The German Film Award for Best Feature Film is the main award given for best German film at the annual Deutscher Filmpreis

Deutscher Filmpreis

The Deutscher Filmpreis is the highest German movie award. From 1951 to 2004 it was awarded by a commission, since 2005 the award has been given by the Deutsche Filmakademie...

 awards, the German national film awards. It has been held annually since 1951 in varying formats.

1951–1986

From 1951 to 1986 the prize was awarded by a commission which selected the best German feature film released in the previous 12 months. In 1956 and 1961 no award was given, and on two occasions (in 1963 and 1970) the award was shared by two winning films.

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)
1951	Two Times Lotte	Das doppelte Lottchen
1952		Die Schuld des Dr. Homma
1953	The Mistress	Nachts auf den Straßen
1954	No Way Back	Weg ohne Umkehr
1955	Canaris: Master Spy	Canaris
1956	No award given.
1957	The Captain from Köpenick Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (1956 film) The Captain from Köpenick is a 1956 West German film directed by Helmut Käutner and based upon the play The Captain of Köpenick by Carl Zuckmayer. The play was based on the true story of Wilhelm Voigt, a German impostor who masqueraded as a Prussian military officer in 1906 and became famous as...	Der Hauptmann von Köpenick
1958	The Devil Came at Night The Devil Came at Night The Devil Came at Night is a 1957 West German film directed by Robert Siodmak. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and is based on the true story of Bruno Lüdke....	Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam
1959	Arms and the Man Arms and the Man (film) Arms and the Man is a 1958 West German film directed by Franz Peter Wirth and based on a play by George Bernard Shaw. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was also entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:...	Helden
1960	The Bridge Die Brücke (film) Die Brücke is a West-German anti-war novel written by Gregor Dorfmeister, under the pseudonym of Manfred Gregor, and published in 1958 by Heyne Bücher....	Die Brücke
1961	No award given.
1962	The Bread of Those Early Years The Bread of Those Early Years The Bread of Those Early Years is a 1962 West German film directed by Herbert Vesely, based on the novel The Bread of Those Early Years by Heinrich Böll...	Das Brot der frühen Jahre
1963 †	The Endless Night	Die endlose Nacht
1963 †	The Lightship	Das Feuerschiff
1964	The River Line	Kennwort... Reiher
1965	The House in Karp Lane	Das Haus in der Karpfengasse
1966	Young Törless Young Törless Young Törless is a 1966 German film directed by Volker Schlöndorff, adapted from the autobiographical novel The Confusions of Young Törless by Robert Musil. It deals with the sadistic and homoerotic tendencies of a group of boys at an Austrian military academy at the beginning of the 20th...	Der junge Törless
1967	Yesterday Girl Yesterday Girl Yesterday Girl is a 1966 West German film directed by Alexander Kluge. Its original German title is Abschied von gestern , which means "Parting from yesterday". It tells the story of Anita G.,played by Kluge's sister Alexandra, a young East German migrant to West Germany and her struggle to adjust...	Abschied von gestern
1968	Tattoo Tattoo (1967 film) Tattoo is a 1967 West German film directed by Johannes Schaaf. The film was selected as the German entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 40th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee...	Tätowierung
1969	Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed	Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos
1970 †	Katzelmacher Katzelmacher Katzelmacher is a 1969 West German film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The film centers on an aimless group of friends whose lives are shaken up by the arrival of an immigrant Greek worker, Jorgos .-External links:*...
1970 †	Malatesta Malatesta (film) Malatesta is a 1970 German drama film directed by Peter Lilienthal. It was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Eddie Constantine - Malatesta* Christine Noonan - Nina Vassileva* Vladimír Pucholt - Gardstein* Diana Senior - Ljuba Milstein...
1971	First Love First Love (1970 film) First Love is a 1970 film, written, directed, and starred in by Austrian director Maximilian Schell. It is an adaptation of Ivan Turgenev's homonymous novella starring Schell, Dominique Sanda, and John Moulder-Brown.-Cast:*John Moulder-Brown as Alexander...	Erste Liebe
1972	Trotta Trotta (film) Trotta is a 1971 West German film directed by Johannes Schaaf. It is based on the 1938 novel Die Kapuzinergruft by Austrian author Joseph Roth. It was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 45th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not manage to receive a nomination...
1973	The Experts The Experts (1973 film) The Experts is a 1973 German comedy film directed by Norbert Kückelmann. It was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear award.-Cast:* Mathias Eysen - Matthias Mainzer* Eckhard Langmann - Amtsarzt...	Die Sachverständigen
1974	The Pedestrian The Pedestrian (film) The Pedestrian is a 1973 film directed by Maximilian Schell. It is about the trial of an elderly war criminal. The film was a co-production between companies in Germany, Switzerland and Israel.-Cast:*Peggy Ashcroft - Lady Gray...	Der Fußgänger
1975	Lina Braake
1976	Calm Prevails Over the Country	Es herrscht Ruhe im Land
1977	Heinrich
1978	The Glass Cell The Glass Cell The Glass Cell is a 1978 West German film directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.- Cast :* Helmut Griem: Phillip Braun* Brigitte Fossey: Lisa Braun* Dieter Laser: David Reinelt...	Die gläserne Zelle
1979	The Tin Drum The Tin Drum (film) The Tin Drum is a 1979 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Günter Grass. It was directed and co-written by Volker Schlöndorff...	Die Blechtrommel
1980	The Last Years of Childhood	Die letzten Jahre der Kindheit
1981		Jede Menge Kohle	Adolf Winkelmann Adolf Winkelmann (film director) Adolf Winkelmann is a German film director, film producer and screenwriter. He is also a professor of film design in the department of design at the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts....
1982	Marianne and Juliane Marianne and Juliane Marianne and Juliane is a 1981 West German film directed by Margarethe von Trotta. Its original German title is Die bleierne Zeit, an idiomatic expression which can be translated as "the leaden times" and refers to a complex mixture of feelings that were shared by many people of the 1970s political...	Die bleierne Zeit
1983	The State of Things The State of Things (film) The State of Things is a 1982 road movie directed by Wim Wenders. It tells the story of a film director travelling from Portugal to Los Angeles in search of his missing producer....	Der Stand der Dinge
1984	Where the Green Ants Dream Where the Green Ants Dream Where the Green Ants Dream is a 1984 film by German film director Werner Herzog. It was Herzog's first film in English although also dubbed into German. Based partly on the Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd case and making use of professional actors as well as Aboriginal activists who were involved in...	Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen
1985	Colonel Redl	Oberst Redl

1986–present

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)
1986	Rosa Luxemburg Rosa Luxemburg (film) Rosa Luxemburg is a 1986 West German drama film directed by Margarethe von Trotta. It was entered into the 1986 Cannes Film Festival where Barbara Sukowa won the award for Best Actress.-Cast:* Barbara Sukowa as Rosa Luxemburg...
1987	No Golden Award was given.
1988	Wings of Desire Wings of Desire Wings of Desire is a 1987 Franco-German romantic fantasy film directed by Wim Wenders. The film is about invisible, immortal angels who populate Berlin and listen to the thoughts of the human inhabitants and comfort those who are in distress...	Der Himmel über Berlin
1989	Yasemin Yasemin Yasemin is a 1988 German-language film directed by Hark Bohm. It was an international co-production between Turkey and West Germany. It was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 61st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not manage to receive a nomination...
1990	Last Exit to Brooklyn Last Exit to Brooklyn (film) Last Exit to Brooklyn is a 1989 English-language German drama film, directed by Uli Edel, and based on the eponymous novel by Hubert Selby Jr.- Plot :...	Letzte Ausfahrt Brooklyn
1991	Malina Malina (film) Malina is a 1991 German-Austrian drama film directed by Werner Schroeter. It was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Isabelle Huppert - The Woman* Mathieu Carrière - Malina* Can Togay - Ivan* Fritz Schediwy - Father...
1992	Schtonk! Schtonk! Schtonk! is a satirical German movie, retelling the hoax of the Hitler Diaries.Subtitled Der Film zum Buch vom Führer , the movie is a grotesque farce about the events when, in 1983, German Stern magazine began to publish, with great fanfare, the 60 volumes of the alleged diaries of Adolf Hitler...
1993	No Golden Award was given.
1994	Kaspar Hauser
1995	Maybe... Maybe Not Der bewegte Mann Der bewegte Mann is a 1994 German film comedy directed by Sönke Wortmann and starring Til Schweiger, Rufus Beck, Joachim Król and Katja Riemann....	Der bewegte Mann
1996	Deathmaker Deathmaker Deathmaker is a 1995 German film directed by Romuald Karmakar and starring Götz George, Jürgen Hentsch and Pierre Franckh. The film is based on the transcripts of the interrogation of the notorious serial killer Fritz Haarmann....	Der Totmacher
1997	Rossini
1998	The Harmonists Comedian Harmonists (film) Comedian Harmonists is a 1997 German film by Joseph Vilsmaier. It is a biopic about the popular German vocal group Comedian Harmonists...	Comedian Harmonists
1999	Run Lola Run Run Lola Run Run Lola Run is a 1998 German crime thriller film written and directed by Tom Tykwer and starring Franka Potente as Lola and Moritz Bleibtreu as Manni. The story follows a woman who needs to obtain 100,000 German marks in 20 minutes to save her boyfriend's life...	Lola rennt
2000	No Place to Go No Place to Go No Place to Go is a 2000 German film directed by Oskar Roehler. It was Germany's submission to the 73rd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee....	Die Unberührbare
2001	The State I Am In The State I Am In (film) The State I Am In is a 2000 German drama film directed by Christian Petzold....	Die innere Sicherheit
2002	Nowhere in Africa Nowhere in Africa Nowhere in Africa is a 2001 German film directed by Caroline Link and based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Stefanie Zweig. It tells the story of a Jewish family that emigrates to Kenya during World War II to escape the Nazis and run a farm...	Nirgendwo in Afrika
2003	Good Bye, Lenin!
2004	Head-On Head-On Head-On is a 2004 film written and directed by Fatih Akın.-Synopsis:Cahit Tomruk is a Turkish German in his 40s. He has given up on life after the death of his wife and seeks solace in cocaine and alcohol. One night, he intentionally drives his car head-on into a wall, and barely survives...	Gegen die Wand
2005	Go for Zucker Alles auf Zucker! Alles auf Zucker! is a German comedy film, released internationally in 2004. It can be seen as part of the "Ossi-Wessi" confrontation within Germany. Directed by Dani Levy, the cast includes Henry Hübchen, Hannelore Elsner, Udo Samel, Gołda Tencer and Steffen Groth.Director Dani Levy, himself...	Alles auf Zucker!
2006	The Lives of Others The Lives of Others The Lives of Others is a 2006 German drama film, marking the feature film debut of filmmaker Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. The film involves the monitoring of the cultural scene of East Berlin by agents of the Stasi, the GDR's secret police...	Das Leben der Anderen
2007	Four Minutes Four Minutes (2006 film) Four Minutes , is a 2006 drama film directed by Chris Kraus starring Monica Bleibtreu, Hannah Herzsprung, Sven Pippig, and Richy Müller.-Plot:...	Vier Minuten
2008	The Edge of Heaven The Edge of Heaven (film) The Edge of Heaven is a 2007 Turkish-German-Italian drama film written and directed by Fatih Akın. The film won the Prix du scénario at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival...	Auf der anderen Seite
2009	John Rabe John Rabe (film) John Rabe is a 2009 German-Chinese-French biopictorial film directed by Florian Gallenberger and starring Ulrich Tukur, Daniel Brühl and Steve Buscemi....
2010	The White Ribbon The White Ribbon The White Ribbon is a 2009 Austrian-German film, released in black and white, written and directed by Michael Haneke. The drama darkly depicts society and family in a northern German village just before World War I...	Das weiße Band

External links

• German Film Awards at the Internet Movie Database
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