Louis and the Nazis

{{short description|2003 British documentary}}

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| writer = Louis Theroux

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| director = Stuart Cabb

| starring = Louis Theroux

| executive_producer = Stuart Cabb, David Mortimer

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| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

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| producer = Stuart Cabb

| editor = Danny Collins

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| runtime = 80 minutes

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| network = BBC Two

| released = {{Start date|2003|12|21|df=y}}

| related = {{Plainlist|

• Louis, Martin & Michael
• Louis Theroux: Gambling in Las Vegas

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Louis and the Nazis is a British documentary that was televised on 21 December 2003. It was directed by Stuart Cabb and written by Louis Theroux. The documentary ran for 80 minutes.{{cite news|title= Reich and wrong|work= The Guardian|date=2003-12-22|url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/dec/22/broadcasting.tvandradio|access-date=2010-10-10|location=London|first=Rupert|last=Smith}}

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 as well as following him to skinhead rallies and on a visit to Mexico. He also encounters Lynx and Lamb Gaede, being Nazi-pop folk duo Prussian Blue, their mother, April Gaede, and maternal grandfather, Bill Gaede.{{cite news|title= Those ugly Americans |work= New Zealand Listener|url= http://www.listener.co.nz/issue/3386/tvradio/3708/those_ugly_americans.html|access-date=2010-10-04}} Louis Theroux would revisit the subjects of the documentary in his book The Call of the Weird: Travels in American Subcultures.{{cite news|title= The Call of the Weird by Louis Theroux|work= Pop Matters|url= http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/the-call-of-the-weird-by-louis-theroux/|access-date=2010-10-04}}{{cite news|title= Freak Show|newspaper= The Washington Post|date=2007-03-04|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/01/AR2007030102077.html|access-date=2010-10-04}}{{cite news|title= America the bountiful |work= The Guardian|date=2005-11-20|url= https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2005/nov/20/society|access-date=2010-10-04|location=London|first=Sean|last=O'Hagan}}