böttcher. His topic: the Berlin Wall, its last days and its highly anticipated destruction. — PN1997.5 .M38 — VHS
The Wannsee Conference
By Schirk. In German with subtitles. Documentary — Depicts the conference at Wannsee in Berlin January 2, 1942, attended by Nazi leaders to determine the fate of the Jewish people. — D810.J4 W36 — VHS
The War in Europe
In English. Documentary — Combining graphic combat footage and expert commentary, this is a commanding view of the battles and strategy, the men and machines, and the horror and heroism that marked World War II. Concentrates on the war in Europe. — D743.22 .W32 — VHS
Warsaw Ghetto
In English. Documentary — Presents actual photographs and films which were taken by cameramen of the German Army, the Secret Service, and the Gestapo who were assigned to record life and death in the ghetto. Shows Jews entering the Warsaw ghetto in November 1940 and reveals the horrors of disease and hunger, the deportations to the death camps, and the dying in the streets. — E-11,604 — 16MM
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
By Arzy. In English. Documentary — Beginning with the Nazi invasion of Poland, we are led step-by-step through the deportations, life in the ghetto, the formation of a resistance organization and finally the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Utilizes archival film footage, authentic still photographs, and actual testimony of survivors. — D765.2.W3 W28 — VHS
Weapons of the Spirit
By Sauvage. In French with subtitles. Documentary — As a Jew born in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon during World War II, filmmaker Pierre Sauvage relates the story of how the village successfully shielded 5,000 Jews from the Nazis. The documentary is followed by an interview with Sauvage, conducted by Bill Moyers. — D804.6 .W42 — VHS
Werner Herzog: Documentaries and Shorts
By Herzog. In German with subtitles. Feature & Documentary films — 1. Herakles (10 min.), 1962 -- Last words (13 min.), 1967 -- The unprecedented defence of the Fortress Deutschkreutz (15 min.), 1966 -- Huie's sermon (42 min.), 1980 -- The flying doctors of East Africa (44 min.), 1969 -- Wings of hope (66 min.), 1999 -- Precautions against fanatics (12 min.), 1969 -- 2. Land of silence and darkness (82 min.), 1971 -- Handicapped future (43 min.), 1971 -- Fata Morgana (74 min.), 1970 -- 3. God's angry man (44 min.), 1980 -- Echoes from a sombre empire (87 min.), 1990 -- How much wood would a woodchuck chuck (45 min.), 1976 -- 4. La soufriére (30 min.), 1977 -- I am my films / directed by Christian Weisenborn and Erwin Keusch (92 min.), 1978 -- Jag Mandir (83 min.), 1991 -- 5. Werner Herzog eats his shoe (21 min.), 1980 -- The great ectasy of Woodcarver Steiner (46 min.), 1973 -- The dark glow of the mountains (45 min.), 1984 -- No one will play with me (14 min.), 1976 -- Ballad of the little soldier (45 min.), 1984 -- 6. Wodaabe : herdsmen of the sun (49 min.), 1989 -- Lessons of darkness (55 min.), 1992 -- Bells from the deep (60 min.), 1993 -- Portrait Werner Herzog (29 min.), 1986. — PN1998.A3 H444 2000 — DVD
Wolfpack: The Hidden Enemy
By Friedman. In English. Documentary — In Wolfpack, WWII German Admiral Karl Doenitz's U-boats attempt to sever England's maritime lifeline and doom the allied war effort in Europe. Admirals Ernest King and Max Horton fight back with convoys, patrol planes, and code-breaking to ferret out the hidden enemy. — D781 .W62 — VHS
The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
By Muller. In German with subtitles. Documentary — Interviews with Leni Riefenstahl (now in her nineties), flash-backs and modern film sequences tell the story of the most famous woman film director of all time. Known for her films made during the Third Reich, Riefenstahl's story is a controversial one. She is best known for her "Triumph of the Will," the film made of the 1934 Nazi Party Congress, but also made a variety of narrative and anthropological films. — PN1995.9.N36 W66 — VHS
The World at War
By Isaacs. In English. Documentary — Examines the events of World War II using documentary footage, photographs, and reminiscences of individuals involved in the conflict. — D743 .W67 — VHS
World at War: Stalingrad
In English. Documentary — D-11,5519 a&b — 16MM
The World of the Thirties
In English. Documentary — America in the thirties -- Losing the peace -- The end of a revolution -- Years of gloom and hope -- The Fuehrer's Germany -- Disaster in a pleasant climate, trouble in Italy and Spain -- Airplanes and the Rising Sun -- China, the agony of a giant -- Masters in the colonies -- Old peoples, new consciousness -- The dawn of tomorrow -- Dreams and nightmares -- The end of the world. — D727 .W67 — VHS