List of films made in Weimar Germany
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The period of the Weimar Republic (1919-1933) between the fall of the German Empire and the rise of the Third Reich 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.
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[edit] 1919
Title | Director | Notes |
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Alraune und der Golem | Nils Olaf Chrisander | Lost, possibly never made[1] |
Anders als die Andern | Richard Oswald | Different than the Others; First film to openly address homosexuality |
Die Austernprinzessin | Ernst Lubitsch | The Oyster Princess |
Harakiri | Fritz Lang | |
Der Knabe in Blau | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau | The Boy in Blue; presumed lost film[2] |
Log of the U-35, The | German naval footage. Captured by Allies and shown as propaganda | |
Madame DuBarry | Ernst Lubitsch | |
Meyer aus Berlin | Ernst Lubitsch | |
Mod lyset | Holger-Madsen | |
Opium | Robert Reinert | |
Die Puppe | Ernst Lubitsch | |
Die Spinnen, 1. Teil - Der Goldene See | Fritz Lang | The Spiders, Part 1 - The Golden Sea |
Unheimliche Geschichten | Richard Oswald | literally Unhomely Tales |
[edit] 1920
Title | Director | Notes |
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Abend - Nacht - Morgen | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau | Evening - Night - Morning; presumed lost film[3] |
Anna Boleyn | Ernst Lubitsch | |
Der Bucklige und die Tänzerin | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau | The Hunchback and the Dancer; presumed lost film[4] |
Cabinet des Dr. Caligari | Robert Wiene | The Cabinet of Dr. caligari |
Genuine: A Tale of the Vampire | Robert Wiene | |
Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam | Paul Wegener | The Golem: How He Came into the World |
Ich möchte kein Mann sein | Ernst Lubitsch | |
Der Januskopf | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau | The Head of Janus; based on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; early appearances of Bela Lugosi and Conrad Veidt; Presumed lost film[5] |
Kohlhiesels Töchter | Ernst Lubitsch | |
Romeo und Julia im Schnee | Ernst Lubitsch | Romeo and Juliet in the Snow |
Satanas | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau | Presumed lost film[6] |
Die Spinnen, 2. Teil - Das Brillantenschiff | Fritz Lang | Continuation from Die Spinnen, 1. Teil (see above) |
Sumurun | Ernst Lubitsch |
[edit] 1921
Title | Director(s) | Notes |
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Die Bergkatze | Ernst Lubitsch | The Mountaincat ; bergfilme comedy |
Brennendes Land | Heinz Herald | |
Danton | Dimitri Buchowetzki | |
Der Gang in die Nacht | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau | |
Hamlet | Svend Gade and Heinz Schall | |
Hintertreppe | Leopold Jessner and Paul Leni | |
Das Indische Grabmal: Die Sendung des Yoghi | Joe May | The Indian Tomb: Part I: the Mission of the Yogi |
Das Indische Grabmal: Der Tiger von Eschnapur | Joe May | The Indian Tomb: Part II: The Tiger of Bengal |
Der Müde Tod | Fritz Lang | Wary Death; Three narratives within a frame story narrated by Death |
Opus I[7] | Walter Ruttmann | animation(links to video) |
Opus II[8] | Walter Ruttmann | animation(links to video of Opus II thru IV with modern soundtrack) |
Rhythmus 21 | Hans Richter | animation |
Scherben | Lupu Pick | |
Schloß Vogeloed | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau | The Haunted Castle |
Sehnsucht | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau | presumed lost film[9] |
Der Stern von Bethlehem | Lotte Reiniger | The Star of Bethlehem; animation |
Tischlein deck dich, Eselein streck dich, Knüppel aus dem Sack | Wilhelm Prager | |
Der Verlorene Schatten | Rochus Gliese | The Lost Shadow |
[edit] 1922
Title | Director(s) | Notes |
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Aschenputten | Lotte Reiniger | animation; based on traditional German varient of Cinderella |
Der Brennende Acker | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau | |
Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler - Ein Bild der Zeit | Fritz Lang | Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler - a Picture of the Times first Dr. Mabuse film |
Hanneles Himmelfahrt | Urban Gad | |
Jeremias | Eugen Illés | |
Lucrezia Borgia | Richard Oswald | |
Marizza | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau | presumed lost film[10] |
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau | Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror first adaptation of Dracula |
Othello | Dimitri Buchowetzki | |
Phantom | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau | |
Sodom und Gomorrha | Michael Curtiz | |
Tiefland | Adolf E. Licho | |
Das Weib des Pharao | Ernst Lubitsch | The Wife of the Pharaoh |
[edit] 1923
Title | Director(s) | Notes |
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Alles für Geld | Reinhold Schünzel | All for Gold |
Die Austreibung - die Macht der zweiten Frau | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau | The Expulsion - The Power of Two Women; presumed lost film[11] |
Erdgeist | Leopold Jessner | Earth Spirit |
I.N.R.I. - Ein Film der Menschlichkeit | Robert Wiene | INRI- A Film of Humanity; aka Crown of Thorns; dramatic portrayal of the life of Christ |
Mysterien eines Frisiersalons | Bertolt Brecht, Erich Engel | Mysteries of a Frisian Salon |
Schatten - Eine nächtliche Halluzination | Arthur Robinson, Rudolf Schneider | Shadows- A Nightime Hallucination |
Der Schatz | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | The Treasure |
Der Steinerne Reiter | Fritz Wendhausen | The Stone Rider |
Straße, Die | Karl Grune | The Street |
[edit] 1924
Title | Director(s) | Notes |
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Berg des Schicksals, Der | Arnold Fanck | Mountain of Destiny |
Carlos und Elisabeth | Richard Oswald | |
Finanzen des Großherzogs, Die | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau | Finances of the Grand Duke |
Helena, 1. Teil - Der Raub der Helena | Manfred Noa | Helena, Part 1 - The Taking of Helen |
Helena, 2. Teil - Der Untergang Trojas | Manfred Noa | Helena, Part 2 - The Fall of Troy |
Der Letzte Mann | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau | literaly The Last Man; aka The Last Laugh |
Mikaël | Carl Theodor Dreyer | Chained: The Story of the Third Sex; explicitly addresses homosexuality |
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried | Fritz Lang | The Nibelungen: Siegfried |
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache | Fritz Lang | The Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Revenge |
Opus III[12] | Walter Ruttmann | animation(links to video of Opus II thru IV with modern soundtrack) |
Die Unheimlichen Hände des Doktor Orlac | Robert Wiene | The Unscrupulous Hands of Dr. Orloc |
Sylvester | Lupu Pick | New Years |
Symphonie diagonale | Viking Eggeling | animation |
Wachsfigurenkabinett | Paul Leni | literally The Waxfigure Cabinet; aka Waxworks |
Wolkenphänomen in Majola, Das | Arnold Fanck | Cloud Phenomena of Majola |
[edit] 1925
Title | Director(s) | Notes |
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Der Flug um den Erdball, 1. Teil - Paris bis Ceylon | Willi Wolff | |
Die Freudlose Gasse | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | |
Der Gardeoffizier | Robert Wiene | |
Opus IV[13] | Walter Ruttmann | animation(links to video of Opus II thru IV with modern soundtrack) |
The Pleasure Garden | Alfred Hitchcock | |
Prem Sanyas | Franz Osten, Himansu Rai | |
Die Prinzessin und der Geiger | Graham Cutts | |
Rebus Film Nr. 1 | Paul Leni | |
Varieté | Ewald André Dupont | |
Zur Chronik von Grieshuus | Arthur von Gerlach |
[edit] 1926
Title | Director(s) | Notes |
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Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed, Die | Lotte Reiniger | The Adventures of Prince Achmed; oldest-surviving animated feature film[14] |
Die Abenteuer eines Zehnmarkscheines | Berthold Viertel | Adventures of a Ten Mark Note |
Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau | Faust - A German Folk Legend |
Fiaker Nr. 13 | Michael Curtiz | |
Der Geiger von Florenz | Paul Czinner | |
Der Goldene Schmetterling | Michael Curtiz | |
Der Hauptmann von Köpenick | Siegfried Dessauer | |
Der Heilige Berg | Arnold Fanck | The Holy Mountain; one of many bergfilme |
Herr Tartüff | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau | |
Michel Strogoff | Viktor Tourjansky | |
The Mountain Eagle | Alfred Hitchcock | |
Der Student von Prag | Henrik Galeen | The Student of Prague |
[edit] 1927
Title | Director(s) | Notes |
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Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt | Walter Ruttmann | Berlin: Symphony of a Great City; 65 min experimental documentary |
Das Geheimnis des Abbe X | Julius Brandt and William Dieterle | The Secret of Abby X |
Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | The Love of Jeanne Ney |
Metropolis | Fritz Lang | |
The Queen was in the Parlour | Graham Cutts | |
Ramper, der Tiermensch | Max Reichmann | Ramper, the Animal Man |
Seelische Konstruktionen | Oskar Fischinger | Spiritual Construction; 10 min experimental film |
U 9 Weddigen | Heinz Paul | |
Was ist los im Zirkus Beely? | Harry Piel | |
Die Weber | Frederic Zelnik |
[edit] 1928
Title | Director(s) | Notes |
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Abwege | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | |
Alraune | Henrik Galeen | |
Der Geheimnisvolle Spiegel | Carl Hoffmann and Richard Teschner | |
Geschlecht in Fesseln - Die Sexualnot der Gefangenen | William Dieterle | Sex in Chains; another film to explicitly address homosexuality |
Heimkehr | Joe May | |
Polizeibericht Überfall | Ernö Metzner | |
Scampolo | Augusto Genina | |
Spione | Fritz Lang | Spies |
Ungarische Rhapsodie | Hanns Schwarz | Hungarian Rapsody |
Vormittagsspuk | Hans Richter | animation |
Zuflucht | Carl Froelich |
[edit] 1929
Title | Director(s) | Notes |
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Asphalt | Joe May | |
Brüder | Werner Hochbaum | |
Die Büchse der Pandora | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Pandora's Box featuring Louise Brooks |
Frau im Mond | Fritz Lang | The Woman in the Moon; a realistic planetary romance |
Fräulein Else | Paul Czinner | |
Großstadtschmetterling | Richard Eichberg | |
Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madame | Robert Land | I Kiss Your Hand, Madame |
Melodie der Welt | Walter Ruttmann | |
La Merveilleuse vie de Jeanne d'Arc | Marco de Gastyne | The Marvelous Life of Joan of Arc |
Mutter Krausens Fahrt ins Glück | Phil Jutzi | |
Napoleon auf St. Helena | Lupu Pick | Napoleon at St. Helena |
Das Schiff der verlorenen Menschen | Maurice Tourneur | The Ship of Lost Men |
Das Tagebuch einer Verlorenen | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Diary of a Lost Girl; featuring Louise Brooks |
Die Weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü | Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Arnold Fanck | |
The Wrecker | Géza von Bolváry | |
Die Wunderbare Lüge der Nina Petrowna | Hanns Schwarz | |
Zwei Welten | Werner Hochbaum |
[edit] 1930
Title | Director(s) | Notes |
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Abschied | Robert Siodmak | |
El Amor solfeando | Armand Guerra | |
Der Blaue Engel | Josef von Sternberg | The Blue Angel; featuring Marlene Dietrich and Emil Jannings |
Le Chemin du paradis | Wilhelm Thiele, Max de Vaucorbeil | |
Die Drei von der Tankstelle | Wilhelm Thiele | |
Einbrecher | Hanns Schwarz | |
Der Greifer | Richard Eichberg | |
Die Große Sehnsucht | Steve Sekely | |
Der Hampelmann | E.W. Emo | |
Der Herr auf Bestellung | Géza von Bolváry | |
Der Kampf mit dem Drachen oder: Die Tragödie des Untermieters | Robert Siodmak | |
Die Letzte Kompanie | Curtis Bernhardt | |
Menschen am Sonntag | Robert Siodmak, Curt Siodmak | |
Rasputin, Dämon der Frauen | Adolf Trotz | |
Der Unsterbliche Lump | Joe May | |
Westfront 1918 | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | |
Zwei Herzen im Dreiviertel-Takt | Géza von Bolváry |
[edit] 1931
Title | Director(s) | Notes |
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Die 3groschenoper | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | A film of Bertolt Brechts Three Penny Opera |
Anna Christie | Jacques Feyder | |
Ein Ausgekochter Junge | Erich Schönfelder | |
Berlin - Alexanderplatz | Phil Jutzi | |
Bomben auf Monte Carlo | Hanns Schwarz | |
Le Congrès s'amuse | Erik Charell | French language version of Der Kongreß tanzt (below) |
Emil und die Detektive | Gerhard Lamprecht | Emil and the Detective |
Gloria | Hans Behrendt | |
Der Hauptmann von Köpenick | Richard Oswald | |
Hyppolit a lakáj | Steve Sekely | |
Ich geh' aus und Du bleibst da | Hans Behrendt | |
Kameradschaft | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Comradeship; La Tragédie de la mine |
Keine Feier ohne Meyer | Carl Boese | |
Die Koffer des Herrn O.F. | Alexis Granowsky | |
Der Kongreß tanzt | Erik Charell | The Congress Dance |
Kyritz - Pyritz | Carl Heinz Wolff | |
M | Fritz Lang | Peter Lorres breakout role |
Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht | Robert Siodmak | A Man in search of his own Murderer |
Mary | Alfred Hitchcock | |
Mädchen in Uniform | Leontine Sagan | The Girls in Uniform; one of the earliest films to openly potray lesbianism[15] |
Der Mörder Dimitri Karamasoff | Erich Engels and Fyodor Otsep | |
Niemandsland | Victor Trivas | |
L'Opéra de quat'sous | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | |
Der Raub der Mona Lisa | Géza von Bolváry | |
Schatten der Manege | Heinz Paul | |
Studie Nr. 7 | Oskar Fischinger | animation |
Studie Nr. 8 | Oskar Fischinger | animation |
Der Unbekannte Gast | E.W. Emo | |
Die Verliebte Firma | Max Ophüls | |
Der Weiße Rausch - Neue Wunder des Schneeschuhs | Arnold Fanck | |
Wer nimmt die Liebe ernst... | Erich Engel | |
Yorck | Gustav Ucicky |
[edit] 1932
Title | Director(s) | Notes |
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Acht Mädels im Boot | Erich Waschneck | Eight Girls in a Boat |
Allo Berlin? Ici Paris! | Julien Duvivier | Hello Berlin? This is Paris |
L'Atlantide | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | |
Die Herrin von Atlantis | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | German language version of above |
Mistress of Atlantis | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | English language version of above |
Das Blaue Licht | Leni Riefenstahl | The Blue Light; bergefilm; Riefenstahl directorial debut |
Blutendes Deutschland | Johannes Häussler | Bloody Germany; Nazi propaganda film about Horst Wessel |
Ein Blonder Traum | Paul Martin | A Blondes Dream; musical romantic comedy, featuring Lilian Harvey |
F.P.1 antwortet nicht | Karl Hartl | FP1 Doesn't Respond |
Filmtagebuch vom Krieg in China | Martin Rikli | Film Diary of the War in China; documetary |
Der Frechdachs | Carl Boese | The Audacious Badger'; (badger was German slang for a unfaithful man)[16]romantic comedy |
Fräulein - Falsch verbunden | E.W. Emo | Fraulein, Wrong Number; romantic comedy |
Hitler über Deutschland | Hitler over Germany; NSDAP propaganda film for German presidential election, 1932 | |
Kuhle Wampe oder: Wem gehört die Welt? | Slatan Dudow | To Whom Does the World Belong? |
Das Lied einer Nacht | Anatole Litvak | The Song of the Night; musical romantic comedy |
Lügen auf Rügen | Victor Janson | Scams Out of Bamboozles; comedy |
Mensch ohne Namen | Gustav Ucicky | Man With No Name; |
Peter Voss, der Millionendieb | Ewald André Dupont | Peter Voss Who Stole Millions; comedy |
Rasputin, Dämon der Frauen | Adolf Trotz | Rasputin, Demon of Women; featureing Conrad Veidt |
Quick | Robert Siodmak | comedy featuring Lilian Harvey |
Scampolo, ein Kind der Straße | Hans Steinhoff | Scampolo, a Child of the Street; comedy |
Schwarze Husar, Der | Gerhard Lamprecht | The Black Hussar; historical comedy; featureing Conrad Veidt |
Spione im Savoy-Hotel | Frederic Zelnik | Spies in the Savoy Hotel; comedy featureing Alfred Abel |
Steinreicher Mann, Ein | Hans Steinhoff | A Tremendously Rich Man comedy |
Studie Nr. 10 | Oskar Fischinger | animation |
Stupéfiants | Kurt Gerron and Roger Le Bon | featureing Peter Lorre |
Tumultes | Robert Siodmak | featureing Charles Boyer |
Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey | Carl Theodor Dreyer | Vampire - A Dream of Allan Grey |
Zu Befehl, Herr Unteroffizier | Erich Schönfelder | At Your Orders, Sergeant comedy |
[edit] 1933
(Note: This year could count both as part of the Weimar era and the Third Reich era)
Title | Director | Notes |
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Carmen | Lotte Reiniger | animation |
Der Choral von Leuthen | Carl Froelich and Arzén von Cserépy | The Hymn of Leuthen; historical war film depicting Friedrich the Greats victory at Leuthen |
F.P.1 | Karl Hartl | English version of German made film released in 1932 |
I.F.1 ne répond plus | Karl Hartl | French version of German made film released in 1932 |
Flüchtlinge | Gustav Ucicky | Refugees; about the evacuation of the German settlement in China during the KMT revolution |
Gretel zieht das große Los | Carl Boese | Gretel Wins the Jackpot; comedy |
Hans Westmar. Einer von vielen. Ein deutsches Schicksal aus dem Jahre 1929 | Franz Wenzler | Hans Westmar: One of Many. A German Destony from the Year 1929; thinly veiled propaganda film extolling Horst Wessel |
Hitlerjunge Quex | Hans Steinhoff | Hitler Youth Quex; Dramatic propaganda film extoling the Hitler Youth |
Hitlers Aufruf an das deutsche Volk | Hitlers Address to the German People; 26 min film of Hitlers February 10th address urging Germans to vote for the NSDAP in German election, 1933 | |
Ich und die Kaiserin | Frederick Hollander | Me and the Impress; musical comedy featuring Lilian Harvey and Conrad Veidt |
Lachende Erben | Max Ophüls | Laughing Heirs; romantic comedy featuring Lien Deyers |
Liebelei | Max Ophüls | Flirting |
Meisterdetektiv | Franz Seitz | Master Detective; comedy |
Morgenrot | Vernon Sewell and Gustav Ucicky | Morning Red; Preimered 2 February 1933, considered the first film of the Nazi era[17] |
Der Page vom Dalmasse-Hotel | Victor Janson | The Dalmasse Hotel Page Boy; comedy |
S.A.-Mann Brand | Franz Seitz | Brownshirt Brand; Dramatic propaganda film extoling the Stormtroopers |
S.O.S. Eisberg | Arnold Fanck | |
S.O.S. Iceberg | Tay Garnett | English version of above |
Der Sieg des Glaubens | Leni Riefenstahl | Victory of Faith; Documentary/Propaganda film of 1933 Nazi Party Congress. One complete print survives[18] |
Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse | Fritz Lang | Last Fritz Lang film made in Germany before the war |
Le Testament du Dr. Mabuse | Fritz Lang and René Sti | French version of the above |
Der Tunnel | Curtis Bernhardt | |
Le Tunnel | Curtis Bernhardt | French version of the above |
Viktor und Viktoria | Reinhold Schünzel | Victor and Victoria; inspiration for Victor/Victoria (1982) |
Was Frauen träumen | Géza von Bolváry | What Women Dream; romantic comedy featuring Peter Lorre |
Zwei gute Kameraden | Max Obal | Two Good Comrades; comedy set in First World War |
[edit] See also
- German Expressionism
- Weimar Republic
- Cinema of Germany
- Universum Film AG
- List of films featuring Berlin
- List of films made in the Third Reich
- 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)