This is a list of the most notable film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

s produced in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 of the Weimar Republic

Weimar Republic

The Weimar Republic is the name given by historians to the parliamentary republic established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government...

era from 1919 until 1933, in year order. This period, between the end of World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 and the advent of the Nazi regime

Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...

, is considered an early renaissance in world cinema, with many influential and important films being made. The style of many of these films is called German Expressionism

German Expressionism

German Expressionism refers to a number of related creative movements beginning in Germany before the First World War that reached a peak in Berlin, during the 1920s...

.

For an alphabetical list of articles on Weimar German films see :Category:Films of Weimar Germany.

1919

1919 in film

The year 1919 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists...

 

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1919 1919 in film The year 1919 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists...
Alraune und der Golem	Nils Olaf Chrisander Nils Olaf Chrisander Nils Olaf Chrisander was a Swedish actor and film director in the early part of the twentieth-century.Born Waldemar Olaf Chrisander in Stockholm, Sweden, Chrisander's first screen appearances as an actor were in German and Swedish silent films in the mid-1910s...			Lost, possibly never made IMDb
Anders als die Andern (Different than the Others)	Richard Oswald Richard Oswald Richard Oswald was an Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter.Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, began his career as an actor on the Viennese stage. He made his film directorial debut at age 34 with Das Eiserne Kreuz...	Conrad Veidt Conrad Veidt Conrad Veidt was a German actor best remembered for his roles in films such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari , The Man Who Laughs , The Thief of Bagdad and Casablanca...	Drama Drama film A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
Die Arche Die Arche Die Arche is a 1919 silent science fiction film starring Leo Connard and directed by Richard Oswald. It is a two part German epic based upon a novel by Werner Scheff. It follows the story of a near future in which civilization has been destroyed.-Cast:*Leo Connard as Ernst Pogge, Großreeder*Eva...	Richard Oswald Richard Oswald Richard Oswald was an Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter.Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, began his career as an actor on the Viennese stage. He made his film directorial debut at age 34 with Das Eiserne Kreuz...		Science fiction Science fiction film Science fiction film is a film genre that uses science fiction: speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not necessarily accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial life forms, alien worlds, extrasensory perception, and time travel, often along with futuristic...
Die Austernprinzessin (The Oyster Princess)	Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch was a German-born film director. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch."In 1947 he received an Honorary Academy Award for his...
Harakiri Harakiri (1919 film) Harakiri, or Madame Butterfly, is a 1919 silent film directed in Germany by Fritz Lang. It was one of the first Japanese-themed films depicting Japanese culture. The film was originally released in the United States and other countries as Madame Butterfly because of the source material on which it...	Fritz Lang Fritz Lang Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute...
Der Knabe in Blau (The Boy in Blue)	Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm "F. W." Murnau was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era, and a prominent figure in the expressionist movement in German cinema during the 1920s...			Presumed lost film Lost film A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...  IMDb
Madame DuBarry	Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch was a German-born film director. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch."In 1947 he received an Honorary Academy Award for his...
Meyer aus Berlin	Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch was a German-born film director. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch."In 1947 he received an Honorary Academy Award for his...
Nerven	Robert Reinert Robert Reinert Robert Reinert was a German film director and novelist. Born in Vienna, he moved to Munich around 1900. He wrote several novels, including "Der Weg zur Sonne" and "Krieg" . His successful script for the film Homunculus led him to direct several films, most notably Opium and Nerven. Nerven opened...			IMDb
Opium	Robert Reinert Robert Reinert Robert Reinert was a German film director and novelist. Born in Vienna, he moved to Munich around 1900. He wrote several novels, including "Der Weg zur Sonne" and "Krieg" . His successful script for the film Homunculus led him to direct several films, most notably Opium and Nerven. Nerven opened...
Die Puppe	Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch was a German-born film director. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch."In 1947 he received an Honorary Academy Award for his...
Die Spinnen, 1. Teil - Der Goldene See (The Spiders, Part 1 - The Golden Lake)	Fritz Lang Fritz Lang Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute...
Unheimliche Geschichten Unheimliche Geschichten Unheimliche Geschichten is a 1932 German horror/black comedy film directed by the prolific Austrian film director Richard Oswald, starring Paul Wegener, and produced by Gabriel Pascal.... (Ominous Tales)	Richard Oswald Richard Oswald Richard Oswald was an Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter.Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, began his career as an actor on the Viennese stage. He made his film directorial debut at age 34 with Das Eiserne Kreuz...	Paul Wegener Paul Wegener Paul Wegener was a German actor, writer and film director known for his pioneering role in German expressionist cinema.-Stage and early film career:... , Maria Koppenhöfer Maria Koppenhöfer -Selected filmography:* Unheimliche Geschichten * Joan of Arc * The Mountain Calls * Kora Terry * Bismarck * The Heart of a Queen -External links:... , Blandine Ebinger Blandine Ebinger Blandine Ebinger was a German actress and chansonniere, the daughter of the pianist Gustav Loeser and the actress Margarete Wezel...

1920

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1920 1920 in film The year 1920 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* November 27 - The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks opens.-Top grossing films :-Films released in 1920:U.S.A. unless stated*The $1,000,000 Reward...
Abend - Nacht - Morgen (Evening - Night - Morning)	Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm "F. W." Murnau was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era, and a prominent figure in the expressionist movement in German cinema during the 1920s...			Presumed lost film Lost film A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...  IMDb
Algol Algol (film) Algol: Tragedy of Power is a 1920 German science fiction film about an alien from the planet Algol.-Production background:The film was directed by Hans Werckmeister and stars Emil Jannings and John Gottowt. The story centers on a human who is given a machine by an alien spirit which if used would... (Algol - Tragödie der Macht)	Hans Werckmeister	Emil Jannings Emil Jannings Emil Jannings was a German actor. He was not only the first actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, but also the first person to be presented an Oscar...	Sci-fi
Anna Boleyn Anna Boleyn (film) Anna Boleyn is a 1920 German historical film directed by Ernst Lubitsch. It starred Henny Porten as Anne Boleyn and Emil Jannings as King Henry VIII.-Cast:*Henny Porten as Anna Boleyn*Emil Jannings as Henry VIII*Paul Hartmann as Sir Henry Norris...	Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch was a German-born film director. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch."In 1947 he received an Honorary Academy Award for his...
Auf den Trümmern des Paradieses On the Brink of Paradise On the Brink of Paradise is a 1920 German film directed by Josef Stein and featuring Carl de Vogt in the title role of Kara Ben Nemsi. Béla Lugosi appeared in a supporting role...	Josef Stein	Bela Lugosi Béla Lugosi Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...
Der Bucklige und die Tänzerin (The Hunchback and the Dancer)	Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm "F. W." Murnau was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era, and a prominent figure in the expressionist movement in German cinema during the 1920s...			Presumed lost film Lost film A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...  IMDb
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari)	Robert Wiene Robert Wiene Robert Wiene was an important film director of the German silent cinema.Robert Wiene was born in Breslau, as the elder son of the successful theatre actor Carl Wiene. His younger brother Conrad also became an actor, but Robert Wiene at first studied law at the University of Berlin. In 1908 he also...	Werner Krauss Werner Krauss Werner Johannes Krauss was a German stage and film actor.-Early life:Krauss was born at the parsonage of Gestungshausen in Upper Franconia, where his grandfather was Protestant pastor. He spent his childhood in Breslau and from 1901 attended the teacher's college at Kreuzburg... , Conrad Veidt Conrad Veidt Conrad Veidt was a German actor best remembered for his roles in films such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari , The Man Who Laughs , The Thief of Bagdad and Casablanca... , Lil Dagover Lil Dagover Lil Dagover was a German stage, film and television actress whose career spanned nearly six decades.-Early life:... , Friedrich Fehér	Horror Horror film Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
Der Fluch der Menschheit The Curse of Man The Curse of Man is a 1920 German film directed by Richard Eichberg and featuring Béla Lugosi.-Series:The Curse of Man was the first of a series of two films:...	Richard Eichberg Richard Eichberg Richard Eichberg was an German film director and producer. He directed 87 films between 1915 and 1949. He also produced 77 films between 1915 and 1950.He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Munich, Germany....	Bela Lugosi Béla Lugosi Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...
Die Frau im Delphin The Woman in the Dolphin The Woman in the Dolphin is a 1920 German film directed by Artur Kiekebusch-Brenken and featuring Béla Lugosi.-Cast:* Emilie Sannom - Ellinor Wingord* Magnus Stifter - Gordon* Rudolf Hilberg - Fürst...		Bela Lugosi Béla Lugosi Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...
Genuine: A Tale of the Vampire (Genuine)	Robert Wiene Robert Wiene Robert Wiene was an important film director of the German silent cinema.Robert Wiene was born in Breslau, as the elder son of the successful theatre actor Carl Wiene. His younger brother Conrad also became an actor, but Robert Wiene at first studied law at the University of Berlin. In 1908 he also...		Horror Horror film Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
The Golem: How He Came Into the World The Golem: How He Came Into the World The Golem: How He Came Into the World is a 1920 silent horror film by Paul Wegener. It was directed by Carl Boese and Wegener, written by Wegener and Henrik Galeen, and starred Wegener as the golem. The script was adapted from the 1915 novel The Golem by Gustav Meyrink... (Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam)	Paul Wegener Paul Wegener Paul Wegener was a German actor, writer and film director known for his pioneering role in German expressionist cinema.-Stage and early film career:...		Horror Horror film Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...	See also: Golem Golem In Jewish folklore, a golem is an animated anthropomorphic being, created entirely from inanimate matter. The word was used to mean an amorphous, unformed material in Psalms and medieval writing....
Hypnose Hypnosis (film) Hypnosis is a 1920 German silent film directed by Richard Eichberg and featuring Béla Lugosi.-Cast:* Lee Parry* Gertrud de Lalsky* Karl Halden* Béla Lugosi* Marga Köhler* Violetta Napierska* Rudolf Klein-Rhoden* Emil Rameau* Jenny Höhne...	Richard Eichberg Richard Eichberg Richard Eichberg was an German film director and producer. He directed 87 films between 1915 and 1949. He also produced 77 films between 1915 and 1950.He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Munich, Germany....	Bela Lugosi Béla Lugosi Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...
Ich möchte kein Mann sein	Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch was a German-born film director. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch."In 1947 he received an Honorary Academy Award for his...
The Head of Janus The Head of Janus The Head of Janus was a 1920 horror silent film directed by F. W. Murnau. The film was an unauthorized adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, but the source material went unrecognized by the German media due to changes in the characters'... (Der Januskopf)	Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm "F. W." Murnau was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era, and a prominent figure in the expressionist movement in German cinema during the 1920s...	Conrad Veidt Conrad Veidt Conrad Veidt was a German actor best remembered for his roles in films such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari , The Man Who Laughs , The Thief of Bagdad and Casablanca... , Magnus Stifter Magnus Stifter Magnus Stifter was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in 85 films between 1914 and 1941.He was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary and died in Vienna, Austria.-Selected filmography:... , Bela Lugosi Béla Lugosi Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...		Based on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Presumed lost film Lost film A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...  IMDb
Der Im Rausche der Milliarden In the Ecstasy of Billions In the Ecstasy of Billions is a 1920 German film directed by Richard Eichberg and featuring Béla Lugosi. It was a sequel to The Curse of Man.-Cast:* Lee Parry* Violetta Napierska* Felix Hecht* Robert Scholz* Willy Kaiser-Heyl* Reinhold Pasch...	Richard Eichberg Richard Eichberg Richard Eichberg was an German film director and producer. He directed 87 films between 1915 and 1949. He also produced 77 films between 1915 and 1950.He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Munich, Germany....	Bela Lugosi Béla Lugosi Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...
Kohlhiesels Töchter Kohlhiesels Töchter (1920 film) Kohlhiesels Töchter is a 1920 German film directed by Ernst Lubitsch. The film is also known as Kohlhiesel's Daughters- Cast :*Jakob Tiedtke as Mathias Kohlhiesel, Wirt des "Dorfkruges"...	Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch was a German-born film director. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch."In 1947 he received an Honorary Academy Award for his...		comedy
Der Letzte der Mohikaner The Last of the Mohicans (German film) The Last of the Mohicans is the feature-length second part of the two-part 1920 German adventure film Lederstrumpf directed by Arthur Wellin and featuring Bela Lugosi. It is based on James Fenimore Cooper's novel of the same name...	Arthur Wellin Arthur Wellin Arthur Wellin was a German film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. He directed 18 films between 1916 and 1927. He also appeared in 11 films between 1915 and 1933. He was born in Berlin, Germany....	Bela Lugosi Béla Lugosi Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...
Nat Pinkerton im Kampf Nat Pinkerton in the Fight Nat Pinkerton in the Fight is a 1920 German film directed by Wolfgang Neff and featuring Béla Lugosi....	Wolfgang Neff Wolfgang Neff Wolfgang Neff was an Austrian film director. He directed 50 films between 1920 and 1930.He was born in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary .-Selected filmography:* Nat Pinkerton im Kampf...	Bela Lugosi Béla Lugosi Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...
Romeo und Julia im Schnee (Romeo and Juliet in the Snow)	Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch was a German-born film director. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch."In 1947 he received an Honorary Academy Award for his...
Satanas Satanás (film) Satanás is a 2007 Colombian film directed by Andi Baiz. It is adapted from the novel of the same title by Mario Mendoza Zambrano...	Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm "F. W." Murnau was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era, and a prominent figure in the expressionist movement in German cinema during the 1920s...			Presumed lost film Lost film A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...  IMDb
Die Spinnen, 2. Teil - Das Brillantenschiff	Fritz Lang Fritz Lang Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute...			Continuation from Die Spinnen, 1. Teil (see above)
Sumurun Sumurun Sumurun is a 1920 German silent film directed by Ernst Lubitsch.- Cast :*Paul Wegener as the Old Sheikh*Carl Clewing as the Young Sheikh*Jenny Hasseqvist as Sumurun*Aud Egede Nissen as Haidee, a Servant...	Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch was a German-born film director. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch."In 1947 he received an Honorary Academy Award for his...
Der Tanz auf dem Vulkan Dance on the Volcano Dance on the Volcano is a 1920 German film directed by Richard Eichberg and featuring Bela Lugosi. The U.S. version of the film was known as Daughter of the Night.-Preservation status:...	Richard Eichberg Richard Eichberg Richard Eichberg was an German film director and producer. He directed 87 films between 1915 and 1949. He also produced 77 films between 1915 and 1950.He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Munich, Germany....	Bela Lugosi Béla Lugosi Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...
Die Teufelsanbeter The Devil Worshippers The Devil Worshippers is a six-chapter 1920 silent German film directed by Marie Luise Droop and featuring Carl de Vogt in the title-role of Kara Ben Nemsi. Later horror-star Béla Lugosi is being seen in one of his first supporting roles in a film...		Bela Lugosi Béla Lugosi Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...		Considered to be lost Lost film A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
Die Todeskarawane Caravan of Death (film) Caravan of Death is a 1920 silent German film directed by Josef Stein and featuring Carl de Vogt as Kara Ben Nemsi. Béla Lugosi played a supporting role...	Josef Stein	Bela Lugosi Béla Lugosi Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...		Considered to be lost Lost film A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
Der Wildtöter und Chingachgook The Deerslayer and Chingachgook The Deerslayer and Chingachgook is the feature-length first part of the two-part 1920 German adventure film Lederstrumpf , directed by Arthur Wellin and featuring Béla Lugosi. It is based on the novel The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper...	Arthur Wellin Arthur Wellin Arthur Wellin was a German film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. He directed 18 films between 1916 and 1927. He also appeared in 11 films between 1915 and 1933. He was born in Berlin, Germany....	Bela Lugosi Béla Lugosi Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...

1921

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1921 1921 in film -Top grossing films :-Films released in 1921:U.S.A. unless stated*$10,000 Under a Pillow, silent film directed by Frank Moser*The Ace of Hearts, silent film directed by Wallace Worsley*Across the Divide, silent film directed by John Holloway...
Die Bergkatze (The Mountaincat)	Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch was a German-born film director. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch."In 1947 he received an Honorary Academy Award for his...		Bergfilme Mountain film A mountain film is a film genre that focuses on mountaineering and especially the battle of man against nature. In addition to mere adventure, the protagonists who return from the mountain come back changed, usually gaining wisdom and enlightenment....  comedy
Brennendes Land	Heinz Herald
Danton	Dimitri Buchowetzki Dimitri Buchowetzki Dimitri Buchowetzki was a Russian film director, screenwriter and actor.-Selected filmography:Director* Lily of the Dust * The Swan * Valencia * The Crown of Lies...
Der Gang in die Nacht	Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm "F. W." Murnau was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era, and a prominent figure in the expressionist movement in German cinema during the 1920s...
Hamlet	Svend Gade, Heinz Schall
Hintertreppe	Leopold Jessner Leopold Jessner Leopold Jessner was a noted producer and director of German Expressionist theater and cinema. His first film, Hintertreppe , is considered a major turning point which paved the way for the later German Expressionist experiments of German filmmakers F.W. Murnau, Fritz Lang, and G.W... , Paul Leni Paul Leni Paul Leni born Paul Josef Levi was a German filmmaker and a key figure in German Expressionist filmmaking, making Backstairs and Waxworks in Germany, and The Cat and the Canary , The Chinese Parrot , The Man Who Laughs , and The Last Warning in...
Das indische Grabmal: Die Sendung des Yoghi (The Indian Tomb: Part I: the Mission of the Yogi)	Joe May Joe May Joe May , born Julius Otto Mandl, was a film director and film producer born in Austria and one of the pioneers of German cinema....
Das indische Grabmal: Der Tiger von Eschnapur (The Indian Tomb: Part II: The Tiger of Bengal)	Joe May Joe May Joe May , born Julius Otto Mandl, was a film director and film producer born in Austria and one of the pioneers of German cinema....
Der müde Tod (Weary Death)	Fritz Lang Fritz Lang Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute...		Fantasy Fantasy film Fantasy films are films with fantastic themes, usually involving magic, supernatural events, make-believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered to be distinct from science fiction film and horror film, although the genres do overlap... , Romance Romance film Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...	Three narratives within a frame story Frame story A frame story is a literary technique that sometimes serves as a companion piece to a story within a story, whereby an introductory or main narrative is presented, at least in part, for the purpose of setting the stage either for a more emphasized second narrative or for a set of shorter stories...  narrated by Death Death (personification) The concept of death as a sentient entity has existed in many societies since the beginning of history. In English, Death is often given the name Grim Reaper and, from the 15th century onwards, came to be shown as a skeletal figure carrying a large scythe and clothed in a black cloak with a hood...
Opus I	Walter Ruttmann Walter Ruttmann Walter Ruttmann was a German film director and along with Hans Richter and Viking Eggeling was an early German practitioner of experimental film....		Animation
Opus II	Walter Ruttmann Walter Ruttmann Walter Ruttmann was a German film director and along with Hans Richter and Viking Eggeling was an early German practitioner of experimental film....		Animation	Film at YouTube (links to video of Opus II through IV with modern soundtrack)
Rhythmus 21	Hans Richter Hans Richter (artist) Hans Richter was a painter, graphic artist, avant-gardist, film-experimenter and producer. He was born in Berlin into a well-to-do family and died in Minusio, near Locarno, Switzerland.-Germany:...		Animation
Scherben	Lupu Pick
The Haunted Castle (Schloß Vogelöd)	Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm "F. W." Murnau was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era, and a prominent figure in the expressionist movement in German cinema during the 1920s...
Sehnsucht Sehnsucht (1920 film) Desire was a 1921 silent film directed by F. W. Murnau and starring Conrad Veidt. It tells the story of a male dancer who falls in love with a grand duchess, only to be arrested, and his subsequent attempt to find the duchess...	Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm "F. W." Murnau was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era, and a prominent figure in the expressionist movement in German cinema during the 1920s...			Presumed lost film Lost film A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...  IMDb
Der Stern von Bethlehem (The Star of Bethlehem)	Lotte Reiniger Lotte Reiniger Charlotte "Lotte" Reiniger was a German silhouette animator and film director.- Early life :Lotte Reiniger was born in Berlin-Charlottenburg, German Empire, on June 2, 1899...		Animation
Tischlein deck dich, Eselein streck dich, Knüppel aus dem Sack	Wilhelm Prager
Der verlorene Schatten (The Lost Shadow)	Rochus Gliese Rochus Gliese Rochus Gliese was a German actor, director, production designer, and Academy Award-nominated art director of early films from the 1910s and 1920s. He was born in Berlin, Germany....
Die verschwundene Million John Hopkins the Third John Hopkins the Third is a 1921 German film directed by Wolfgang Neff and featuring Béla Lugosi.-Cast:* Curt Cappi - D. I. Winsor * Sybill de Brée* Fritz Falkenberg - Eddy Corvin* Harry Frank - John Hopkins - Detektiv* Frydel Fredy...	Wolfgang Neff Wolfgang Neff Wolfgang Neff was an Austrian film director. He directed 50 films between 1920 and 1930.He was born in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary .-Selected filmography:* Nat Pinkerton im Kampf...	Bela Lugosi Béla Lugosi Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...

1922

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1922 1922 in film -Events:* June 11 - United States première of Robert J. Flaherty's Nanook of the North, the first commercially successful feature length documentary film....
Aschenputtel	Lotte Reiniger Lotte Reiniger Charlotte "Lotte" Reiniger was a German silhouette animator and film director.- Early life :Lotte Reiniger was born in Berlin-Charlottenburg, German Empire, on June 2, 1899...		Animation	Based on traditional German variant of Cinderella Cinderella "Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper" is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune...
Der brennende Acker Der Brennende Acker The Burning Soil is a 1922 silent film directed by F.W. Murnau. It was made the same year as Murnau's Nosferatu and released in Germany around the same time...	Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm "F. W." Murnau was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era, and a prominent figure in the expressionist movement in German cinema during the 1920s...
Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler - Ein Bild der Zeit Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler Dr. Mabuse the Gambler is the first film in the Dr. Mabuse series, about the character Doctor Mabuse who featured in the novels of Norbert Jacques. It was directed by Fritz Lang and released in 1922. The film is silent and filmed mostly 16 frames per second. It would be followed by The Testament... (Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler - a Picture of the Times)	Fritz Lang Fritz Lang Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute...		Crime Crime film Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...	First Dr. Mabuse film
Hanneles Himmelfahrt	Urban Gad Urban Gad Peter Urban Gad was a Danish film director. He directed 40 film between 1910 and 1927. His wife Asta Nielsen starred in 30 of his films. Also in his debut the famous movie Afgrunden from 1910. They moved to Germany in 1911 where Gad worked until 1922.His uncle was Paul Gauguin...			Based on the play The Assumption of Hannele The Assumption of Hannele The Assumption of Hannele , also known simply as Hannele, is an 1893 play by the German playwright Gerhart Hauptmann. In contrast to Hauptmann's naturalistic dramas, The Assumption of Hannele adopts a more symbolist dramaturgy and includes a dream sequence. The play is the first in world literature... by Gerhart Hauptmann Gerhart Hauptmann Gerhart Hauptmann was a German dramatist and novelist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912.-Life and work:... .
Ihre Hoheit die Tänzerin Ihre Hoheit die Tänzerin (film) Ihre Hoheit die Tänzerin is a 1922 German film directed by Richard Eichberg and featuring Béla Lugosi.The original film was banned by the Film Review Office: it was not to be shown in the Weimar Republic. The makers appealed, but the Office considered the film "corruptive" and the appeal was...	Richard Eichberg Richard Eichberg Richard Eichberg was an German film director and producer. He directed 87 films between 1915 and 1949. He also produced 77 films between 1915 and 1950.He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Munich, Germany....	Bela Lugosi Béla Lugosi Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...
Jeremias	Eugen Illés
Lucrezia Borgia	Richard Oswald Richard Oswald Richard Oswald was an Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter.Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, began his career as an actor on the Viennese stage. He made his film directorial debut at age 34 with Das Eiserne Kreuz...
Marizza Marizza Marizza is a 1922 silent German drama film directed by F. W. Murnau. The film is considered to be lost.-Cast:* Tzwetta Tzatschewa - Marizza* Adele Sandrock - Mrs...	Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm "F. W." Murnau was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era, and a prominent figure in the expressionist movement in German cinema during the 1920s...			Presumed lost film Lost film A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...  IMDb
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens is a classic 1922 German Expressionist horror film, directed by F. W. Murnau, starring Max Schreck as the vampire Count Orlok... (Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror)	Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm "F. W." Murnau was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era, and a prominent figure in the expressionist movement in German cinema during the 1920s...	Max Schreck Max Schreck Friedrich Gustav Max Schreck was a German actor. He is most often remembered today for his lead role in the film Nosferatu .-Early life:Max Schreck was born in Berlin-Friedenau, on 6 September 1879.... , Gustav von Wangenheim Gustav von Wangenheim Gustav von Wangenheim was a German actor, screenwriter and director.- Life :Wangenheim was born Ingo Clemens Gustav Adolf Freiherr von Wangenheim in Wiesbaden, Hesse, to parents Eduard Clemens Freiherr von Wangenheim and Minna Mengers... , Greta Schröder Greta Schröder Greta Schröder was a German actress. She is best known for the role of Thomas Hutter's wife and victim to Count Orlok in the 1922 silent film Nosferatu. In the fictionalized 2000 film, Shadow of the Vampire, she is portrayed as having been a famous actress during the making of Nosferatu, but in...	Horror Horror film Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...	First adaptation of Dracula Dracula Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to relocate from Transylvania to England, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor...
Othello	Dimitri Buchowetzki Dimitri Buchowetzki Dimitri Buchowetzki was a Russian film director, screenwriter and actor.-Selected filmography:Director* Lily of the Dust * The Swan * Valencia * The Crown of Lies...
Phantom Phantom (1922 film) Phantom is a silent film that was directed by F. W. Murnau the same year Murnau directed Nosferatu. It is an example of German Expressionist film and has a surreal, dreamlike quality.-Plot summary:The film is told in an extended flashback...	Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm "F. W." Murnau was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era, and a prominent figure in the expressionist movement in German cinema during the 1920s...
Tiefland	Adolf E. Licho
Das Weib des Pharao (The Wife of the Pharaoh)	Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch was a German-born film director. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch."In 1947 he received an Honorary Academy Award for his...

1923

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1923 1923 in film -Events:*April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York with a series of short musical films featuring vaudeville performers.-Top grossing films :-Films released in 1923:U.S.A...
Alles für Geld (All for Gold)	Reinhold Schünzel
Die Austreibung - die Macht der zweiten Frau (The Expulsion - The Power of the Second Woman)	Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm "F. W." Murnau was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era, and a prominent figure in the expressionist movement in German cinema during the 1920s...			Presumed lost film Lost film A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons... IMDb
Erdgeist Erdgeist (film) Erdgeist is a 1923 German Expressionist film directed by Leopold Jessner. It stars Asta Nielsen as Lulu, a femme fatale leading an amoral life in a world full of lust and greed... (Earth Spirit)	Leopold Jessner Leopold Jessner Leopold Jessner was a noted producer and director of German Expressionist theater and cinema. His first film, Hintertreppe , is considered a major turning point which paved the way for the later German Expressionist experiments of German filmmakers F.W. Murnau, Fritz Lang, and G.W...
I.N.R.I. - Ein Film der Menschlichkeit (INRI- A Film of Humanity)	Robert Wiene Robert Wiene Robert Wiene was an important film director of the German silent cinema.Robert Wiene was born in Breslau, as the elder son of the successful theatre actor Carl Wiene. His younger brother Conrad also became an actor, but Robert Wiene at first studied law at the University of Berlin. In 1908 he also...			aka Crown of Thorns; dramatic portrayal of the life of Christ
Mysterien eines Frisiersalons (Mysteries of a Barbershop Mysteries of a Barbershop Mysteries of a Barbershop is a comic, slapstick German film of 33 minutes, created by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Erich Engel, and starring the Munich cabaret clown Karl Valentin and leading stage actor Erwin Faber... )	Bertolt Brecht Bertolt Brecht Bertolt Brecht was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director.An influential theatre practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made equally significant contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter particularly through the seismic impact of the tours undertaken by the... , Erich Engel Erich Engel Erich Engel was a German film and theatre director.- Biography :Engel was born in Hamburg, where later he studied at the School of Applied Arts...	Erwin Faber Erwin Faber Erwin Faber was a leading actor in Munich and later throughout Germany, beginning after World War I, and through the late-1970's, when he was still performing at the Residenz Theatre... , Max Shreck, Blandine Ebinger Blandine Ebinger Blandine Ebinger was a German actress and chansonniere, the daughter of the pianist Gustav Loeser and the actress Margarete Wezel... , Josef Eichheim Josef Eichheim -Selected filmography:* Little Dorrit * The Tannhof Women * Meiseken * Music in Salzburg -External links:... , Annemarie Hase, Kurt Horwitz, Liesl Karlstadt, Hans Leibelt, Carola Neher Carola Neher - Biography :Neher was born in Munich to a music teacher in 1900. She started to work as a bank clerk in 1917. In the summer of 1920, she gave her debut performance at the Baden-Baden theater without a specific stage education, later also working at the theaters of Darmstadt, Nuremberg and at the... , Karl Valentin Karl Valentin Karl Valentin was a Bavarian comedian, cabaret performer, clown, author and film producer. He had significant influence on German Weimar culture... , Otto Wernicke Otto Wernicke Otto Karl Robert Wernicke was a German actor. He was best known for his role as police inspector Karl Lohmann in the two Fritz Lang films M and The Testament of Dr. Mabuse. He was the first one to portray Captain Smith in the first "official" Titanic film.Wernicke was married to a Jewish woman...	"Surreal Comedy/Romance"	16 minutes; considered one of the 100 most important German films
Schatten - Eine nächtliche Halluzination Schatten - Eine nächtliche Halluzination Schatten – Eine nächtliche Halluzination is a 1923 German silent film directed by Arthur Robison. It is considered part of German Expressionism.-Plot:... (Shadows- A Nighttime Hallucination)	Arthur Robison Arthur Robison Arthur Robison was a German film director and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 20 films between 1916 and 1935.-Selected filmography:* A Night of Horror... , Rudolf Schneider
Der Schatz The Treasure (film) The Treasure is a 1923 silent German drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst. It was Pabst's debut film as a director.-Cast:* Albert Steinrück - Svetocar Badalic, Master Foundryman* Lucie Mannheim - Beate* Ilka Grüning - Anna... (The Treasure)	Georg Wilhelm Pabst Georg Wilhelm Pabst -Biography:Pabst was born in Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary , the son of a railroad employee.Returning from the United States, he was in France when World War I began...			Pabst's debut film
Der steinerne Reiter (The Stone Rider)	Fritz Wendhausen
Die Straße Die Straße Die Straße , also known as The Street, is a German film, directed by Karl Grune.-Cast:*Eugen Klöpfer ... Lower middle-class man*Lucie Höflich ... Wife of man*Anton Edthofer ... Pimp*Aud Egede-Nissen ... Harlot... (The Street)	Karl Grune Karl Grune Karl Grune was an Austrian film director and writer who made many silent films in the 1920s.Grune was born in Vienna, where he later attended drama school...

1924

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1924 1924 in film -Events:* Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to create Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...
Der Berg des Schicksals (Mountain of Destiny)	Arnold Fanck Arnold Fanck Arnold Fanck was a pioneer of the German mountain film....
Carlos und Elisabeth	Richard Oswald Richard Oswald Richard Oswald was an Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter.Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, began his career as an actor on the Viennese stage. He made his film directorial debut at age 34 with Das Eiserne Kreuz...
Die Finanzen des Großherzogs (Finances of the Grand Duke)	Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm "F. W." Murnau was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era, and a prominent figure in the expressionist movement in German cinema during the 1920s...
Helena, 1. Teil - Der Raub der Helena (Helena, Part 1 - The Taking of Helen)	Manfred Noa
Helena, 2. Teil - Der Untergang Trojas (Helena, Part 2 - The Fall of Troy)	Manfred Noa
Der letzte Mann	Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm "F. W." Murnau was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era, and a prominent figure in the expressionist movement in German cinema during the 1920s...	Emil Jannings Emil Jannings Emil Jannings was a German actor. He was not only the first actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, but also the first person to be presented an Oscar...	Drama Drama film A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...	Literally The Last Man; aka The Last Laugh
Mikaël (Chained: The Story of the Third Sex)	Carl Theodor Dreyer Carl Theodor Dreyer Carl Theodor Dreyer, Jr. was a Danish film director. He is regarded by many critics and filmmakers as one of the greatest directors in cinema.-Life:Dreyer was born illegitimate in Copenhagen, Denmark...	Benjamin Christensen Benjamin Christensen Benjamin Christensen was a Danish film director, screenwriter and an actor both in film and on the stage. As a director he is most well known for the 1922 film Häxan and as an actor, he is best known for his performance in the film Michael , in which he plays Claude Zoret, the jilted lover of the... , Walter Slezak Walter Slezak Walter Slezak was a portly Austrian character actor who appeared in numerous Hollywood films. Slezak often portrayed villains or thugs, most notably the German U-boat captain in Alfred Hitchcock's film Lifeboat , but occasionally he got to play lighter roles, as in The Wonderful World of the...	Drama Drama film A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (The Nibelungen: Siegfried)	Fritz Lang Fritz Lang Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute...	Paul Richter Paul Richter Paul Richter was an Austrian film actor. He married the actress Aud Egede-Nissen and was stepfather to Georg Richter.-Selected filmography:* The Indian Tomb * Die Nibelungen * The Sorceror... , Margarete Schön Margarete Schön Margarete Schön was a German stage and film actress whose career spanned nearly fifty years. She is possibly best recalled internationally for her role as Kriemhild in director Fritz Lang's 1924 series of two silent fantasy films Die Nibelungen - Die Nibelungen: Siegfried and Nibelungen:...	Fantasy Fantasy film Fantasy films are films with fantastic themes, usually involving magic, supernatural events, make-believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered to be distinct from science fiction film and horror film, although the genres do overlap...
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache (The Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Revenge)	Fritz Lang Fritz Lang Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute...	Paul Richter Paul Richter Paul Richter was an Austrian film actor. He married the actress Aud Egede-Nissen and was stepfather to Georg Richter.-Selected filmography:* The Indian Tomb * Die Nibelungen * The Sorceror... , Margarete Schön Margarete Schön Margarete Schön was a German stage and film actress whose career spanned nearly fifty years. She is possibly best recalled internationally for her role as Kriemhild in director Fritz Lang's 1924 series of two silent fantasy films Die Nibelungen - Die Nibelungen: Siegfried and Nibelungen:...	Fantasy Fantasy film Fantasy films are films with fantastic themes, usually involving magic, supernatural events, make-believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered to be distinct from science fiction film and horror film, although the genres do overlap...
Opus III	Walter Ruttmann Walter Ruttmann Walter Ruttmann was a German film director and along with Hans Richter and Viking Eggeling was an early German practitioner of experimental film....		Animation	Film at YouTube (links to video of Opus II through IV with modern soundtrack)
Orlacs Hände (The Unscrupulous Hands of Dr. Orloc)	Robert Wiene Robert Wiene Robert Wiene was an important film director of the German silent cinema.Robert Wiene was born in Breslau, as the elder son of the successful theatre actor Carl Wiene. His younger brother Conrad also became an actor, but Robert Wiene at first studied law at the University of Berlin. In 1908 he also...
Sylvester Sylvester Sylvester is a name derived from the Latin adjective silvestris meaning "wooded" or "wild", which derives from the noun silva meaning "woodland". Classical Latin spells this with i. In Classical Latin y represented a separate sound distinct from i, not a native Latin sound but one used in... (New Years)	Lupu Pick
Symphonie diagonale Symphonie diagonale Symphonie diagonale is a 1924 German film directed by Viking Eggeling.The title has also been misspelled Symphonie diaganale in the USA....	Viking Eggeling Viking Eggeling Viking Eggeling was a Swedish artist and filmmaker. His work is of significance in the area of experimental film, and has been described as absolute film and Visual Music....		Animation
Waxworks Waxworks (film) Waxworks is a 1924 fantasy/horror silent film directed by Paul Leni. The film is about a writer who accepts a job from a waxworks proprietor to write a series of stories about the exhibits of Caliph of Baghdad , Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper in order to boost business.Although... (Das Wachsfigurenkabinett)	Paul Leni Paul Leni Paul Leni born Paul Josef Levi was a German filmmaker and a key figure in German Expressionist filmmaking, making Backstairs and Waxworks in Germany, and The Cat and the Canary , The Chinese Parrot , The Man Who Laughs , and The Last Warning in...	Werner Krauss Werner Krauss Werner Johannes Krauss was a German stage and film actor.-Early life:Krauss was born at the parsonage of Gestungshausen in Upper Franconia, where his grandfather was Protestant pastor. He spent his childhood in Breslau and from 1901 attended the teacher's college at Kreuzburg... , Conrad Veidt Conrad Veidt Conrad Veidt was a German actor best remembered for his roles in films such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari , The Man Who Laughs , The Thief of Bagdad and Casablanca... , Emil Jannings Emil Jannings Emil Jannings was a German actor. He was not only the first actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, but also the first person to be presented an Oscar... , William Dieterle William Dieterle William Dieterle was a German actor and film director, who worked in Hollywood for much of his career. His best known films include The Devil and Daniel Webster, The Story of Louis Pasteur and The Hunchback of Notre Dame... , Georg John Georg John Georg John was a German stage and film actor.-Early life:Georg John was born in Schmiegel, Province of Posen, Imperial Germany.- Career :John began his career around 1900 in smaller stages and traveling theatres...	Fantasy Fantasy film Fantasy films are films with fantastic themes, usually involving magic, supernatural events, make-believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered to be distinct from science fiction film and horror film, although the genres do overlap... /Horror Horror film Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...  anthology film Anthology film An anthology film is a feature film consisting of several different short films, often tied together by only a single theme, premise, or brief interlocking event . Sometimes each one is directed by a different director...	Literally The Waxfigure Cabinet
Das Wolkenphänomen in Majola (Cloud Phenomena of Majola)	Arnold Fanck Arnold Fanck Arnold Fanck was a pioneer of the German mountain film....

1925

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1925 1925 in film -Events:*November 5: The Big Parade holds its Grand Premier*December 30: premier of Ben-Hur the most expensive silent film ever made costing 4-6 million dollars -Top grossing films :...
Der Flug um den Erdball, 1. Teil - Paris bis Ceylon	Willi Wolff
Die freudlose Gasse Die freudlose Gasse Joyless Street , a film based on the novel by Hugo Bettauer and directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst in France, is one of the first films of the "New Objectivity“ movement. Greta Garbo stars in her second major role...	Georg Wilhelm Pabst Georg Wilhelm Pabst -Biography:Pabst was born in Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary , the son of a railroad employee.Returning from the United States, he was in France when World War I began...	Asta Nielsen Asta Nielsen Asta Nielsen , was a Danish silent film actress who was one of the most popular leading ladies of the 1910s and one of the first international movie stars. Seventy of Nielsen's 74 films were made in Germany where she was known simply as Die Asta... Greta Garbo Greta Garbo Greta Garbo , born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson, was a Swedish film actress. Garbo was an international star and icon during Hollywood's silent and classic periods. Many of Garbo's films were sensational hits, and all but three were profitable...
Der Gardeoffizier	Robert Wiene Robert Wiene Robert Wiene was an important film director of the German silent cinema.Robert Wiene was born in Breslau, as the elder son of the successful theatre actor Carl Wiene. His younger brother Conrad also became an actor, but Robert Wiene at first studied law at the University of Berlin. In 1908 he also...
Opus IV	Walter Ruttmann Walter Ruttmann Walter Ruttmann was a German film director and along with Hans Richter and Viking Eggeling was an early German practitioner of experimental film....		Animation	Film at YouTube(links to video of Opus II through IV with modern soundtrack)
The Pleasure Garden The Pleasure Garden (film) The Pleasure Garden is a 1925 British silent film, and the debut feature of Alfred Hitchcock.-Production:Michael Balcon allowed Hitchcock to direct the film when Graham Cutts, a jealous executive at Gainsborough Pictures, would not allow him to work on The Rat. The story concerns two chorus girls...	Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...		Melodrama Melodrama The term melodrama refers to a dramatic work that exaggerates plot and characters in order to appeal to the emotions. It may also refer to the genre which includes such works, or to language, behavior, or events which resemble them...	Co-production with the UK. Filmed in Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...  and Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
Prem Sanyas Prem Sanyas Prem Sanyas was 1925 silent film, directed by Franz Osten and Himansu Rai. It was film adapted from the book, The Light of Asia in verse, by Edwin Arnold, based on the life of Prince Gautama Buddha, who after enlightenment became the Buddha, the learned one.-Production:The film was an...	Franz Osten Franz Osten Franz Osten was a German filmmaker who along with Niranjan Pal was among the first retainers of Bombay Talkies. Osten partnered with Pal on a number of India's earliest blockbuster films like Achhut Kanya and Jeevan Naiya.-Early life:He was born as Franz Ostermayr in Munich on 23 December 1876... Himansu Rai
Die Prinzessin und der Geiger	Graham Cutts Graham Cutts Graham Cutts was a British film director who was one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built on the back of his work. His daughter was actress Patricia Cutts...
Rebus Film Nr. 1	Paul Leni Paul Leni Paul Leni born Paul Josef Levi was a German filmmaker and a key figure in German Expressionist filmmaking, making Backstairs and Waxworks in Germany, and The Cat and the Canary , The Chinese Parrot , The Man Who Laughs , and The Last Warning in...
She She (1925 film) She is a 1925 British-German fantasy adventure film directed by Leander de Cordova and G.B. Samuelson and starring Betty Blythe, Carlyle Blackwell, Mary Odette. It was filmed in Berlin as a co-production, and based on H. Rider Haggard's novel of the same name.The book has been a popular subject for...	Leander de Cordova Leander de Cordova Leander de Cordova was a Jamaican actor and film director. He was the brother of Rudolph de Cordova.-Selected filmography:Actor* Zorro's Fighting Legion * Mission to Moscow * The Mysterious Desperado... , G.B. Samuelson	Betty Blythe Betty Blythe Betty Blythe was an American actress best known for her dramatic roles in exotic silent films such as The Queen of Sheba .-Career:... , Carlyle Blackwell Carlyle Blackwell Carlyle Blackwell was an American silent film actor and a minor director and producer.Born in Troy, Pennsylvania, he made his film debut in the 1910 Vitagraph Studios production of Uncle Tom's Cabin directed by J. Stuart Blackton. Between then and 1930, when talkies ended his acting career, he...	Adventure	Co-production with UK
Varieté Varieté Variety is a 1925 silent drama film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont based on the novel Der Eid des Stephan Huller by . Jannings portrays "Boss Huller," an ex-trapeze artist who runs a seedy carnival with his wife and child...	Ewald André Dupont Ewald André Dupont Ewald André Dupont was a German film director, one of the founders of the German film industry. He was frequently credited as E. A. Dupont....		Drama Drama film A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
Zur Chronik von Grieshuus	Arthur von Gerlach

1926

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1926 1926 in film -Events:*August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. The Vitaphone system used multiple 33⅓ rpm disc records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film....
The Adventures of Prince Achmed The Adventures of Prince Achmed The Adventures of Prince Achmed is a 1926 German animated fairytale film by Lotte Reiniger. It is the oldest surviving animated feature film; two earlier ones were made in Argentina by Quirino Cristiani, but they are considered lost... (Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed)	Lotte Reiniger Lotte Reiniger Charlotte "Lotte" Reiniger was a German silhouette animator and film director.- Early life :Lotte Reiniger was born in Berlin-Charlottenburg, German Empire, on June 2, 1899...		Animation / Fantasy	Oldest-surviving animated Animation Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...  feature film Feature film In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...  IMDb
Adventures of a Ten Mark Note (Die Abenteuer eines Zehnmarkscheines)	Berthold Viertel Berthold Viertel Berthold Viertel , born in Vienna, Austria was a screen writer and film director.-Arrival in America:He was married to screenplay writer and actress Salka Viertel from 30 April 1918 to 20 December 1947. The pair came to Los Angeles in 1928 planning to stay for just three years...
Faust Faust (1926 film) Faust is a silent film produced in 1926 by UFA, directed by F.W. Murnau, starring Gösta Ekman as Faust, Emil Jannings as Mephisto, Camilla Horn as Gretchen/Marguerite, Frida Richard as her mother, Wilhelm Dieterle as her brother and Yvette Guilbert as Marthe Schwerdtlein, her aunt... (Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage)	Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm "F. W." Murnau was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era, and a prominent figure in the expressionist movement in German cinema during the 1920s...	Gösta Ekman (senior) Gösta Ekman (senior) Gösta Ekman, Sr. , born Frans Gösta Viktor Ekman, was a Swedish actor. Generally spoken of as Swedish theatre's most legendary stage actor, Gösta Ekman enjoyed a prolific stage career during his short life, becoming the first real star of Swedish theatre... , Emil Jannings Emil Jannings Emil Jannings was a German actor. He was not only the first actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, but also the first person to be presented an Oscar...	classic literature/drama	aka Faust - A German Folk Legend
Fiaker Nr. 13	Michael Curtiz Michael Curtiz Michael Curtiz was an Academy award winning Hungarian-American film director. He had early creditsas Mihály Kertész and Michael Kertész...
Der Geiger von Florenz	Paul Czinner Paul Czinner Paul Czinner was a writer, film director, and producer.Czinner was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary. After studying literature and philosophy at the University of Vienna, he worked as a journalist. From 1919 onward, he dedicated himself to work for the filming industry as writer, director and...
Der goldene Schmetterling	Michael Curtiz Michael Curtiz Michael Curtiz was an Academy award winning Hungarian-American film director. He had early creditsas Mihály Kertész and Michael Kertész...
Der Hauptmann von Köpenick	Siegfried Dessauer		satire	All copies that could be found were ordered destroyed by Hitler
The Holy Mountain The Holy Mountain (1926 film) The Holy Mountain is a 1926 Weimar Republic mountain film directed by Arnold Fanck, starring future propaganda filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl in her first screen appearance as an actress.- External links :*... (Der heilige Berg)	Arnold Fanck Arnold Fanck Arnold Fanck was a pioneer of the German mountain film....	Leni Riefenstahl Leni Riefenstahl Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl was a German film director, actress and dancer widely noted for her aesthetics and innovations as a filmmaker. Her most famous film was Triumph des Willens , a propaganda film made at the 1934 Nuremberg congress of the Nazi Party...	Drama	One of many Bergfilme Mountain film A mountain film is a film genre that focuses on mountaineering and especially the battle of man against nature. In addition to mere adventure, the protagonists who return from the mountain come back changed, usually gaining wisdom and enlightenment....
Herr Tartüff	Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm "F. W." Murnau was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era, and a prominent figure in the expressionist movement in German cinema during the 1920s...	Emil Jannings Emil Jannings Emil Jannings was a German actor. He was not only the first actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, but also the first person to be presented an Oscar...	Drama	Adaptation of Molière Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature... 's play
Manon Lescaut	Arthur Robison Arthur Robison Arthur Robison was a German film director and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 20 films between 1916 and 1935.-Selected filmography:* A Night of Horror...	Lya De Putti Lya De Putti Lya De Putti was a Hungarian film actress of the silent era, noted for her portrayal of vamp characters.-Early life and career:... , Vladimir Gajdarov Vladimir Gajdarov Vladimir Georgievich Gajdarov was a Russian film actor and star of Russian silent cinema.-Filmography:*Bare et liv - historien om Fridtjof Nansen...
Michel Strogoff	Viktor Tourjansky		Adventure	French-German co-production
The Mountain Eagle The Mountain Eagle The Mountain Eagle is a British silent film, and Alfred Hitchcock's second as director following The Pleasure Garden.-Plot:The film is set in Kentucky. J. P. Pettigrew's wife died giving birth to his son Edward who was born a cripple. Pettigrew hates John Fulton who also loved Pettigrew's wife...	Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...	Nita Naldi, Bernhard Goetzke Bernhard Goetzke Bernhard Goetzke was a German film actor. He appeared in 130 films between 1917 and 1961.He was born in Danzig and died in Berlin.-Selected filmography:...	Romantic drama	British-German co-production. Lost film Lost film A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
The Student of Prague (1926 film) The Student of Prague (1926 film) The Student of Prague is a 1926 silent film by actor and filmmaker Henrik Galeen. It is a remake of The Student of Prague , directed by Stellan Rye. It is considered as Galeen's most important film since The Golem, which he co-directed in 1915 with Paul Wegener... (Der Student von Prag)	Henrik Galeen	Conrad Veidt Conrad Veidt Conrad Veidt was a German actor best remembered for his roles in films such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari , The Man Who Laughs , The Thief of Bagdad and Casablanca... , Werner Krauss Werner Krauss Werner Johannes Krauss was a German stage and film actor.-Early life:Krauss was born at the parsonage of Gestungshausen in Upper Franconia, where his grandfather was Protestant pastor. He spent his childhood in Breslau and from 1901 attended the teacher's college at Kreuzburg... , Elizza La Porta	Drama / Horror	Based on the story by Hanns Heinz Ewers Hanns Heinz Ewers Hanns Heinz Ewers was a German actor, poet, philosopher, and writer of short stories and novels. While he wrote on a wide range of subjects, he is now known mainly for his works of horror, particularly his trilogy of novels about the adventures of Frank Braun, a character modeled on himself... Remake of the 1913 film The Student of Prague (1913 film) The Student of Prague (1913 film) The Student of Prague is a 1913 German silent horror film. The film was remade in 1926, 1935, and 2004 under the same title The Student of Prague.-Plot:...

1927

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1927 1927 in film -Events:*January 10 - Fritz Lang's science-fiction fantasy Metropolis premieres in Germany.*April 7 - Abel Gance's Napoleon often considered his best known and greatest masterpiece, premiers at the Paris Opéra and would demonstrate techniques and equipment that would not be used for years to...
Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt (Berlin: Symphony of a Great City)	Walter Ruttmann Walter Ruttmann Walter Ruttmann was a German film director and along with Hans Richter and Viking Eggeling was an early German practitioner of experimental film....		Experimental documentary	Runtime: 65 min.
Das Geheimnis des Abbe X (The Secret of Abby X)	Julius Brandt, William Dieterle William Dieterle William Dieterle was a German actor and film director, who worked in Hollywood for much of his career. His best known films include The Devil and Daniel Webster, The Story of Louis Pasteur and The Hunchback of Notre Dame...
Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney The Love of Jeanne Ney The Love of Jeanne Ney is a 1927 silent German drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.-Cast:* Édith Jéhanne - Jeanne Ney* Uno Henning - Andreas Labov* Fritz Rasp - Khalibiev* Brigitte Helm - Gabrielle* Adolf E... (The Love of Jeanne Ney)	Georg Wilhelm Pabst Georg Wilhelm Pabst -Biography:Pabst was born in Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary , the son of a railroad employee.Returning from the United States, he was in France when World War I began...
Metropolis Metropolis (film) Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist film in the science-fiction genre directed by Fritz Lang. Produced in Germany during a stable period of the Weimar Republic, Metropolis is set in a futuristic urban dystopia and makes use of this context to explore the social crisis between workers and...	Fritz Lang Fritz Lang Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute...	Alfred Abel Alfred Abel Alfred Abel was a German film actor, director, and producer. He appeared in over 140 silent and sound films between 1913 and 1938... , Brigitte Helm Brigitte Helm Brigitte Helm was a German actress, best remembered for her dual role as Maria and her double, the Maschinenmensch, in Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film Metropolis.-Career:...	Science fiction Science fiction Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
The Queen Was in the Parlour The Queen Was in the Parlour (film) The Queen Was in the Parlour is a 1927 British drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Lili Damita, Louis Ralph and Paul Richter. It was based on the Noel Coward play The Queen Was in the Parlour.-Cast:* Lili Damita - Nadya...	Graham Cutts Graham Cutts Graham Cutts was a British film director who was one of the leading British directors in the 1920s. His fellow director A. V. Bramble believed that Gainsborough Pictures had been built on the back of his work. His daughter was actress Patricia Cutts...
Ramper, der Tiermensch (Ramper, the Animal Man)	Max Reichmann
Seelische Konstruktionen (Spiritual Construction)	Oskar Fischinger Oskar Fischinger Oskar Fischinger was a German-American abstract animator, filmmaker, and painter. He made over 50 short animated films, and painted c. 800 canvases, many of which are in museums, galleries and collections worldwide. Among his film works is Motion Painting No. 1 , which is now listed on the...		Experimental film	Runtime: 10 min.
Eine Symphonie des Kampfwillens Eine Symphonie des Kampfwillens Eine Symphonie des Kampfwillens is the first film documentary of a Nuremberg Rally.Made soon after the establishment of the Nazi Party film office, the film is a short record of the highlights of the conference, interspersed with newspaper descriptions of the rally... (A Symphony of the Will to Fight)			NSDAP propaganda	The first documentary of a Nuremberg Rally Nuremberg Rally The Nuremberg Rally was the annual rally of the NSDAP in Germany, held from 1923 to 1938. Especially after Hitler's rise to power in 1933, they were large Nazi propaganda events...
U 9 Weddigen	Heinz Paul
Was ist los im Zirkus Beely?	Harry Piel Harry Piel Born Hubert August Piel, Harry Piel in Munich, Germany was a prolific German actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer who was involved in over 150 films....
Die Weber	Friedrich Zelnik
Das Erwachen des Weibes (The Awakening of Woman)	Fred Sauer			Movie Poster repeatedly displayed in Man with A Movie Camera (Vertov, 1929)

1928

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1928 1928 in film -Events:Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent.* July 28 - Lights of New York is released by Warner Brothers. It is the first "100% Talkie" feature film, in that dialog is spoken throughout the film...
Abwege	Georg Wilhelm Pabst Georg Wilhelm Pabst -Biography:Pabst was born in Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary , the son of a railroad employee.Returning from the United States, he was in France when World War I began...	Gustav Diessl Gustav Diessl Gustav Diessl was an Austrian artist, and film and stage actor.-Biography:Diessl was born Gustav Karl Balthasar in Vienna. In 1916, he was an extra on different stages in Vienna but was soon recruited into the army for World War I... , Brigitte Helm Brigitte Helm Brigitte Helm was a German actress, best remembered for her dual role as Maria and her double, the Maschinenmensch, in Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film Metropolis.-Career:...
Alraune Alraune (1928 film) Alraune is a 1928 silent science fiction horror film directed by Henrik Galeen and starring Brigitte Helm in which a prostitute is artificially inseminated with the semen of a hanged man. The story is based upon the legend of Alraune and the powers of the mandrake root to impregnate women...	Henrik Galeen	Brigitte Helm Brigitte Helm Brigitte Helm was a German actress, best remembered for her dual role as Maria and her double, the Maschinenmensch, in Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film Metropolis.-Career:... , Paul Wegener Paul Wegener Paul Wegener was a German actor, writer and film director known for his pioneering role in German expressionist cinema.-Stage and early film career:...	Drama Drama film A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...	Based on the story by Hanns Heinz Ewers Hanns Heinz Ewers Hanns Heinz Ewers was a German actor, poet, philosopher, and writer of short stories and novels. While he wrote on a wide range of subjects, he is now known mainly for his works of horror, particularly his trilogy of novels about the adventures of Frank Braun, a character modeled on himself...
Der geheimnisvolle Spiegel	Carl Hoffmann, Richard Teschner
Geschlecht in Fesseln - Die Sexualnot der Gefangenen (Sex in Chains)	William Dieterle William Dieterle William Dieterle was a German actor and film director, who worked in Hollywood for much of his career. His best known films include The Devil and Daniel Webster, The Story of Louis Pasteur and The Hunchback of Notre Dame...	William Dieterle, Gunnar Tolnæs Gunnar Tolnæs Gunnar Tolnæs was a Norwegian-born film actor who worked for most of his career in Denmark.-Career:Tolnæs's film credits, all silent films, include:* Children of the Streets * One of the Many...
Heimkehr Homecoming (1928 film) Homecoming is a 1928 German film directed by Joe May.- Plot :Richard and Karl are German prisoners of war in Siberia. Since escape is almost impossible, they are unguarded and live an almost idyllic existence running a ferry...	Joe May Joe May Joe May , born Julius Otto Mandl, was a film director and film producer born in Austria and one of the pioneers of German cinema....
Polizeibericht Überfall	Ernö Metzner
Scampolo Scampolo Scampolo is a 1958 German film, directed Alfred Weidenmann, with Romy Schneider in the title role.-Cast:*Romy Schneider: Scampolo*Paul Hubschmid: Roberto Costa, archirect*Georg Thomalla: Andreas Michaels, fashion photographer*Eva Maria Meineke: Sabina...	Augusto Genina Augusto Genina Augusto Genina was an Italian film pioneer. He was a movie producer and director.Born in Rome, Genina was a drama critic and wrote comedies for the Il Mondo Magazine, under advise of Aldo de Benedetti switches to movies for the "Film d'Arte Italiana", that produces his first film "La moglie di sua...
Spione Spione Spione is a German silent espionage thriller written and directed by Fritz Lang in 1928. Lang's wife, Thea von Harbou, worked as a co-writer. The film was Lang's penultimate silent film, and the first for his own production company; Fritz Lang-film GmbH. As in Lang's Mabuse films, such as Dr... (Spies)	Fritz Lang Fritz Lang Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute...		Thriller, Spy film Spy film The spy film genre deals with the subject of fictional espionage, either in a realistic way or as a basis for fantasy . Many novels in the spy fiction genre have been adapted as films, including works by John Buchan, John Le Carré, Ian Fleming and Len Deighton...
Ungarische Rhapsodie Ungarische Rhapsodie Ungarische Rhapsodie is a 1928 German drama film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Lil Dagover, Willy Fritsch and Dita Parlo. It depicts the life of an impoverished Hungarian aristocrat.-Cast:* Lil Dagover ... Camilla... (Hungarian Rapsody)	Hanns Schwarz Hanns Schwarz Hanns Schwarz was an Austrian film director. He was born in Vienna in 1888. He directed twenty four films between 1924 and 1937 in both English and German. His last film was the 1937 British thriller Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel...
Vormittagsspuk	Hans Richter Hans Richter (artist) Hans Richter was a painter, graphic artist, avant-gardist, film-experimenter and producer. He was born in Berlin into a well-to-do family and died in Minusio, near Locarno, Switzerland.-Germany:...		Animation
Zuflucht	Carl Froelich Carl Froelich Carl August Froelich was a German film pioneer and film director.-Apparatus builder and cameraman:...

1929

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1929 1929 in film -Events:The days of the silent film are numbered. A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound is on.*January 20 - The movie In Old Arizona is released. The film is the first full-length talking film to be filmed outdoors....
Asphalt Asphalt (1929 film) Asphalt is a German silent film. The film was one of the last silent films released in Germany as the world was entering the era of sound film.-Crew:...	Joe May Joe May Joe May , born Julius Otto Mandl, was a film director and film producer born in Austria and one of the pioneers of German cinema....
Brüder	Werner Hochbaum
Pandora's Box Pandora's Box (film) Pandora's Box is a 1929 German silent melodrama film based on Frank Wedekind's plays Erdgeist and Die Büchse der Pandora . Directed by Austrian filmmaker Georg Wilhelm Pabst, the film stars Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, and Francis Lederer... (Die Büchse der Pandora)	Georg Wilhelm Pabst Georg Wilhelm Pabst -Biography:Pabst was born in Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary , the son of a railroad employee.Returning from the United States, he was in France when World War I began...	Louise Brooks Louise Brooks Mary Louise Brooks , generally known by her stage name Louise Brooks, was an American dancer, model, showgirl and silent film actress, noted for popularizing the bobbed haircut. Brooks is best known for her three feature roles including two G. W... , Francis Lederer Francis Lederer Francis Lederer was a film and stage actor with a successful career, first in Europe, then in the United States.-Europe:... , Fritz Körtner Fritz Kortner Fritz Kortner was an Austrian-born stage and film actor and theatre director.Kortner was born in Vienna as Fritz Nathan Kohn. He studied at the Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. After graduating, he joined Max Reinhardt in Berlin in 1911 and then Leopold Jessner in 1916. Also in that year...	Drama Drama film A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
Frau im Mond Frau im Mond Woman in the Moon is a science fiction silent film that premiered October 15, 1929. It is often considered to be one of the first "serious" science fiction films... (The Woman in the Moon)	Fritz Lang Fritz Lang Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute...		Science fiction Science fiction film Science fiction film is a film genre that uses science fiction: speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not necessarily accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial life forms, alien worlds, extrasensory perception, and time travel, often along with futuristic...	A realistic planetary romance Planetary romance Planetary romance is a type of science fiction or science fantasy story in which the bulk of the action consists of adventures on one or more exotic alien planets, characterized by distinctive physical and cultural backgrounds...
Fräulein Else	Paul Czinner Paul Czinner Paul Czinner was a writer, film director, and producer.Czinner was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary. After studying literature and philosophy at the University of Vienna, he worked as a journalist. From 1919 onward, he dedicated himself to work for the filming industry as writer, director and...
Großstadtschmetterling	Richard Eichberg Richard Eichberg Richard Eichberg was an German film director and producer. He directed 87 films between 1915 and 1949. He also produced 77 films between 1915 and 1950.He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Munich, Germany....
Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madame (I Kiss Your Hand, Madame I Kiss Your Hand, Madame Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madame is a 1929 German drama film starring Marlene Dietrich. It was released in the United States as I Kiss Your Hand, Madame in 1932. It was produced by Super-Film.-Plot:... )	Robert Land
Melodie der Welt	Walter Ruttmann Walter Ruttmann Walter Ruttmann was a German film director and along with Hans Richter and Viking Eggeling was an early German practitioner of experimental film....
La Merveilleuse vie de Jeanne d'Arc (The Marvelous Life of Joan of Arc)	Marco de Gastyne Marco de Gastyne Marc Henri Benoist better known as Marco de Gastyne was a French painter, illustrator and later film director of more than a dozen films....
Mutter Krausens Fahrt ins Glück Mutter Krausens Fahrt ins Glück Mutter Krausens Fahrt ins Glück is a silent film directed by Phil Jutzi, filmed in 1929 in Germany. It depicts the cruelty of poverty and depicts Communism as a rescuing force that, alas, reaches Mutter Krause and her grandchild too late.- Plot :Mutter Krause, her daughter Erna and her son Paul...	Phil Jutzi Phil Jutzi Phil Jutzi was a German cameraman and movie director.Born Philipp Jutzi in Altleiningen as the son of a tailor, Jutzi was self-educated...
Napoleon auf St. Helena (Napoleon at St. Helena)	Lupu Pick
Der Nürnberger Parteitag der NSDAP Der Nürnberger Parteitag der NSDAP Der Nürnberger Parteitag der NSDAP is a 1929 propaganda film about the 4th party convention of the Nazi Party.In 1928 financial difficulties forced the Nazi party to call off its annual congress at Nuremberg, so the next rally, the last to be held before the party took power, was held in August... (The Nuremberg Convention of the NSDAP)
Das Schiff der verlorenen Menschen (The Ship of Lost Men)	Maurice Tourneur Maurice Tourneur Maurice Tourneur was an important international film director and screenwriter.-Life:Born Maurice Thomas in the Belleville district of Paris, France, his father was a jeweler. As a young man, Maurice Thomas first trained as a graphic designer and a magazine illustrator but was soon drawn to the...
Diary of a Lost Girl Diary of a Lost Girl Diary of a Lost Girl is a 1929 silent film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst and starring the American silent star Louise Brooks. It is shot in black and white, and various versions of the film range from 79 minutes to 116 minutes in length. This was Brooks' second and last film with Pabst, and... (Tagebuch einer Verlorenen)	Georg Wilhelm Pabst Georg Wilhelm Pabst -Biography:Pabst was born in Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary , the son of a railroad employee.Returning from the United States, he was in France when World War I began...	Louise Brooks Louise Brooks Mary Louise Brooks , generally known by her stage name Louise Brooks, was an American dancer, model, showgirl and silent film actress, noted for popularizing the bobbed haircut. Brooks is best known for her three feature roles including two G. W... , Fritz Rasp Fritz Rasp Fritz Heinrich Rasp was a German film actor who appeared in 104 films between 1916 and 1976.His most notable film roles were "J. J. Peachum" in The Threepenny Opera , as Meinert in Diary of a Lost Girl , and as "Der Schmale" in Fritz Lang's Metropolis... , André Roanne André Roanne André Roanne was a French actor. He began his career playing in short films, and acted in 91 films in total, most notably those of Fernandel. Most of his films were French; he did, however, also appear in German and Italian works, especially co-productions with French companies... , Josef Ravensky	Drama Drama film A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü	Georg Wilhelm Pabst Georg Wilhelm Pabst -Biography:Pabst was born in Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary , the son of a railroad employee.Returning from the United States, he was in France when World War I began... , Arnold Fanck Arnold Fanck Arnold Fanck was a pioneer of the German mountain film....		Adventure Adventure film Adventure films are a genre of film.Unlike pure, low-budget action films they often use their action scenes preferably to display and explore exotic locations in an energetic way....
The Wrecker The Wrecker (1928 film) The Wrecker is a 74 minute silent film made in 1928 . The film was based on the play of the same title by Arnold Ridley. It was produced by Michael Balcon for Gainsborough Pictures, directed by Hungarian Géza von Bolváry and starred Carlyle Blackwell, Joseph Striker and Benita Hume. A...	Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry was a Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director, who worked principally in Germany and Austria.- Biography :...
Die wunderbare Lüge der Nina Petrowna	Hanns Schwarz Hanns Schwarz Hanns Schwarz was an Austrian film director. He was born in Vienna in 1888. He directed twenty four films between 1924 and 1937 in both English and German. His last film was the 1937 British thriller Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel...
Zwei Welten	Werner Hochbaum

1930

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Abschied Abschied Abschied is a 1930 German romantic comedy film directed by Robert Siodmak and written by Emeric Pressburger. The film starred Brigitte Horney and Aribert Mog.-Plot:...	Robert Siodmak Robert Siodmak Robert Siodmak was a German born American film director. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for the series of Hollywood film noirs he made in the 1940s.-Early life:...	Brigitte Horney Brigitte Horney Brigitte Horney was a German theatre and film actress. Best remembered was her role as Empress Katherine the Great in the 1943 version of the UFA film version of Baron Munchhausen, directed by Josef von Báky, with Hans Albers in the title role.-Life and work:Brigitte Horney was the daughter of... , Aribert Mog	Love tragicomedy
Achtung! - Auto-Diebe! Achtung! - Auto-Diebe! Achtung! Auto-Diebe! is a 1930 German crime film directed by Harry Piel and written by Hans Rameau. The film starred Harry Piel and Leopold von Ledebur.-Cast:*Harry Piel as Harry Palen, Auto-Verkäufer*Charly Berger...	Harry Piel Harry Piel Born Hubert August Piel, Harry Piel in Munich, Germany was a prolific German actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer who was involved in over 150 films....	Harry Piel, Hugo Fischer-Köppe Hugo Fischer-Köppe Hugo Fischer-Köppe was an early German film actor.Köppe entered film in 1917 and appeared in some 80 different films between 1913 and his premature death in 1937 in films such as Achtung! Auto-Diebe! in 1930 in which he worked with actor and director Harry Piel and Charly Berger.-External links:*...
Alraune Alraune Alraune is a novel by German novelist Hanns Heinz Ewers published in 1911. It is also the name of the female lead character.-Legend:...	Richard Oswald Richard Oswald Richard Oswald was an Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter.Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, began his career as an actor on the Viennese stage. He made his film directorial debut at age 34 with Das Eiserne Kreuz...	Brigitte Helm Brigitte Helm Brigitte Helm was a German actress, best remembered for her dual role as Maria and her double, the Maschinenmensch, in Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film Metropolis.-Career:...	Sci-fi	Based on the story by Hanns Heinz Ewers Hanns Heinz Ewers Hanns Heinz Ewers was a German actor, poet, philosopher, and writer of short stories and novels. While he wrote on a wide range of subjects, he is now known mainly for his works of horror, particularly his trilogy of novels about the adventures of Frank Braun, a character modeled on himself...
El Amor solfeando	Armand Guerra
Der blaue Engel Der blaue Engel The Blue Angel is a film directed by Josef von Sternberg in 1930, based on Heinrich Mann's novel Professor Unrat. The film is considered to be the first major German sound film and it brought world fame to actress Marlene Dietrich... (The Blue Angel)	Josef von Sternberg Josef von Sternberg Josef von Sternberg — born Jonas Sternberg — was an Austrian-American film director. He is particularly noted for his distinctive mise en scène, use of lighting and soft lens, and seven-film collaboration with actress Marlene Dietrich.-Youth:Von Sternberg was born Jonas Sternberg to a Jewish...	Marlene Dietrich Marlene Dietrich Marlene Dietrich was a German-American actress and singer.Dietrich remained popular throughout her long career by continually re-inventing herself, professionally and characteristically. In the Berlin of the 1920s, she acted on the stage and in silent films... , Emil Jannings Emil Jannings Emil Jannings was a German actor. He was not only the first actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, but also the first person to be presented an Oscar... , Kurt Gerron Kurt Gerron Kurt Gerron was a German Jewish actor and film director.-Life:Born Kurt Gerson into a well-off merchant family in Berlin, he initially studied medicine but was called up for military service in World War I. Seriously wounded he qualified as a military doctor of the German Army...	Drama Drama film A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...	Based on the story by Heinrich Mann Heinrich Mann Luiz Heinrich Mann was a German novelist who wrote works with strong social themes. His attacks on the authoritarian and increasingly militaristic nature of pre-World War II German society led to his exile in 1933.-Life and work:Born in Lübeck as the oldest child of Thomas Johann Heinrich Mann...
Le Chemin du paradis	Wilhelm Thiele Wilhelm Thiele -Selected filmography:* Orient Express * The Road to Paradise * Die Privatsekretärin * Dactylo * Waltz Time * The Lottery Lover * London by Night... , Max de Vaucorbeil
Die Drei von der Tankstelle	Wilhelm Thiele Wilhelm Thiele -Selected filmography:* Orient Express * The Road to Paradise * Die Privatsekretärin * Dactylo * Waltz Time * The Lottery Lover * London by Night...		comedy
Einbrecher Einbrecher Einbrecher is a 1930 German musical comedy film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Ralph Arthur Roberts, Lilian Harvey and Willy Fritsch. It is often known in English as Burglars.-Plot:...	Hanns Schwarz Hanns Schwarz Hanns Schwarz was an Austrian film director. He was born in Vienna in 1888. He directed twenty four films between 1924 and 1937 in both English and German. His last film was the 1937 British thriller Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel...	Ralph Arthur Roberts Ralph Arthur Roberts -Selected filmography:* The Crazy Countess * Call at Midnight * Einbrecher * My Wife the Champion Shot * Heiratsinstitut Ida & Co * My Daughter Doesn't Do That -External links:... , Lilian Harvey Lilian Harvey Lilian Harvey was a British-born actress and singer, long-based in Germany, where she is best known for her role as Christel Weinzinger in Erik Charell's 1931 film Der Kongress tanzt.-Life:... , Willy Fritsch Willy Fritsch Willy Fritsch was a German theater and film actor, the popular leading man in German silent motion-pictures.-Biography:... , Heinz Rühmann Heinz Rühmann Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann was a popular German film actor.-Life and work:Rühmann was born in Essen, Westphalia. His role in the 1930 movie Die Drei von der Tankstelle led him to film stardom. He remained highly popular as a comedic actor throughout the 1930s and early 1940s... , Margarethe Koeppke, Oskar Sima Oskar Sima Oskar Sima was an Austrian actor who is best remembered for appearing in supporting roles in countless comedy films from the 1930s to the 1960s.Born in Hohenau an der March, Lower Austria, Sima attended high school in Vienna... , Gertrud Wolle Gertrud Wolle -Selected filmography:* Einbrecher * Monte Carlo Madnes * Die Privatsekretärin * Two Hearts Beat as One * The Importance of Being Earnest * Viktor and Viktoria * Das Einmaleins der Liebe... , Kurt Gerron Kurt Gerron Kurt Gerron was a German Jewish actor and film director.-Life:Born Kurt Gerson into a well-off merchant family in Berlin, he initially studied medicine but was called up for military service in World War I. Seriously wounded he qualified as a military doctor of the German Army... , Paul Henckels Paul Henckels Paul Henckels was a German film actor. He appeared in over 230 films between 1921 and 1965.-Selected filmography:* Sex in Chains * Skandal um Eva * Dreyfus * The Sorceror...	musical comedy
Der Greifer	Richard Eichberg Richard Eichberg Richard Eichberg was an German film director and producer. He directed 87 films between 1915 and 1949. He also produced 77 films between 1915 and 1950.He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Munich, Germany....
Die große Sehnsucht	Steve Sekely Steve Sekely Steve Sekely was a Hungarian film director. Born Székely István, he was known by several names, based on his changing professional and immigration status, including Stefan Szekely.He directed films in Hungarian, German, and English....
Das Flötenkonzert von Sans-souci The Flute Concert of Sans-Souci The Flute Concert of Sans-Souci is a 1930 German drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Otto Gebühr.-Cast:* Otto Gebühr - Friedrich II.* Renate Müller - Blanche von Lindeneck* Hans Rehmann - Major von Lindeneck* Walter Janssen - Maltzahn...	Gustav Ucicky Gustav Ucicky Gustav Ucicky was an acclaimed Austrian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. He was one of the more successful and acclaimed directors in Austria and Germany from the 1930s through to the early 1960s...	Otto Gebühr Otto Gebühr Otto Gebühr was a German theatre and film actor, who appeared in 102 movies released between 1917 and 1962. He is noted for his performance as the Prussian king Frederick the Great in numerous films.-Life:... , Renate Müller Renate Müller Renate Müller was a German singer and actress in both silent films and sound films, as well as on stage.One of the most successful actresses in German films from the early 1930s, she was courted by the Nazi Party to appear in films that promoted their ideals, but refused... , Hans Rehmann, Walter Janssen Walter Janssen Walter Janssen was a German film actor. He appeared in over 160 films between 1917 and 1970.-Selected filmography:* Destiny * The Flute Concert of Sans-Souci * Two Hearts in Waltz Time... , Raoul Aslan Raoul Aslan Raoul Aslan was an Austrian theater actor of Greek-Armenian ancestry. Born in Saloniki, Greece, Aslan lived in Vienna from 1897 until his death... , Friedrich Kayßler Friedrich Kayßler Friedrich Kayßler was a German theatre and film actor. He appeared in 56 films between 1913 and 1945.-Biography:... , Carl Goetz, Aribert Wäscher Aribert Wäscher -Selected filmography:* Lady Windermeres Fächer * Women Are Better Diplomats * Rembrandt * The Adventures of Fridolin * The Man Between -External links:...  Margarete Schön Margarete Schön Margarete Schön was a German stage and film actress whose career spanned nearly fifty years. She is possibly best recalled internationally for her role as Kriemhild in director Fritz Lang's 1924 series of two silent fantasy films Die Nibelungen - Die Nibelungen: Siegfried and Nibelungen:... , Theodor Loos Theodor Loos Theodor August Konrad Loos was a German actor.The son of a watchmaker and instruments manufacturer, he left secondary school prematurely and worked for three years at an export firm for music instruments in Leipzig, and after that for his uncle, an art dealer in Berlin... , Hans Brausewetter Hans Brausewetter Hans Brausewetter was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 135 films between 1922 and 1945. He appeared in the 1923 film The Treasure, which was directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst... , Paul Biensfeldt, Vladimir Sokoloff Vladimir Sokoloff -Biography:Sokoloff was born in Moscow, Russia. He became an actor and assistant director with the Moscow Art Theatre, before emigrating to Berlin in 1923... , Friedrich Kühne Friedrich Kühne Friedrich Kühne , born Franz Michna, was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 104 films between 1913 and 1957.-Selected filmography:* Tales of Hoffman... , Alfred Beierle, Georg John Georg John Georg John was a German stage and film actor.-Early life:Georg John was born in Schmiegel, Province of Posen, Imperial Germany.- Career :John began his career around 1900 in smaller stages and traveling theatres... , Theo Lingen Theo Lingen Theo Lingen , born Franz Theodor Schmitz, was a German actor, director and screenwriter. He appeared in over 230 films between 1929 and 1978, and directed 21 films between 1936 and 1960.-Life and career:...	drama	Produced by Günther Stapenhorst Günther Stapenhorst Günther Stapenhorst was a German film producer. He produced 58 films between 1927 and 1960. He was a member of the jury at the 12th Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:... , writted by Johannes Brandt and Walter Reisch Walter Reisch Walter Reisch was an Austrian-born director and screenwriter. He also wrote lyrics to several songs featured in his films, one popular title is "Flieger, grüß mir die Sonne".-Selected filmography:...
Der Hampelmann	E.W. Emo
Der Herr auf Bestellung	Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry was a Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director, who worked principally in Germany and Austria.- Biography :...
Der Kampf mit dem Drachen oder: Die Tragödie des Untermieters	Robert Siodmak Robert Siodmak Robert Siodmak was a German born American film director. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for the series of Hollywood film noirs he made in the 1940s.-Early life:...
Die letzte Kompanie	Curtis Bernhardt Curtis Bernhardt Curtis Bernhardt was a German film director born in Worms, Germany, under the name Kurt Bernhardt. Some of his American films were called "woman's films" including the Joan Crawford film Possessed . Bernhardt trained as an actor in Germany, and performed on the stage, before starting as a film...
Menschen am Sonntag	Robert Siodmak Robert Siodmak Robert Siodmak was a German born American film director. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for the series of Hollywood film noirs he made in the 1940s.-Early life:... , Curt Siodmak Curt Siodmak Curt Siodmak was a novelist and screenwriter. He made a name for himself in Hollywood with horror and science fiction films, most notably The Wolf Man and Donovan's Brain...
Rasputin, Dämon der Frauen Rasputin, Dämon der Frauen Rasputin, Dämon der Frauen is a 1932 German historical drama film directed by Adolf Trotz and starring Conrad Veidt, Paul Otto and Hermine Sterler...	Adolf Trotz Adolf Trotz -Selected filmography:* Der Fluch der Vererbung * Karriere * Elisabeth of Austria * Rasputin, Dämon der Frauen * Tatras Zauber...
Der unsterbliche Lump	Joe May Joe May Joe May , born Julius Otto Mandl, was a film director and film producer born in Austria and one of the pioneers of German cinema....
Westfront 1918 Westfront 1918 Westfront 1918 is a German film, set mostly in the trenches of the Western Front during World War I. It was directed in 1930 by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, from the novel Vier von der Infanterie by Ernst Johannsen, and deals with the impact of the war on a group of infantrymen...	Georg Wilhelm Pabst Georg Wilhelm Pabst -Biography:Pabst was born in Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary , the son of a railroad employee.Returning from the United States, he was in France when World War I began...		War War film War films are a film genre concerned with warfare, usually about naval, air or land battles, sometimes focusing instead on prisoners of war, covert operations, military training or other related subjects. At times war films focus on daily military or civilian life in wartime without depicting battles...
Zwei Herzen im Dreiviertel-Takt Two Hearts in Waltz Time Two Hearts in Waltz Time is a 1930 German film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Walter Janssen, Oskar Karlweis, Willi Forst, Gretl Theimer and S.Z. Sakall...	Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry was a Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director, who worked principally in Germany and Austria.- Biography :...

1931

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Die Dreigroschenoper The Threepenny Opera (1931 film) The Threepenny Opera is a 1931 German musical film directed by G. W. Pabst. It was produced by Seymour Nebenzal's Nero-Film for Tonbild-Syndikat AG , Berlin and Warner Bros. Pictures GmbH, Berlin. The film is loosely based on the 1928 musical theatre success The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht... (Three Penny Opera)	Georg Wilhelm Pabst Georg Wilhelm Pabst -Biography:Pabst was born in Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary , the son of a railroad employee.Returning from the United States, he was in France when World War I began...	Rudolf Forster Rudolf Forster Rudolf Forster was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in 106 films between 1914 and 1968. His autobiography Das Spiel, mein Leben was published by Propyläen-Verlag in 1967.... , Lotte Lenya Lotte Lenya Lotte Lenya was an Austrian singer, diseuse, and actress. In the German-speaking and classical music world she is best remembered for her performances of the songs of her husband, Kurt Weill. In English-language film she is remembered for her Academy Award-nominated role in The Roman Spring of Mrs...		A film of Bertolt Brecht Bertolt Brecht Bertolt Brecht was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director.An influential theatre practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made equally significant contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter particularly through the seismic impact of the tours undertaken by the... ; French version: L'Opéra de quat'sous
Anna Christie Anna Christie (1931 film) Anna Christie is a 1930 German-language film adapted from the Eugene O'Neill play of the same title and filmed following the release of the English version released earlier the same year. Both versions feature leading actress Greta Garbo....	Jacques Feyder Jacques Feyder Jacques Feyder was a Belgian actor, screenwriter and film director who worked principally in France, but also in the USA, Britain and Germany. He was a leading director of silent films during the 1920s, and in the 1930s he became associated with the style of poetic realism in French cinema...	Greta Garbo Greta Garbo Greta Garbo , born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson, was a Swedish film actress. Garbo was an international star and icon during Hollywood's silent and classic periods. Many of Garbo's films were sensational hits, and all but three were profitable...		German Version made by MGM in Hollywood
Ein ausgekochter Junge	Erich Schönfelder
Berlin Alexanderplatz Berlin Alexanderplatz Berlin Alexanderplatz is a novel by Alfred Döblin, published in 1929. The story concerns a small-time criminal, Franz Biberkopf, fresh from prison, who is drawn into the underworld. When his criminal mentor murders the prostitute whom Biberkopf has been relying on as an anchor, he realizes that...	Phil Jutzi Phil Jutzi Phil Jutzi was a German cameraman and movie director.Born Philipp Jutzi in Altleiningen as the son of a tailor, Jutzi was self-educated...			based on the novel by Alfred Döblin Alfred Döblin Alfred Döblin was a German expressionist novelist, best known for the novel Berlin Alexanderplatz .- 1878–1918:...  published two years earlier
Bomben auf Monte Carlo Monte Carlo Madnes Monte Carlo Madnes is a 1931 German musical comedy film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Hans Albers, Anna Sten and Heinz Rühmann. It is based on the 1930 novel Bomben auf Monte Carlo by Fritz Reck-Malleczewen. A separate English language version Monte Carlo Madness and a French version Le...	Hanns Schwarz Hanns Schwarz Hanns Schwarz was an Austrian film director. He was born in Vienna in 1888. He directed twenty four films between 1924 and 1937 in both English and German. His last film was the 1937 British thriller Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel...	Peter Lorre Peter Lorre Peter Lorre was an Austrian-American actor frequently typecast as a sinister foreigner.He caused an international sensation in 1931 with his portrayal of a serial killer who preys on little girls in the German film M... , Hans Albers Hans Albers Hans Philipp August Albers was a German actor and singer. He was the single biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1945 and one of the most popular German actors of the twentieth century.- Life and work :... , Heinz Rühmann Heinz Rühmann Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann was a popular German film actor.-Life and work:Rühmann was born in Essen, Westphalia. His role in the 1930 movie Die Drei von der Tankstelle led him to film stardom. He remained highly popular as a comedic actor throughout the 1930s and early 1940s...	comedy
Elisabeth of Austria Elisabeth of Austria (film) Elisabeth of Austria is a 1931 German historical drama film directed by Adolf Trotz and starring Lil Dagover, Paul Otto and Maria Matray...	Adolf Trotz Adolf Trotz -Selected filmography:* Der Fluch der Vererbung * Karriere * Elisabeth of Austria * Rasputin, Dämon der Frauen * Tatras Zauber...	Lil Dagover Lil Dagover Lil Dagover was a German stage, film and television actress whose career spanned nearly six decades.-Early life:... , Paul Otto Paul Otto Paul Otto was a German film actor and director.Otto was born as Paul Otto Schlesinger in Berlin. He began a qualification as a retail merchant and made his actor's debut in the age of 17...	Period Drama
Emil und die Detektive Emil and the Detectives (1931 film) Emil and the Detectives is a 1931 adventure film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Rolf Wenkhaus... (Emil and the Detectives)	Gerhard Lamprecht Gerhard Lamprecht Gerhard Lamprecht was a German film director and screenwriter. He directed 63 films between 1920 and 1958. He also wrote for 26 films between 1918 and 1958...	Rolf Wenkhaus Rolf Wenkhaus Rolf Wenkhaus was a German child actor who is most likely recalled for his role of Emil Tischbein in the 1931 film Emil and the Detectives.Born in Berlin, Germany, Rolf Wenkhaus was the son of actor Kurt Wenkhaus... , Käthe Haack Käthe Haack Käthe Haack was a German actress. She appeared in over 200 films between 1915 and 1980.She was born Käte Lisbeth Minna Sophie Isolde Haack in Berlin, Germany and was previously married to actor Heinrich Schroth, with whom she had a daughter, actress Hannelore Schroth in 1922.-Selected... , Fritz Rasp Fritz Rasp Fritz Heinrich Rasp was a German film actor who appeared in 104 films between 1916 and 1976.His most notable film roles were "J. J. Peachum" in The Threepenny Opera , as Meinert in Diary of a Lost Girl , and as "Der Schmale" in Fritz Lang's Metropolis... , Rudolf Biebrach	children's film	based on a story by Erich Kästner Erich Kästner Emil Erich Kästner was a German author, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known for his humorous, socially astute poetry and children's literature.-Dresden 1899–1919:...
Gloria	Hans Behrendt Hans Behrendt -Selected Filmography:* Daughter of the Regiment * Die Schmugglerbraut von Mallorca * Gloria * Danton * The Heath Is Green * My Friend the Millionaire * Wedding at Lake Wolfgang...
Der Hauptmann von Köpenick Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (1931 film) The Captain from Köpenick is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Richard Oswald and produced by Gabriel Pascal. It is one of several films based on the 1931 play by the same name written by Carl Zuckmayer. The story centers around the Hauptmann von Köpenick affair in 1906.- Plot :Der Hauptmann...	Richard Oswald Richard Oswald Richard Oswald was an Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter.Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, began his career as an actor on the Viennese stage. He made his film directorial debut at age 34 with Das Eiserne Kreuz...	Max Adalbert Max Adalbert Max Adalbert was a German stage and movie actor.- Biography :Adalbert was born in Danzig , Imperial Germany as Maximilian Adalbert Krampf to a Prussian Officer. He used his firstnames as his stagename from the start of his career and debuted at the age of 19 at the theater of Lübeck and in 1894 at... , Paul Wagner Paul Wagner Paul Allen Wagner is an American former Major League Baseball player. A pitcher, Wagner played for the Pittsburgh Pirates , Milwaukee Brewers , and Cleveland Indians ....	Comedy
Ich geh' aus und Du bleibst da	Hans Behrendt Hans Behrendt -Selected Filmography:* Daughter of the Regiment * Die Schmugglerbraut von Mallorca * Gloria * Danton * The Heath Is Green * My Friend the Millionaire * Wedding at Lake Wolfgang...
Kameradschaft Kameradschaft Comradeship is a dramatic film with socialist overtones directed by German director Georg Wilhelm Pabst. The French-German co-production drama is noted for combining expressionism and realism .... (Comradeship)	Georg Wilhelm Pabst Georg Wilhelm Pabst -Biography:Pabst was born in Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary , the son of a railroad employee.Returning from the United States, he was in France when World War I began...	Ernst Busch Ernst Busch Ernst Bernhard Wilhelm Busch was a German field marshal during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...		Fr. title: La Tragédie de la mine
Keine Feier ohne Meyer	Carl Boese Carl Boese Carl Boese was a German film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed 158 films between 1917 and 1957.-Selected filmography:* The Golem: How He Came into the World * Paprika...
Die Koffer des Herrn O.F.	Alexis Granowsky	Peter Lorre Peter Lorre Peter Lorre was an Austrian-American actor frequently typecast as a sinister foreigner.He caused an international sensation in 1931 with his portrayal of a serial killer who preys on little girls in the German film M... , Alfred Abel Alfred Abel Alfred Abel was a German film actor, director, and producer. He appeared in over 140 silent and sound films between 1913 and 1938...
Der Kongreß tanzt Der Kongreß tanzt Der Kongress tanzt is a Germany musical comedy film produced in 1931 by Ufa, directed by Erik Charell, starring Lilian Harvey as Christel Weinzinger, the glove seller, Willy Fritsch as Tsar Alexander I of Russia and his doppelgänger, Uralsky, Otto Wallburg as Bibikoff, his Adjutant, Conrad Veidt... (Congress Dances)	Erik Charell Erik Charell Erich Karl Löwenberg , later known as Erik Charell, was a German actor and director. He was best known as a director of musical revues and operettas, especially at Großes Schauspielhaus in Berlin...	Lilian Harvey Lilian Harvey Lilian Harvey was a British-born actress and singer, long-based in Germany, where she is best known for her role as Christel Weinzinger in Erik Charell's 1931 film Der Kongress tanzt.-Life:...	comedy	French language version: Le Congrès s'amuse
Kyritz - Pyritz	Carl Heinz Wolff
M M (1931 film) M is a 1931 German drama-thriller directed by Fritz Lang and written by Lang and his wife Thea von Harbou. It was Lang's first sound film, although he had directed more than a dozen films previously....	Fritz Lang Fritz Lang Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute...	Peter Lorre Peter Lorre Peter Lorre was an Austrian-American actor frequently typecast as a sinister foreigner.He caused an international sensation in 1931 with his portrayal of a serial killer who preys on little girls in the German film M... , Gustaf Gründgens Gustaf Gründgens Gustaf Gründgens , born Gustav Heinrich Arnold Gründgens, was one of Germany's most famous and influential actors of the 20th century, intendant and artistic director of theatres in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg...	Thriller
Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht (A Man in search of his own Murderer)	Robert Siodmak Robert Siodmak Robert Siodmak was a German born American film director. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for the series of Hollywood film noirs he made in the 1940s.-Early life:...
Mary	Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...	Alfred Abel Alfred Abel Alfred Abel was a German film actor, director, and producer. He appeared in over 140 silent and sound films between 1913 and 1938... , Olga Chekhova Olga Chekhova Olga Konstantinovna Chekhova, née Knipper — 9 March 1980, Berlin, Germany) was a Russian-German actress. Her film roles include the female lead in Alfred Hitchcock's Mary .- Biography :...		German version of Hitchcock's Murder! Murder! Murder! is a 1930 British drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring and Edward Chapman. It is based on a novel and play called Enter Sir John by Clemence Dane and Helen Simpson... (1930)
Mädchen in Uniform (The Girls in Uniform)	Leontine Sagan Leontine Sagan Leontine Sagan was an Austrian actress and theatre director.Born in Budapest, Sagan trained with Max Reinhardt. The first and most widely known of her two films is Mädchen in Uniform...	Hertha Thiele Hertha Thiele Hertha Thiele was a German actress. She is noted for her starring roles in controversial stage plays and films produced during Germany's Weimar Republic and the early years of the Third Reich. Thiele later became a television star in East Germany... , Dorothea Wieck Dorothea Wieck Dorothea Wieck was a German theatre and film actress.- Career :Wieck made her debut in 1926 and appeared in several silent films...	drama
Der Mörder Dimitri Karamasoff	Erich Engels, Fyodor Otsep
Niemandsland	Victor Trivas
Der Raub der Mona Lisa Der Raub der Mona Lisa Der Raub der Mona Lisa is a 1931 German film directed by Géza von Bolváry. It is based on a true story.- Plot :...	Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry was a Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director, who worked principally in Germany and Austria.- Biography :...
Schatten der Manege	Heinz Paul
Studie Nr. 7	Oskar Fischinger Oskar Fischinger Oskar Fischinger was a German-American abstract animator, filmmaker, and painter. He made over 50 short animated films, and painted c. 800 canvases, many of which are in museums, galleries and collections worldwide. Among his film works is Motion Painting No. 1 , which is now listed on the...		Animation
Studie Nr. 8	Oskar Fischinger Oskar Fischinger Oskar Fischinger was a German-American abstract animator, filmmaker, and painter. He made over 50 short animated films, and painted c. 800 canvases, many of which are in museums, galleries and collections worldwide. Among his film works is Motion Painting No. 1 , which is now listed on the...		Animation
Der unbekannte Gast	E. W. Emo E. W. Emo E. W. Emo was an Austrian film director, specialising in comedies, 21 of them with the actor Hans Moser. He also worked outside Austria and wrote some screenplays....
Die verliebte Firma	Max Ophüls Max Ophüls Maximillian Oppenheimer — known as Max Ophüls — was an influential German-born film director who worked in Germany , France , the United States , and France again...
Der weiße Rausch - Neue Wunder des Schneeschuhs	Arnold Fanck Arnold Fanck Arnold Fanck was a pioneer of the German mountain film....	Leni Riefenstahl Leni Riefenstahl Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl was a German film director, actress and dancer widely noted for her aesthetics and innovations as a filmmaker. Her most famous film was Triumph des Willens , a propaganda film made at the 1934 Nuremberg congress of the Nazi Party...	adventure
Wer nimmt die Liebe ernst...	Erich Engel Erich Engel Erich Engel was a German film and theatre director.- Biography :Engel was born in Hamburg, where later he studied at the School of Applied Arts...
Yorck Yorck Yorck is a 1931 German war film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Werner Krauss, Grete Mosheim and Rudolf Forster. It portrays the life of the Prussian General Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, particularly his refusal to serve in Napoleon's army during the French Invasion of Russia in 1812.-Cast:*...	Gustav Ucicky Gustav Ucicky Gustav Ucicky was an acclaimed Austrian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. He was one of the more successful and acclaimed directors in Austria and Germany from the 1930s through to the early 1960s...

1932

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Acht Mädels im Boot (Eight Girls in a Boat)	Erich Waschneck
Allo Berlin? Ici Paris! (Hello Berlin? This is Paris)	Julien Duvivier Julien Duvivier Julien Duvivier was a French film director. He was prominent in French cinema in the years 1930-1960...
L'Atlantide L'Atlantide (1932 film) L'Atlantide is a German drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst. The film was made in three languages - French, English, and German - with Brigitte Helm starring in all three versions.-Cast:* Brigitte Helm - Antinéa...	Georg Wilhelm Pabst Georg Wilhelm Pabst -Biography:Pabst was born in Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary , the son of a railroad employee.Returning from the United States, he was in France when World War I began...	Brigitte Helm Brigitte Helm Brigitte Helm was a German actress, best remembered for her dual role as Maria and her double, the Maschinenmensch, in Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film Metropolis.-Career:...	Drama	German lang. version: Die Herrin von Atlantis English lang. version: Mistress of Atlantis
The Bartered Bride The Bartered Bride (1932 film) The Bartered Bride is a 1932 German film directed by Max Ophüls and based on the comic opera with the same name by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana.- Cast :*Jarmila Novotná as Marie*Willy Domgraf-Fassbaender as Hans...	Max Ophüls Max Ophüls Maximillian Oppenheimer — known as Max Ophüls — was an influential German-born film director who worked in Germany , France , the United States , and France again...	Jarmila Novotná Jarmila Novotná Jarmila Novotná was a celebrated Czech soprano and actress and, from 1940 to 1956, a star of the Metropolitan Opera.-Early career:...	Comedy
The Blue Light Das Blaue Licht Das Blaue Licht is a black-and-white 1932 film written and directed by Leni Riefenstahl and Béla Balázs, with uncredited scripting by Carl Mayer. In Riefenstahl's film version, the witch, Junta, played by Riefenstahl, is intended to be a sympathetic character... (Das blaue Licht)	Leni Riefenstahl Leni Riefenstahl Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl was a German film director, actress and dancer widely noted for her aesthetics and innovations as a filmmaker. Her most famous film was Triumph des Willens , a propaganda film made at the 1934 Nuremberg congress of the Nazi Party...	Leni Riefenstahl	Bergefilm Mountain film A mountain film is a film genre that focuses on mountaineering and especially the battle of man against nature. In addition to mere adventure, the protagonists who return from the mountain come back changed, usually gaining wisdom and enlightenment....	Riefenstahl directorial debut
Blutendes Deutschland (Bleeding Germany)	Johannes Häussler		Propaganda	Nazi propaganda film about Horst Wessel Horst Wessel Horst Ludwig Wessel was a German Nazi activist who was made a posthumous hero of the Nazi movement following his violent death in 1930...
Ein blonder Traum (A Blondes Dream)	Paul Martin Paul Martin (director) Paul Martin was a German film director and screenwriter. He directed 60 films between 1932 and 1967.-Selected filmography:* Glückskinder * Die Tödlichen Träume * Die Privatsekretärin...	Featuring Lilian Harvey Lilian Harvey Lilian Harvey was a British-born actress and singer, long-based in Germany, where she is best known for her role as Christel Weinzinger in Erik Charell's 1931 film Der Kongress tanzt.-Life:...	Musical/ Romantic comedy
F.P.1 antwortet nicht F.P.1 F.P.1 antwortet nicht, or F.P.1 Doesn't Respond was the name of a novel written by noted science fiction and fantasy writer/director Kurt Siodmak, best known as the creator of The Wolf Man.... (FP1 Doesn't Respond)	Karl Hartl Karl Hartl Karl Hartl was an Austrian film director.-Life:Born in Vienna, Hartl began his film career at the Austrian Sascha-Film company of Alexander Kolowrat and from 1919 was assistant to the Hungarian director Alexander Korda...	featuring Peter Lorre Peter Lorre Peter Lorre was an Austrian-American actor frequently typecast as a sinister foreigner.He caused an international sensation in 1931 with his portrayal of a serial killer who preys on little girls in the German film M...
Filmtagebuch vom Krieg in China (Film Diary of the War in China)	Martin Rikli		Documetary
Der Frechdachs (The Audacious Badger)	Carl Boese Carl Boese Carl Boese was a German film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed 158 films between 1917 and 1957.-Selected filmography:* The Golem: How He Came into the World * Paprika...		Romantic comedy	(Badger was German slang for an unfaithful man)IMDb
Fräulein - Falsch verbunden (Fraulein, Wrong Number)	E.W. Emo		Romantic comedy
Hitler über Deutschland (Hitler over Germany)			Propaganda	NSDAP propaganda film for German presidential election, 1932 German presidential election, 1932 The presidential election of 1932 was the second and final direct election to the office of President of the Reich , Germany's head of state during the 1919-1934 Weimar Republic. The incumbent President, Paul von Hindenburg, had been elected in 1925 but his seven year term expired in May...
Kuhle Wampe oder: Wem gehört die Welt? Kuhle Wampe Kuhle Wampe is a 1932 German feature film about unemployment and left wing politics in the Weimar Republic. The script was conceived and written by Bertolt Brecht... (To Whom Does the World Belong?)	Slatan Dudow Slatan Dudow Slatan Theodor Dudow was a Bulgarian born film director and screenwriter who made a number of films in the Weimar Republic and East Germany....	Hertha Thiele Hertha Thiele Hertha Thiele was a German actress. She is noted for her starring roles in controversial stage plays and films produced during Germany's Weimar Republic and the early years of the Third Reich. Thiele later became a television star in East Germany...	Drama
Das Lied einer Nacht (The Song of the Night)	Anatole Litvak Anatole Litvak Anatole Litvak was a Ukrainian-born filmmaker who wrote, directed, and produced films in a various countries and languages...		Musical/ Romantic comedy
Happy Ever After Happy Ever After (1932 film) Happy Ever After is a 1932 German musical film directed by Paul Martin and Robert Stevenson, and starring Lilian Harvey, Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge, Sonnie Hale and Edward Chapman. A German language version was released under the title Un rêve blond...	Paul Martin Paul Martin (director) Paul Martin was a German film director and screenwriter. He directed 60 films between 1932 and 1967.-Selected filmography:* Glückskinder * Die Tödlichen Träume * Die Privatsekretärin... , Robert Stevenson	Lilian Harvey Lilian Harvey Lilian Harvey was a British-born actress and singer, long-based in Germany, where she is best known for her role as Christel Weinzinger in Erik Charell's 1931 film Der Kongress tanzt.-Life:... , Jack Hulbert Jack Hulbert John Norman "Jack" Hulbert was a British actor, specialising primarily in comedy productions.-Biography:Born in Ely, Cambridgeshire, he was the elder and more successful brother of Claude. He was educated at Cambridge and appeared in many shows and revues, mainly with the Cambridge Footlights. He...	Musical
Lügen auf Rügen (Scams Out of Bamboozles)	Victor Janson Victor Janson -Selected filmography:* So You Don't Know Korff Yet? * The Leghorn Hat * The Way to Freedom * Rembrandt * Peter Voss, der Millionendieb * The Marriage of Figaro * Professor Nachtfalter...		Comedy
Mensch ohne Namen (Man With No Name)	Gustav Ucicky Gustav Ucicky Gustav Ucicky was an acclaimed Austrian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. He was one of the more successful and acclaimed directors in Austria and Germany from the 1930s through to the early 1960s...
Peter Voss, der Millionendieb (Peter Voss Who Stole Millions)	Ewald André Dupont Ewald André Dupont Ewald André Dupont was a German film director, one of the founders of the German film industry. He was frequently credited as E. A. Dupont....		Comedy
Rasputin, Dämon der Frauen Rasputin, Dämon der Frauen Rasputin, Dämon der Frauen is a 1932 German historical drama film directed by Adolf Trotz and starring Conrad Veidt, Paul Otto and Hermine Sterler... (Rasputin, Demon of Women)	Adolf Trotz Adolf Trotz -Selected filmography:* Der Fluch der Vererbung * Karriere * Elisabeth of Austria * Rasputin, Dämon der Frauen * Tatras Zauber...	Featuring Conrad Veidt Conrad Veidt Conrad Veidt was a German actor best remembered for his roles in films such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari , The Man Who Laughs , The Thief of Bagdad and Casablanca...
Razzia in Sankt Pauli Razzia in Sankt Pauli Razzia in St. Pauli is an early German sound film of the end of the Weimar Republic era. It illustrates both the powerlessness of the ordinary worker as well as an intimate portrait of the joys and sorrows of a small group of people in the harbor section of Hamburg.-Synopsis:A social drama plays...  (Police Raid in St. Pauli)	Werner Hochbaum	Featuring Gina Falkenberg, Freidrich Gnass, Wolfgang Zilzer	Drama, Comedy, Social Commentary
Quick	Robert Siodmak Robert Siodmak Robert Siodmak was a German born American film director. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for the series of Hollywood film noirs he made in the 1940s.-Early life:...	Featuring Lilian Harvey Lilian Harvey Lilian Harvey was a British-born actress and singer, long-based in Germany, where she is best known for her role as Christel Weinzinger in Erik Charell's 1931 film Der Kongress tanzt.-Life:...	Comedy
Scampolo, ein Kind der Straße (Scampolo, a Child of the Street)	Hans Steinhoff Hans Steinhoff Hans Steinhoff was a German film director, best known for the films he made in the Nazi era. His most notable film was Ohm Krüger, for which he won the Mussolini Cup at the 1941 Venice Film Festival.-Filmography:*Hitlerjunge Quex...		Comedy
Der schwarze Husar Der schwarze Husar Der schwarze Husar is a 1932 German comedy action film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Conrad Veidt, Mady Christians, Wolf Albach-Retty and Ursula Grabley... (The Black Hussar)	Gerhard Lamprecht Gerhard Lamprecht Gerhard Lamprecht was a German film director and screenwriter. He directed 63 films between 1920 and 1958. He also wrote for 26 films between 1918 and 1958...	Featuring Conrad Veidt Conrad Veidt Conrad Veidt was a German actor best remembered for his roles in films such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari , The Man Who Laughs , The Thief of Bagdad and Casablanca...	Historical comedy
Spione im Savoy-Hotel (Spies in the Savoy Hotel)	Frederic Zelnik Frederic Zelnik Frederic Zelnik was one of the most important producers-directors of the German silent cinema. He also appeared on screen as an actor.-Early life and career:...	Featuring Alfred Abel Alfred Abel Alfred Abel was a German film actor, director, and producer. He appeared in over 140 silent and sound films between 1913 and 1938...	Comedy
Ein steinreicher Mann (A Tremendously Rich Man)	Hans Steinhoff Hans Steinhoff Hans Steinhoff was a German film director, best known for the films he made in the Nazi era. His most notable film was Ohm Krüger, for which he won the Mussolini Cup at the 1941 Venice Film Festival.-Filmography:*Hitlerjunge Quex...		Comedy
Studie Nr. 10	Oskar Fischinger Oskar Fischinger Oskar Fischinger was a German-American abstract animator, filmmaker, and painter. He made over 50 short animated films, and painted c. 800 canvases, many of which are in museums, galleries and collections worldwide. Among his film works is Motion Painting No. 1 , which is now listed on the...		Animation
Stupéfiants	Kurt Gerron Kurt Gerron Kurt Gerron was a German Jewish actor and film director.-Life:Born Kurt Gerson into a well-off merchant family in Berlin, he initially studied medicine but was called up for military service in World War I. Seriously wounded he qualified as a military doctor of the German Army... , Roger Le Bon	Featuring Peter Lorre Peter Lorre Peter Lorre was an Austrian-American actor frequently typecast as a sinister foreigner.He caused an international sensation in 1931 with his portrayal of a serial killer who preys on little girls in the German film M...
Tumultes Tumultes Tumultes is a 1990 French-Belgian drama film directed by Bertrand Van Effenterre. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Bruno Cremer - The Father* Nelly Borgeaud - The Mother* Julie Jézéquel - Anne...	Robert Siodmak Robert Siodmak Robert Siodmak was a German born American film director. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for the series of Hollywood film noirs he made in the 1940s.-Early life:...	Featuring Charles Boyer Charles Boyer Charles Boyer was a French actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976. After receiving an education in drama, Boyer started on the stage, but he found success in movies during the 1930s. His memorable performances were among the era's most highly praised romantic dramas,...
Unheimliche Geschichten Unheimliche Geschichten Unheimliche Geschichten is a 1932 German horror/black comedy film directed by the prolific Austrian film director Richard Oswald, starring Paul Wegener, and produced by Gabriel Pascal.... (Uncanny Stories)	Richard Oswald Richard Oswald Richard Oswald was an Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter.Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, began his career as an actor on the Viennese stage. He made his film directorial debut at age 34 with Das Eiserne Kreuz...	Paul Wegener Paul Wegener Paul Wegener was a German actor, writer and film director known for his pioneering role in German expressionist cinema.-Stage and early film career:...	Horror
Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey (Vampire - A Dream of Allan Grey)	Carl Theodor Dreyer Carl Theodor Dreyer Carl Theodor Dreyer, Jr. was a Danish film director. He is regarded by many critics and filmmakers as one of the greatest directors in cinema.-Life:Dreyer was born illegitimate in Copenhagen, Denmark...	Maurice Schutz Maurice Schutz Maurice Schutz was a French film actor.He starred in some 91 films between 1918 and 1952.-Filmography:Selected films include:* Quatre-vingt-treize * Au-delà des lois humaines...	Horror Horror film Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
Zu Befehl, Herr Unteroffizier (At Your Orders, Sergeant)	Erich Schönfelder		Comedy

1933

This year could count both as part of the Weimar era and the Nazi Germany era.

See List of German films 1933-1945

See also

• Weimar Republic
  Weimar Republic
  The Weimar Republic is the name given by historians to the parliamentary republic established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government...
  
  
• Universum Film AG
  Universum Film AG
  Universum Film AG, better known as UFA or Ufa, is a film company that was the principal film studio in Germany, home of the German film industry during the Weimar Republic and through World War II, and a major force in world cinema from 1917 to 1945...
  
  
• Cinema of Germany
  Cinema of Germany
  Cinema in Germany can be traced back to the late 19th century. German cinema has made major technical and artistic contributions to film.Unlike any other national cinemas, which developed in the context of relatively continuous and stable political systems, Germany witnesses major changes to its...
  
  
• German Expressionism
  German Expressionism
  German Expressionism refers to a number of related creative movements beginning in Germany before the First World War that reached a peak in Berlin, during the 1920s...
  
  
• List of films set in Berlin
• List of films made in France 1919-1940
• List of films made in Poland in the Interwar Period
• List of films made in First Republic of Czechoslovakia
• List of Dutch Films made in the Interwar period (1919-1940)

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