Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
Alle Machen mit |
Franz Wenzler |
Heinz Rühmann, Henny Porten, Magda Schneider |
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Short film[2] |
Das Blumenmädchen vom Grand-Hotel |
Carl Boese |
Elsa Merlini, Georg Alexander, Hans Brausewetter |
|
[3] |
The Burning Secret |
Robert Siodmak |
Alfred Abel, Hilde Wagener |
Drama |
|
Der Choral von Leuthen |
Carl Froelich, Arzén von Cserépy |
Otto Gebühr, Olga Tschechowa, Elga Brink |
|
[4] |
Der Deutsche Reichstag zu Nürnberg |
|
|
Documentary |
[5] |
The Flower of Hawaii |
Richard Oswald |
Mártha Eggerth, Hans Fidesser, Iván Petrovich |
|
[6] |
Flüchtlinge |
Gustav Ucicky |
Hans Albers, Käthe von Nagy, Eugen Klöpfer |
Historical |
[7] |
Gretel zieht das große Los |
Carl Boese |
Lucie Englisch, Leopold von Ledebur, Jakob Tiedtke |
|
[8] |
Hans Westmar. Einer von vielen. Ein deutsches Schicksal aus dem Jahre 1929 |
Franz Wenzler |
Emil Lohkamp, Paul Wegener, Heinrich Heilinger |
Propaganda film |
[9] |
Hitlerjunge Quex: Ein Film vom Opfergeist der deutschen Jugend |
Hans Steinhoff |
Berta Drews, Heinrich George, Jürgen Ohlsen |
Propaganda |
[10] |
Hitlers Aufruf an das deutsche Volk
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|
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[citation needed] |
Homecoming to Happiness |
Carl Boese |
Luise Ullrich, Paul Hörbiger |
Comedy |
|
The House of Dora Green |
Henrik Galeen |
Mady Christians, Paul Hartmann |
Thriller |
|
Ich und die Kaiserin |
Friedrich Hollaender |
Lilian Harvey, Conrad Veidt, Mady Christians |
Musical |
[11][12] |
Der Jäger aus Kurpfalz |
Carl Behr |
Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Fritz Kampers, Carl Braun |
|
[13] |
Kleiner Mann-Was Nun? |
Fritz Wendhausen |
Hermann Thimig, Viktor de Kowa, Hertha Thiele |
|
[14] |
Liebelei |
Max Ophüls |
Paul Hörbiger, Magda Schneider, Wolfgang Liebeneiner |
|
[15] |
Ein Lied geht um die Welt |
Richard Oswald |
Joseph Schmidt, Viktor de Kowa, Charlotte Ander |
|
[16] |
The Marathon Runner |
Ewald André Dupont |
Brigitte Helm, Hans Brausewetter |
Sports |
|
Meisterdetektiv |
Franz Seitz |
|
Comedy |
[citation needed] |
The Merry Heirs |
Max Ophüls |
Heinz Rühmann, Max Adalbert, Ida Wüst |
Romance, comedy |
[17][18] |
Morgenrot |
Gustav Ucicky |
Rudolf Forster, Adele Sandrock, Fritz Genschow |
|
[19] |
Der Page vom Dalmasse-Hotel |
Victor Janson |
Dolly Haas, Harry Liedtke, Hans Junkermann |
|
[20] |
S.A.-Mann Brand |
Franz Seitz |
Otto Wernicke, Elise Aulinger, Joe Stoeckel |
Propaganda film |
[21] |
S.O.S. Eisberg |
Arnold Fanck |
Gustav Diessl, Leni Riefenstahl, Sepp Rist |
|
[22] |
S.O.S. Iceberg |
Tay Garnett, Arnold Fanck |
Rod La Rocque, Leni Riefenstahl, Sepp Rist |
|
American-German co-production[23] |
Das Schloß im Süden |
Géza von Bolváry |
Liane Haid, Viktor de Kowa, Paul Kemp |
|
“The Castle in the South” |
Der Sieg des Glaubens |
Leni Riefenstahl |
|
Propaganda |
[24] |
Die Sonne geht auf |
Willy Reiber |
Fritz Kampers, Rudolf Platte, Jakob Tiedtke |
|
[25] |
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse |
Fritz Lang |
Oscar Beregi, Sr., Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Theodor Loos |
Crime |
[26][27] |
Le Testament du Dr. Mabuse |
Fritz Lang |
Jim Gérald, René Ferté, Thomy Bourdelle |
|
French-language version of The Testament of Dr. Mabuse[26][28] |
The Tunnel |
Curtis Bernhardt |
Paul Hartmann, Olly von Flint, Gustaf Gründgens |
Comedy-drama |
French-German co-production[29][30] |
Viktor und Viktoria |
Reinhold Schünzel |
Renate Müller, Hermann Thimig, Adolf Wohlbrück |
|
[31] |
Was Frauen träumen |
Géza von Bolváry |
Nora Gregor, Gustav Fröhlich, Kurt Horwitz |
Comedy, mystery |
[32][33] |
Zwei gute Kameraden |
Max Obal |
Paul Hörbiger, Fritz Kampers, Margot Walter |
|
[34] |
Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
Carmen |
Lotte Reiniger |
|
|
Animation[35] |
La Chanson de l'adieu |
Albert Valentin, Géza von Bolváry |
Janine Crispin, Jean Servais, Lucienne Lemarchand |
|
German-French co-production[36] |
Die Englische Heirat |
Reinhold Schünzel |
Adele Sandrock, Fritz Odemar, Georg Alexander |
|
[37] |
Es tut sich was um Mitternacht |
Robert A. Stemmle |
Leopoldine Konstantin, Dolly Haas, Karl Ludwig Schreiber |
|
[38] |
Ferien vom Ich |
Hans Deppe |
Hermann Speelmans, Carola Höhn, Georg H. Schnell |
|
[39] |
Der Firmling |
|
Karl Valentin, Liesl Karlstadt |
|
[40] |
Die Freundin eines großen Mannes |
Paul Wegener |
Käthe von Nagy, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Jessie Vihrog |
|
[41] |
Fräulein Frau |
Carl Boese |
Paul Hörbiger, Jenny Jugo, Olga Limburg |
|
[42] |
Das Gestohlene Herz |
Lotte Reiniger |
|
|
Animated short[43] |
Gold |
Karl Hartl |
Hans Albers, Michael Bohnen, Brigitte Helm |
Science fiction, drama |
[44][45] |
Hanneles Himmelfahrt |
Thea von Harbou |
Inge Landgut, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Käte Haack |
|
[46] |
Heinz in the Moon |
Robert A. Stemmle |
Heinz Rühmann, Annemarie Sörensen, Rudolf Platte |
Comedy |
[47] |
Heldentum and Todeskampf unserer Emden |
Louis Ralph |
Louis Ralph, Wilhelm Kaiser-Heyl, Werner Fuetterer |
|
[48] |
Ich kenn' dich nicht und liebe dich |
Géza von Bolváry |
|
|
I Don't Know You and I Love You |
Im Schallplattenladen |
Hans H. Zerlett |
Karl Valentin, Liesl Karlstadt |
slapstick/comedy |
one of Valentin's classics based on his idea; In the Record (LP) Shop |
Just Once a Great Lady |
Gerhard Lamprecht |
Käthe von Nagy, Wolf Albach-Retty |
Comedy |
|
Liebe und die erste Eisenbahn |
Hasso Preis |
|
|
Love and the First Railroad |
Liebe, Tod und Teufel |
Heinz Hilpert, Reinhart Steinbicker |
|
|
Love, Death and Devil |
Ein Mann will nach Deutschland |
Paul Wegener |
|
|
A Man wants to get to Germany |
Mother and Child |
Hans Steinhoff |
Henny Porten, Peter Voß |
Drama |
|
Muratti greift ein |
Oskar Fischinger |
|
Animation |
|
The Prodigal Son |
Luis Trenker |
Luis Trenker, Maria Andergast |
Drama |
|
Rivalen der Luft |
Frank Wysbar |
Claus Clausen, Wolfgang Liebeneiner, Hilde Gebühr, Sybille Schmitz, Walter Gross, Guzzi Lantschner, Werner Stock, Franz Zimmermann, Volker von Collande, Hans Henninger, Florian Zeise-Gött, Wolff von Wernsdorf, Otto Arndt, M. Bohlan, Alfred Böhm, Hans Deutschmann, Edgar Dittmar, Heini Dittmar, Wolf Hirth, Franz Orthbandt, Hanna Reitsch, Fritz Stamer |
Drama |
Propaganda film disguised as gliding flight drama |
Der Schimmelreiter |
Hans Deppe, Curt Oertel |
Marianne Hoppe, Mathias Wieman |
classic literature/drama |
The Rider on the White Horse |
So ein Flegel |
Robert A. Stemmle |
Heinz Rühmann, Ellen Frank, Inge Conradi, Annemarie Sorensen, Jakob Tiedtke, Else Bötticher, Oskar Sima, Franz Weber, Karl Platen, Rudolf Platte, Henriette Steinmann, Maria Seidler, Erwin van Roy, Walter Steinweg, Anita Mey, Evelyn Roberti |
|
What a Lout |
Um das Menschenrecht |
Hans Zoberlein |
Hans Schlenck, Kurt Holm, Ernst Martens, Beppo Brem, Ludwig Ten Cloot, Hans Erich Pfleger, Paul Schaidler, Franz Loskarn, Leopold Kerscher, Werner Scharf, Trude Haefelin, Katja Specht, Ludwig Körösy, Hans Pössenbacher, Ludwig Schmid-Wildy |
|
For the Rights of Man; Anti-Communism propaganda paying homage to the Freikorps |
Was bin ich ohne Dich |
Arthur Maria Rabenalt |
|
|
What Am I Without You? |
William Tell |
Heinz Paul |
Hans Marr, Conrad Veidt |
Historical |
Co-production with Switzerland |
A Woman with Power of Attorney |
Arzén von Cserépy |
Gerda Maurus, Ernst Dumcke |
Drama |
|
Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
Achte mir auf Gakeki |
Alwin Elling |
Hermann Braun, Erich Fiedler, Heinz Flügge, Baby Gray, Rudolf Klicks, Georg Kroning, Herbert Schmidt |
Short |
|
Alles um eine Frau |
Alfred Abel |
|
|
All for a Woman |
Amphitryon |
Reinhold Schünzel |
Willy Fritsch, Paul Kemp, Käthe Gold, Fita Benkhoff, Adele Sandrock |
Musical |
Based on Greek mythology |
April, April! |
Douglas Sirk |
|
|
|
Der alte und der junge König |
Hans Steinhoff |
|
|
The Old and the Young King; The story of Friedrich Wilhelm I |
Le Domino vert |
Henri Decoin, Herbert Selpin |
|
|
|
Dr. Todt - Berufung und Werk |
|
|
|
36 minute film about Dr. Fritz Todt and the Siegfried Line |
Einer zuviel an Bord |
Gerhard Lamprecht |
|
|
One Too Many on Board |
Ein Falscher Fuffziger |
Carl Boese |
|
|
A Two-Face |
Das Erbe |
Carl Hartmann |
|
Short |
The Inheritance, propaganda for euthanasia and sterilization |
Forget Me Not |
Augusto Genina |
Beniamino Gigli, Peter Bosse |
Drama |
Remade in Britain the following year |
Friesennot |
Peter Hagen |
|
Propaganda |
Frisians in Peril; Distributed by the National Socialist State Propaganda Directorate; anti-Communism film |
Henker, Frauen und Soldaten |
Johannes Meyer |
|
|
Hangmen, Women and Soldiers |
The Higher Command |
Gerhard Lamprecht |
Lil Dagover, Karl Ludwig Diehl |
Historical |
|
Ich liebe alle Frauen |
Carl Lamac |
|
|
I Love All Women |
Im Aufmarschgebiet der abessinischen Armee |
Martin Rikli |
|
|
In the Staging Ground of the Abyssinian Army; Related to the Second Italo-Ethiopian War (?) |
La Kermesse héroïque |
Jacques Feyder |
|
|
|
Knockout - Ein junges Mädchen, ein junger Mann |
Carl Lamac, Hans H. Zerlett |
|
|
Knockout - A Young Girl, a Younger Man |
Komposition in Blau |
Oskar Fischinger |
|
Animation |
Composition in Blue; In Gasparcolor |
Mazurka |
Willi Forst |
|
|
|
Das Mädchen Johanna |
Gustav Ucicky |
|
|
That Girl Joanna |
Papageno |
Lotte Reiniger |
|
Animation |
|
Punks Kommt aus Amerika |
Karlheinz Martin |
Attila Hörbiger, Lien Deyers, Ralph Arthur Roberts, Sybille Schmitz, Henry Lorenzen, Oskar Sima, Erika Glässner, Georges Boulanger, Maria Meissner, Josef Sieber, Ekkehard Arendt, Ernst Behmer, Hermann Braun, Louis Brody, Adolf Fischer |
|
Punks Come from America |
Das Stahltier |
Willy Zielke |
|
Documentary |
The Steel Animal |
Tag der Freiheit: Unsere Wehrmacht |
Leni Riefenstahl |
|
Propaganda |
Day of Freedom - Our Wehrmacht; propaganda film about the 1935 Nazi Party Congress |
Triumph des Willens |
Leni Riefenstahl |
|
Propaganda |
Triumph of the Will; propaganda film about the 1934 Nazi Party Congress |
Trouble Backstairs |
Veit Harlan |
Henny Porten, Else Elster |
Comedy |
|
Wunder des Fliegens: Der Film eines deutschen Fliegers |
Heinz Paul |
Ernst Udet, Jürgen Ohlsen, Käthe Haack, Cornelius Booth, Leonie Duval |
|
The Miracle of Flight: The Film of a German Flyer, German boy who lost his pilot father in World War I meets and bonds with his hero, ace Ernst Udet. This was Ohlsen's last film. |
Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
Across the Desert |
Johann Alexander Hubler-Kahla |
Fred Raupach, Aruth Wartan |
Adventure |
|
Allotria |
Willi Forst |
|
|
|
Augustus the Strong |
Paul Wegener |
Michael Bohnen, Lil Dagover |
Historical |
Co-production with Poland |
The Beggar Student |
Georg Jacoby |
Fritz Kampers, Harry Hardt |
Musical |
|
City of Anatol |
Viktor Tourjansky |
Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Horney |
Drama |
|
The Court Concert |
Douglas Sirk |
Mártha Eggerth, Johannes Heesters |
Romantic comedy |
|
Die unmögliche Frau |
Johannes Meyer |
Dorothea Wieck, Gustav Fröhlich |
Romance |
|
Erbkrank |
Herbert Gerdes |
|
Propaganda |
Euthanasia propaganda film |
Fährmann Maria |
Frank Wisbar |
|
|
|
Fridericus |
Johannes Meyer |
|
Propaganda |
Propaganda film; set during the Seven Years' War, it shows Hitler as the legitimate heir to Frederick the Great |
The Girl Irene |
Reinhold Schünzel |
Lil Dagover, Sabine Peters |
Drama |
|
Glückskinder |
Paul Martin |
|
|
The Blessed Children |
Das Hofkonzert |
Douglas Sirk |
|
|
The Court Concert |
Home Guardsman Bruggler |
Werner Klingler |
Ludwig Kerscher, Franziska Kinz |
War |
|
The Hound of the Baskervilles |
Carl Lamac |
|
Mystery |
Der Hund von Baskerville; A Sherlock Holmes film |
The Impossible Woman |
Johannes Meyer |
Dorothea Wieck, Gustav Fröhlich |
Romance |
|
The Kaiser of California |
Luis Trenker |
|
Western |
Der Kaiser von Kalifornien; About John Sutter, the owner of Sutters Mill; the only western set in the United States made in Nazi Germany |
Kopfjäger von Borneo |
Baron Victor von Plessen |
|
Documentary |
Headhunters of Borneo; German-Dutch co-production |
Neunzig Minuten Aufenthalt |
Harry Piel |
|
|
The 90 Minute Delay |
Savoy-Hotel 217 |
Gustav Ucicky |
|
|
|
Das Schönheitsfleckchen |
Carl Froelich, Rolf Hansen |
|
|
The Beauty Mark in Opticolor |
Silhouetten |
Lotte Reiniger, Walter Reisch |
|
Animation |
Animated feature film |
Stadt Anatol |
Viktor Tourjansky |
|
|
The Town of Anatol; Film concerning Balkan oil development |
Stjenka Rasin |
Alexandre Volkoff |
|
|
|
Tomfoolery |
Willi Forst |
Renate Müller, Jenny Jugo |
Comedy |
|
Traumulus |
Carl Froelich |
Emil Jannings, Hilde Weissner, Harald Paulsen, Hildegard Barko, Wilhelm P. Krüger, Hannes Stelzer, Hans Joachim Schaufuß, Hans Richter, Alexander Kraft Hohenlohe, Hilde von Stolz, Herbert Hübner, Ernst Waldow, Karl Etlinger, Hans Brausewetter, Harry Frank, Ernst Legal |
|
|
Victoria in Dover |
Erich Engel |
Jenny Jugo, Olga Limburg |
Romantic comedy |
|
The Violet of Potsdamer Platz |
Johann Alexander Hubler-Kahla |
Rotraut Richter, Margarete Kupfer |
Drama |
|
Vier Asse |
George Pal |
|
Animation |
Four Aces |
Where the Lark Sings |
Carl Lamac |
Mártha Eggerth, Alfred Neugebauer |
Musical |
Co-production with Hungary and Switzerland |
Zum Greifen nah |
|
|
|
Almost Close Enough to Touch, experimental 3-D film |
Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
Alles Leben ist Kampf |
Herbert Gerdes |
|
Propganda documentary |
All Life Is Struggle; advocates involuntary sterilization of the disabled and those with hereditary diseases. Produced by the Racial Political Office of the NSDAP (Berlin). |
Adventure in Warsaw |
Carl Boese |
Georg Alexander, Paul Klinger |
Comedy |
German-Polish co-production. Polish version A Diplomatic Wife also released. |
The Broken Jug |
Gustav Ucicky |
Emil Jannings, Friedrich Kayßler, Thea von Harbou |
Historical comedy |
|
Don't Promise Me Anything |
Wolfgang Liebeneiner |
Luise Ullrich, Viktor de Kowa |
Comedy |
|
Die Ganz großen Torheiten |
Carl Froelich |
|
All the Great Foolerie |
|
Gasparone |
Georg Jacoby |
Starring Marika Rökk |
|
|
Gewitterflug zu Claudia |
Erich Waschneck |
|
Stormy Flight to Claudia |
|
La Habanera |
Douglas Sirk |
Zarah Leander, Ferdinand Marian, Karl Martell, Julia Serda, Paul Bildt, Edwin Jürgensen, Werner Finck |
Drama |
Zarah Leander falls in love with a Puerto Rican landowner |
Der Herrscher |
Veit Harlan |
|
|
The Ruler; film extoling leadership principle; featuring Emil Jannings |
Juden ohne Maske |
Walter Böttcher and Leo von der Schmiede |
|
|
The Jews Unmasked; 36 min Anti-Semitic documentary propaganda film |
Kapriolen |
Gustaf Gründgens |
|
|
romantic comedy with newly-wed Gustaf Gründgens and Marianne Hoppe |
Land of Love |
Reinhold Schünzel |
Albert Matterstock, Gusti Huber |
Romance |
|
Man spricht über Jacqueline |
Werner Hochbaum |
|
|
People are talking about Jacqueline |
Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war |
Karl Hartl |
Hans Albers, Heinz Rühmann, Marieluise Claudius, Hansi Knoteck, Hilde Weissner, Siegfried Schürenberg |
Comedic mystery |
The Man Who was Sherlock Holmes |
Madame Bovary |
Gerhard Lamprecht |
Pola Negri, Aribert Wäscher |
Historical |
|
Mädchen für alles |
Carl Boese |
|
|
A Girl for Everything |
Mein Sohn, der Herr Minister |
|
|
|
My Son the Minister |
The Model Husband |
Wolfgang Liebeneiner |
Heinz Rühmann, Leny Marenbach |
Comedy |
|
Mussolini in Deutschland |
|
Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler |
documentary propaganda |
Mussolini in Germany; 31-minute film about Benito Mussolini's September 1937 visit to Munich |
Opfer der Vergangenheit. Die Sünde wider Blut und Rasse. |
Gernot Bock-Stieber |
Anonymous victims of various illness. |
Euthanasia propaganda film |
Victims of the Past. The Sin against Blood and Race. This film was shown in every cinema in Germany. |
Ride to Freedom |
Karl Hartl |
Willy Birgel, Ursula Grabley, Viktor Staal, Hansi Knoteck, Edwin Jürgensen, Werner Schott, Heinz von Cleve, Hans Reinhard Knitsch, Berthold Ebbecke, Hermann Braun, Rudolf Schündler, Aribert Grimmer, Clemens Hasse |
Historical |
Set in 1831 Poland. |
Die Postkutsche |
|
|
|
This was the first experimental short movie in Agfacolor. It was shot on 35 mm reversal film. |
Die Tochter des Samurai |
Arnold Fanck and Mansaku Itami |
|
|
The Daughter of the Samurai aka Atarashiki tsuchi; German-Japanese co-production |
To New Shores |
Douglas Sirk |
Zarah Leander, Willy Birgel |
Melodrama |
|
Truxa |
Hans H. Zerlett |
La Jana, Hannes Stelzer |
Drama |
|
Sherlock Holmes und die graue Dame |
Erich Engels |
|
|
Sherlock Holmes and the Gray Lady |
Unternehmen Michael |
Karl Ritter |
Heinrich George, Mathias Wieman, Willy Birgel, Hannes Stelzer, Heinz Welzel, Paul Otto, Otto Wernicke, Malte Jäger, Beppo Brem, Josef Dahmen, Josef Renner |
|
Operation Michael a/k/a The Private's Job |
Weltraumschiff 1 startet... |
Anton Kutter |
|
science fiction |
|
Wenn Frauen schweigen |
Fritz Kirchhoff |
|
|
When Women Remain Silent |
Woman's Love—Woman's Suffering |
Augusto Genina |
Magda Schneider, Iván Petrovich |
Drama |
|
Der zerbrochene Krug |
Gustav Ucicky |
|
|
The Broken Jug ; featuring Emil Jannings. |
Festliches Nürnberg |
Hans Weidemann |
|
|
Festive Nuremberg; 21 minute compilation of footage from the 1936 and 37 Nazi Party Congresses |
Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
Adrienne Lecouvreur |
Marcel L'Herbier |
|
|
Starring Yvonne Printemps, Pierre Fresnay. Co-production with France. |
Die Bauten Adolf Hitlers |
Albert Speer |
|
|
Adolf Hitlers Constructions; 17-minute propaganda film about "racial aspects" of architecture |
Der Berg ruft! |
Luis Trenker |
|
|
The Mountain Calls! |
The Blue Fox |
Viktor Tourjansky |
Zarah Leander, Willy Birgel |
Comedy |
|
Capriccio |
Karl Ritter |
Lilian Harvey, Viktor Staal |
Comedy |
|
Carmen, la de Triana |
Florián Rey |
|
|
A Spanish-German version of Carmen shot in Germany because of the war in Spain. |
Comrades at Sea |
Heinz Paul |
Theodor Loos, Ingeborg Hertel |
|
Kameraden auf See |
España heroica |
Paul Laven |
|
|
Heroic Spain; 86-minute documentary propaganda film about Spanish Civil War |
Faded Melody |
Viktor Tourjansky |
Brigitte Horney
Willy Birgel |
Drama |
|
Five Million Look for an Heir |
Carl Boese |
Heinz Rühmann, Leny Marenbach |
Comedy |
|
Die Fromme Lüge |
Nunzio Malasomma |
Pola Negri, Josefine Dora, Hermann Braun, Herbert Hübner, Harald Paulsen, Hans Fetscherin, Walter Gross |
|
|
The Four Companions |
Carl Froelich |
Ingrid Bergman, Sabine Peters |
Drama |
|
Gastspiel im Paradies |
Karl Hartl |
|
|
|
The Great and the Little Love |
Josef von Báky |
Jenny Jugo, Gustav Fröhlich |
Comedy |
|
Das Indische Grabmal |
Richard Eichberg |
|
|
The Indian Tomb |
Jugend |
Veit Harlan |
Kristina Söderbaum, Eugen Klöpfer, Hermann Braun, Werner Hinz, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Ernst Behmer |
|
Title translation: "Youth." |
The Muzzle |
Erich Engel |
|
|
|
The Mystery of Betty Bonn |
Robert A. Stemmle |
Maria Andergast, Theodor Loos |
Adventure |
|
Nanu, Sie kennen Korff noch nicht? |
Fritz Holl |
|
|
So You Don't Know Korff Yet? |
Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker |
Leni Riefenstahl |
|
|
Olympics, Part 1 - Celebration of the People; documentary of 1936 Summer Olympics. Shows Opening Ceremonies, Jesse Owens race, marathons |
Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit |
Leni Riefenstahl |
|
|
Olympics, Part 2 - Celebration of Beauty; includes field hockey, soccer, bicycling, equestrian, aquatic and gymnastic events, the Pentathlon, the Decathlon and Closing Ceremonies. |
People Who Travel |
Jacques Feyder |
Françoise Rosay, André Brule |
Drama |
French-language version of Travelling People |
Pour le Mérite |
Karl Ritter |
|
|
In praise of war veterans rejecting the Weimar Republic and the illegal rearmament. |
Le Récif de corail |
Maurice Gleize |
|
|
|
Red Orchids |
Nunzio Malasomma |
Olga Tschechowa, Albrecht Schoenhals |
Crime |
|
The Roundabouts of Handsome Karl |
Carl Froelich |
Heinz Rühmann, Karin Hardt |
Comedy |
|
Es leuchten die Sterne |
Hans H. Zerlett |
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Musical revue; released in the U.S. as The Stars Shine and in other countries under various titles |
S.O.S. Sahara |
Jacques de Baroncelli |
Charles Vanel, Jean-Pierre Aumont |
Drama |
French-language film. Made by UFA's French subsidiary. |
Travelling People |
Jacques Feyder |
Hans Albers, Françoise Rosay |
Drama |
A separate French-language version was also made |
Was tun, Sybille? |
Peter Paul Brauer |
Jutta Freybe, Ingeborg von Kusserow, Hans Leibelt, Hermann Braun, Maria Koppenhöfer, Christine Grabe, Charlotte Schellhorn, Charlotte Hamann, Inge Landgut, and Hanna Mohs |
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Title translation: "What to Do Sybil?" |
The Woman at the Crossroads |
Josef von Báky |
Ewald Balser
Magda Schneider |
Drama |
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Urlaub auf Ehrenwort |
Karl Ritter |
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Leave on Parole |
Wort und Tat |
Fritz Hippler |
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Words and Deeds; 10-minute documentary propaganda film shows economic progress of Germany under Hitler by a series of montages |
You and I |
Wolfgang Liebeneiner |
Brigitte Horney, Joachim Gottschalk |
Romance |
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Genre |
Notes |
Bachelor's Paradise |
Kurt Hoffmann |
Heinz Rühmann, Josef Sieber |
Comedy |
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Bel Ami |
Willi Forst |
Olga Tschechowa |
Period drama |
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Cadets |
Karl Ritter |
Mathias Wieman, Carsta Löck |
War |
Not put into general release until December 1941 |
La canción de Aixa |
Florián Rey |
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Spanish-German film shot in Germany because of the war in Spain. A love story among Moors in Spanish Morocco. |
D III 88 |
Herbert Maisch, Hans Bertram |
Christian Kayßler, Otto Wernicke, Heinz Welzel, Hermann Braun, Adolf Fischer, Horst Birr, Karl Martell, Fritz Eberth, Carsta Löck, Paul Otto, Paul Bildt, Erich Dunskus, Ilse Fürstenberg, Malte Jäger, Eduard von Winterstein, Wolfgang Staudte, Walter Gross |
Drama |
Film from the perspective of a veteran officer about the November Revolution |
Deutsches Land in Afrika |
Johannes Häussler |
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German Land in Africa; documentary |
Drei Unteroffiziere |
Werner Hochbaum |
Albert Hehn, Fritz Genschow |
War drama |
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Ein Lied verklingt |
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In Agfacolor |
The False Step |
Gustaf Gründgens |
Marianne Hoppe, Karl Ludwig Diehl |
Drama |
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Hallo Janine! |
Carl Boese |
Johannes Heesters, Rudi Godden |
Musical |
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Irrtum des Herzens |
Bernd Hofmann and Alfred Stöger |
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Leinen aus Irland |
Heinz Helbig |
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Comedy |
Linen from Ireland, a comic anti-Semitic film in which a Jew tries to import linen duty-free from Ireland |
Legion Condor |
Karl Ritter |
Paul Hartmann, Albert Hehn |
War |
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Liberated Hands |
Hans Schweikart |
Brigitte Horney, Olga Tschechowa |
Drama |
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Das Lied der Wüste |
Paul Martin |
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Song of the Desert |
The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky |
Carl Froelich |
Zarah Leander, Aribert Wäscher |
Historical romance |
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Maria Ilona |
Géza von Bolváry |
Paula Wessely, Willy Birgel |
Historical/Drama |
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Marionette |
Carmine Gallone |
Beniamino Gigli, Carla Rust |
Comedy |
German/Italian co-production |
Mutterliebe |
Gustav Ucicky |
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Mother Love; propaganda film about family and race |
Die Reise nach Tilsit |
Veit Harlan |
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Renate in the Quartet |
Paul Verhoeven |
Käthe von Nagy, Hans Brausewetter |
Musical comedy |
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Robert and Bertram |
Hans Heinz Zerlett |
Rudi Godden, Kurt Seifert |
Comedy |
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Il Sogno di Butterfly |
Carmine Gallone |
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The Scoundrel |
Hans Deppe |
Hans Moser, Josefine Dora |
Comedy |
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Shoulder Arms |
Jürgen von Alten |
F.W. Schröder-Schrom, Rolf Mobius |
Drama |
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Target in the Clouds |
Wolfgang Liebeneiner |
Albert Matterstock, Leny Marenbach |
Drama |
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Umwege zum Glück |
Fritz Peter Buch |
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Uproar in Damascus |
Gustav Ucicky |
Brigitte Horney, Joachim Gottschalk |
Thriller |
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Walfänger in der Antarktis |
Gerhard A. Donner |
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Whaling Ship in the Antarctic; 55 minute documentary |
Wasser für Canitoga |
Herbert Selpin |
Hans Albers |
western |
Water for Canitoga; set in Canada. |
Der Westwall |
Fritz Hippler |
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The West Wall; propaganda film about the Siegfried Line |
Wibbel the Tailor |
Viktor de Kowa |
Erich Ponto, Fita Benkhoff |
Historical comedy |
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A Woman Like You |
Viktor Tourjansky |
Brigitte Horney, Joachim Gottschalk |
Romance |
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Genre |
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Achtung! Feind hört mit! |
Arthur Maria Rabenalt |
Kirsten Heiberg, Rolf Weih, Rene Deltgen, Lotte Koch |
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Beware! The Enemy Is Listening! |
Bismarck |
Wolfgang Liebeneiner |
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Baumeisterin Chemie |
Hans Schipulle |
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Short Documentary |
17 minutes |
Deutsche Arbeitsstätten |
Svend Noldan |
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German Work Places; 10 min documentary |
Deutsche Panzer |
Walter Ruttmann |
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German Tanks; 13 min documentary about Panzers |
Deutsche Waffenschmieden |
Walter Ruttmann |
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German Weaponry; 12 min documentary |
Nightclub Hostess |
Albert Valentin |
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Nightclub Hostess |
Der Ewige Jude |
Fritz Hippler |
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The Eternal Jew; Anti-Semitic documentary propaganda film |
Fahrt ins Leben |
Bernd Hofmann |
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Journey Into Life; Nazi film about 3 Merchant Navy Cadets. |
Feinde |
Viktor Tourjansky |
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Enemies; Film justifying the German Invasion of Poland |
Feldzug in Polen |
Fritz Hippler |
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Campaign in Poland; documentary propaganda film about the 1939 invasion of Poland |
Feuertaufe |
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Baptism by Fire; propaganda film about Luftwaffe in the 1939 invasion of Poland |
Friedrich Schiller - Der Triumph eines Genies |
Herbert Maisch |
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Friedrich Schiller - the Triumph of a Genius |
Der Fuchs von Glenarvon |
Max W. Kimmich |
Olga Tschechowa, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Ferdinand Marian, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Traudl Stark, Albert Florath, Lucie Höflich, Else von Möllendorff, Richard Häussler, Ellen Bang, Curt Lucas, Werner Hinz, Hermann Braun, Hans Mierendorff, Paul Otto, Hans Richter, Horst Birr, Peter Elsholtz, Aribert Mog, Hilde Körber, Friedrich Kayßler, Bruno Hübner, Joachim Pfaff, Karl Dannemann, Bernhard Goetzke, Karl Hannemann |
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The Fox of Glenarvon; pro-Irish film. |
The Girl at the Reception |
Gerhard Lamprecht |
Magda Schneider, Richard Haussler |
Drama |
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The Girl from Barnhelm |
Hans Schweikart |
Käthe Gold, Ewald Balser |
Historical comedy |
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Das Herz der Königin |
Carl Froelich |
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The Heart of the Queen starring Zarah Leander as Mary, Queen of Scots |
Indianer |
Ernst R. Müller and Gerd Philipp |
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Documentary |
Indians; 85 minute documentary |
Jud Süß |
Veit Harlan |
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The Jew Suss; dramatic anti-Semitic propaganda film |
Kampf um Norwegen - Feldzug 1940 |
Martin Rikli |
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Battle for Norway - 1940 campaign; documentary propaganda film about the Norwegian Campaign |
Kleider machen Leute |
Helmut Käutner |
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based on the story by Swiss writer Gottfried Keller starring Heinz Rühmann and his wife Hertha Feiler |
Kora Terry |
Georg Jacoby |
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Der Marsch zum Führer |
Unknown |
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The March to the Führer; documentary propaganda film about Hitler Youth March to Nazi Party Congress |
Operette |
Willi Forst, Karl Hartl and Robert Naestelberger |
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Der Postmeister |
Gustav Ucicky |
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The Postmaster |
Rosen in Tirol |
Géza von Bolváry |
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Roses in Tyrol |
Die Rothschilds |
Erich Waschneck |
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The Rothschilds; anti-semitic dramatic propaganda film |
Stern von Rio |
Karl Anton |
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Star of Rio |
Tierparadies Südamerika |
Werner Buhre and K. Krieg |
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Documentary |
Animal Paradise South America; 66 minutes in length. |
Thüringen, das grüne Herz Deutschlands |
J.C. Hartmann |
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Short Documentary |
Thuringia: The Green Heart of Germany; 13 minute documentary |
Unser Fräulein Doktor |
Erich Engel |
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Our Woman Doctor |
Verwandte sind auch Menschen |
Hans Deppe |
Fritz Klaudius, Heinz Salfner, Else von Möllendorff, Ellen Bang, Hermann Braun, Margarete Kupfer, Oscar Sabo, Ernst Dumcke, Fritz Odemar, and Renée Stobrawa |
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Relatives Are People Too. |
Vom Bäumlein, das andere Blätter hat gewollt |
Heinz Tischmeyer |
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animation |
Propaganda |
Wunschkonzert |
Eduard von Borsody |
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Request Concert; musical romance set at the 1936 Summer Olympics |
Title |
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Genre |
Notes |
Above All Else in the World |
Karl Ritter |
Paul Hartmann, Hannes Stelzer |
Drama |
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Achte mir auf Gakeki |
Alwin Elling |
Hermann Braun |
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Everything for Gloria |
Carl Boese |
Leo Slezak, Laura Solari |
Romance |
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Annelie |
Josef von Báky |
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Story of a heroic World War II German mother. |
Auf Wiedersehen, Franziska |
Helmut Käutner |
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Goodbye, Franziska; film about a wife reminding her husband of his duty to go to war. |
Bunte Kriechtierwelt |
Wolfram Junghans |
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The Colorful World of Animals that Crawl; nature documentary; in Agfacolor |
Carl Peters |
Herbert Selpin |
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A film about the pioneer instilling nationalistic ideology into the plot. |
Clarissa |
Gerhard Lamprecht |
Sybille Schmitz, Gustav Fröhlich |
Romance |
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Frauen sind doch bessere Diplomaten |
Georg Jacoby |
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Women are better Diplomats; in Agfacolor |
Friedemann Bach |
Traugott Müller |
Gustav Gründgens, Leny Marenbach |
Biopic |
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Der Gasmann |
Carl Froelich |
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Die Englische Krankheit |
Kurt Stefan |
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The Sickness of Being English; 13 min documentary anti-British propaganda film |
Heimkehr |
Gustav Ucicky |
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Homecoming; dramatic anti-Polish propaganda film |
Ich klage an |
Wolfgang Liebeneiner |
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I Accuse You; pro-euthanasia propaganda film |
Immer nur Du |
Karl Anton |
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Only Ever You; musical romantic comedy |
Jenny und der Herr im Frack |
Paul Martin |
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Jenny and the Gentleman in Coattails; comedy; features brief nudity; involves philately (stamp collecting) |
Kampfgeschwader Lützow |
Hans Bertram |
Christian Kayßler, Hermann Braun, Heinz Welzel, Hannes Keppler, Marietheres Angerpointner, Carsta Löck, Adolf Fischer, Horst Birr, Helmut vom Hofe, Peter Voß |
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Battle Squadron Lützow One of the last films made by Hermann Braun (1918-1945) prior to being drafted and killed in combat. |
Kleine Mädchen-große Sorgen |
Boleslaw Barlog |
Hannelore Schroth, Geraldine Katt, Hermann Braun, Inge Burg, Dagny Servaes, Eva Prawitz, Fritz Odemar, Carsta Löck, Hans Brausewetter, and Roma Bahn |
Comedy? |
Little Girl—Very Worried One of the last films made by Hermann Braun (1918-1945) prior to being drafted and killed in combat. |
LAH Im Einsatz |
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LAH in Action; 39-minute propaganda film about 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler |
Liebe ist zollfrei |
E.W. Emo |
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comedy |
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Mamma |
Guido Brignone |
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Mother; German-Italian co-production |
Mein Leben für Irland |
Max W. Kimmich |
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My Life for Ireland; dramatic anti-British propaganda film |
Menschen im Sturm |
Fritz Peter Buch |
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Men in the Storm; propaganda film justifing the German annexation of northern Slovenia, dramatizing the "oppression" of the Volksdeutsch community there |
Ohm Krüger |
Hans Steinhoff |
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about Paul Kruger, the South African leader in the Boer War; features Emil Jannings and Gustaf Gründgens; anti-British propaganda |
Quax, der Bruchpilot |
Kurt Hoffmann |
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dramatic pro-Luftwaffe and anti-individualist film with propaganda tendencies starring Heinz Rühmann |
...reitet für Deutschland |
Arthur Maria Rabenalt |
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Riding for Germany; blacklisted film; director banned for 2 years by the Americans for this film about a tournament runner with blatant patriotic and nationalistic undertones. |
Sechs Tage Heimaturlaub |
Jürgen von Alten |
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Six Days of Home Leave |
Sieg im Westen |
Svend Noldan |
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Victory in the West; documentary/propaganda film about Blitzkrieg in Western Europe |
Sowjetparadies |
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The Soviet Paradise, 14-minute anti-Soviet documentary propaganda film |
Spätrupp Hallgarten |
Herbert Fredersdorf |
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Hallgarten Patrol; soldier's death propaganda. |
Stukas |
Karl Ritter |
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pro-Luftwaffe propaganda film; "Stuka" was a slang term for a German dive bomber |
The Swedish Nightingale |
Peter Paul Brauer |
Ilse Werner, Karl Ludwig Diehl |
Musical |
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U-Boote westwärts |
Günther Rittau |
Herbert Wilk, Heinz Engelmann, Joachim Brennecke, Ernst Wilhelm Borchert, Karl John, Clemens Hasse, Ilse Werner, Admiral Karl Dönitz as himself |
Kriegsmarine recruiting and anti-British propaganda film |
U-Boats Westward; about U-Boats in the Battle of the Atlantic |
Venus on Trial |
Hans H. Zerlett |
Hannes Stelzer, Hansi Knoteck |
Drama |
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Vertigine |
Guido Brignone |
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Tragödie einer Liebe; Broken Love; German-Italian co-production |
Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
5 June |
Fritz Kirchhoff |
Carl Raddatz, Joachim Brennecke |
War |
Banned by Joseph Goebbels in November 1942 for unspecified reasons. |
Andreas Schlüter |
Herbert Maisch |
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A film about the sculptor Andreas Schlüter; subliminal Nazi propaganda throughout. |
Attack on Baku |
Fritz Kirchhoff |
Willy Fritsch, René Deltgen |
Thriller |
Anschlag auf Baku; anti-British propaganda. |
Beloved World |
Emil Burri |
Brigitte Horney, Willy Fritsch |
Musical/Comedy |
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Berlin-Wie Es War |
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Berlin the Way it Was; 87 min documentary about pre-war Berlin |
Boote mit Flügeln |
Nicholas Kaufmann |
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Documentary |
14 min documentary |
Diesel |
Gerhard Lamprecht |
Willy Birgel, Hilde Weissner |
Biopic |
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Die Entlassung |
Wolfgang Liebeneiner |
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The Dismissal; Sequel to Bismarck (1940); features Emil Jannings |
GPU |
Karl Ritter |
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Anti-Communism propaganda. |
Die goldene Stadt |
Veit Harlan |
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The Golden City; in Agfacolor |
Der Große König |
Veit Harlan |
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Historical Drama |
The Great King; historical drama about King Frederick the Great of Prussia |
Die Große Liebe |
Rolf Hansen |
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The Great Love; featuring Zarah Leander; highest grossing film of the Nazi era. |
Himmelhunde |
Roger von Norman |
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Sky Dogs; about a young glider pilot who becomes a military pilot; targeted toward youths. |
Kleine Residenz |
Hans H. Zerlett |
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Männer, Meer und Stürme. Ein Film von der Romantik und dem Leben an Bord eines Segelschiffes |
Heinrich Hauser and Hubert Schonger |
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Men, Sea and Storm: A Film of the Romance and the Life Onboard a Segelship; 18 min documentary about Kriegsmarine |
Rembrandt |
Hans Steinhoff |
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Rund um die Freiheitsstatue |
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15-minute Anti-American propaganda film. aka Round the Statue of Liberty,Corruption of America |
Die Sache mit Styx |
Karl Anton |
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Die See ruft |
Hans Fritz Köllner |
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Documentary |
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Sprung in den Feind |
Wilhelm Stöppler |
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22-minute propaganda film, showing the invasion of the Netherlands. The bridge of Moerdijk is taken with Fallschirmjäger. |
Das Tapfere Schneiderlein |
Hubert Schonger |
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The Thing About Styx |
Karl Anton |
Laura Solari, Viktor de Kowa |
Comedy/Crime |
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We Make Music |
Helmut Käutner |
Ilse Werner, Viktor de Kowa |
Musical comedy |
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Wiener Blut |
Willi Forst |
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Viennese Blood |
Zwei in einer großen Stadt |
Volker von Zollende |
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Two in a Big City |
Title |
Director |
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Genre |
Notes |
Alltag zwischen Zechentürmen |
Leo de Laforgue |
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15 minute documentary |
Akrobat Schööön! |
Wolfgang Staudte |
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Asse zur See |
Hermann Stöß |
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Documentary |
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Das Bad auf der Tenne |
Volker von Collande |
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In Agfacolor |
Circus Renz |
Arthur Maria Rabenalt |
René Deltgen, Paul Klinger |
Drama |
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The Crew of the Dora |
Karl Ritter |
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The Crew of the Dora |
Damals |
Rolf Hansen |
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Deutschland - Italien - Ungarn. Ein Boxländerkampf im Kriegsjahr 1942 |
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Germany-Italy-Hungary. Boxing Championships in war year 1942 |
Frauen sind keine Engel |
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Women Are Not Angels |
Geheimnis Tibet |
H.A. Lettow and Ernst Schäfer |
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Secretive Tibet; documentary about SS expedition to Tibet; aka Lhasa-Lo - Die verbotene Stadt - Lhasa-Lo - The Lost City |
Germanin - Die Geschichte einer kolonialen Tat |
Max W. Kimmich |
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Germanin - The Tale of a Colonial Deed; about a doctor in Germany's former African colonies |
Die Goldene Spinne |
Erich Engels |
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The Golden Spider |
Ich vertraue Dir meine Frau an |
Kurt Hoffmann |
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I Entrust My Wife to You |
Immensee |
Veit Harlan |
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In Agfacolor |
Junker der Waffen-SS |
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Young Men of the Armed SS |
Karneval der Liebe |
Paul Martin |
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Carneval of Love |
Der Kleine Grenzverkehr |
Hans Deppe |
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based on a short story by Erich Kästner |
Liebeskomödie |
Theo Lingen |
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Love Comedy |
Love Premiere |
Arthur Maria Rabenalt |
Hans Söhnker, Kirsten Heiberg |
Drama |
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Männer gegen Panzer |
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Men Against Tanks |
A Man with Principles? |
Géza von Bolváry |
Hans Söhnker, Elfie Mayerhofer |
Comedy |
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Maske in Blau |
Paul Martin |
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Mask in Blue |
Melody of a Great City |
Wolfgang Liebeneiner |
Hilde Krahl, Werner Hinz |
Musical |
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Münchhausen |
Josef von Báky |
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In Agfacolor, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Ufa with impressive special effects; starring Hans Albers and Ilse Werner |
Paracelsus |
Georg Wilhelm Pabst |
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Romanze in Moll |
Helmut Käutner |
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Drama |
Based on a story by Guy de Maupassant starring Marianne Hoppe and Paul Dahlke |
Titanic |
Werner Klingler and Herbert Selpin |
Sybille Schmitz, Hans Nielsen, Kirsten Heiberg, E.F. Fürbringer, Karl Schönböck, Charlotte Thiele, Otto Wernicke, Franz Schafheitlin, Sepp Rist, Monika Burg, Jolly Bohnert, Fritz Böttger, Hermann Brix, Lieselott Klinger, Theodor Loos, and Karl Meixner |
Propaganda |
Disaster film casting a fictitious German officer on the RMS Titanic as the hero and the British as villains. |
Scherzo - Verwitterte Melodie |
Hans Fischerkoesen |
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Weather-beaten Melody; animation |
Josef Thorak, Werkstatt und Werk |
Hans Cürlis and Arnold Fanck |
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A 14-minute film about Nazi sculptor Josef Thorak |
Die Wirtin zum Weißen Rößl |
Karl Anton |
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Note: The year of these films may be unknown or they may span multiple years.