Louis and the Nazis (2003)

Original title

Louis Theroux: Louis and the Nazis

Directed by

Stuart Cabb

Genre

documentary film, documentary television film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 10m

Rated

15

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 47 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Louis Theroux travels to California to meet Tom Metzger, a man described as a racist leader. He spends time with Metzger, his family, and followers, including attending skinhead rallies and meeting members of a folk duo with neo-Nazi ties.

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What happens

Louis and the Nazis is a British documentary that was televised in 2003 on December 21. It was directed by Stuart Cabb and written by Louis Theroux. The documentary ran for 80 minutes. Louis travels to California to meet the man dubbed "the most dangerous racist in America", Tom Metzger. Louis meets him, his family, and his publicity manager, and follows him to skinhead rallies and on a visit to Mexico. He also encounters Lynx and Lamb Gaede of Nazi-pop folk duo Prussian Blue, their mother April Gaede, and maternal grandfather Bill Gaede. Louis Theroux would revisit the subjects of the documentary in his book The Call of the Weird: Travels in American Subcultures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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