List of German films of 1919–1932
The period of the Wiemar Republic (1919-1933) between the fall of the German Empire and the rise of the Nazis 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
1919
- Alraune und der Golem
Directed by Nils Olaf Chrisander
Directed by Richard Oswald
- Austernprinzessin, Die
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
- Harakiri
Directed by Fritz Lang
- Knabe in Blau, Der
Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
- Log of the U-35, The
(German naval footage. Captured by Allies and shown as propaganda)
- Madame DuBarry
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
- Meyer aus Berlin
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
- Mod lyset
- Opium
Directed by Robert Reinert
- Puppe, Die
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
- Spinnen, 1. Teil - Der Goldene See, Die
Directed by Fritz Lang
- Unheimliche Geschichten
Directed by Richard Oswald
1920
- Abend - Nacht - Morgen
Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
- Anna Boleyn
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
- Bucklige und die Tänzerin, Der
Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Directed by Robert Wiene
Directed by Robert Wiene
Directed by Paul Wegener
- Ich möchte kein Mann sein
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
- Kohlhiesels Töchter
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
- Romeo und Julia im Schnee
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
- Satanas
Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
- Spinnen, 2. Teil - Das Brillantenschiff, Die
Directed by Fritz Lang
- Sumurun
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
1921
- Bergkatze, Die
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
- Brennendes Land
Directed by Heinz Herald
- Danton
Directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki
- Gang in die Nacht, Der
Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
- Hamlet
Directed by Sven Gade and Heinz Schall
- Hintertreppe
Directed by Leopold Jessner and Paul Leni
- Indische Grabmal: Der Tiger von Eschnapur, Das
Directed by Joe May
- Indische Grabmal: Die Sendung des Yoghi, Das
Directed by Joe May
Directed by Fritz Lang
- Opus I
Directed by Walter Ruttmann
- Rhythmus 21
Directed by Hans Richter
- Scherben
Directed by Lupu Pick
Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
- Sehnsucht
Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Directed by Lotte Reiniger
- Tischlein deck dich, Eselein streck dich, Knüppel aus dem Sack
Directed by Wilhelm Prager
- Verlorene Schatten, Der
Directed by Rochus Gliese
1922
Directed by Lotte Reiniger
- Brennende Acker, Der
Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Directed by Fritz Lang
- Hanneles Himmelfahrt
Directed by Urban Gad
- Jeremias
Directed by Eugen Illés
Directed by Richard Oswald
- Marizza
Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki
- Phantom
Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Directed by Adolf E. Licho
- Weib des Pharao, Das
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
1923
- Alles für Geld
Directed by Reinhold Schünzel
- Austreibung, Die
Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Directed by Leopold Jessner
- Mysterien eines Frisiersalons
Directed by Bertolt Brecht and Erich Engel
Directed by Arthur Robinson and Rudolf Schneider
- Schatz, Der
Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- Steinerne Reiter, Der
Directed by Fritz Wendhausen
- Straße, Die
Directed by Karl Grune
1924
- Berg des Schicksals, Der
Directed by Arnold Fanck
- Carlos und Elisabeth
Directed by Richard Oswald
- Finanzen des Großherzogs, Die
Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
- Helena
Directed by Manfred Noa
Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
- Mikaël
Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer
Directed by Fritz Lang
Directed by Fritz Lang
- Orlacs Hände
Directed by Robert Wiene
- Sylvester
Directed by Lupu Pick
Directed by Viking Eggeling
Directed by Paul Leni
- Wolkenphänomen in Majola, Das
Directed by Arnold Fanck
1925
- Flug um den Erdball, 1. Teil - Paris bis Ceylon, Der
- Freudlose Gasse, Die
Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- Gardeoffizier, Der
- Pleasure Garden, The
- Prem Sanyas
- Prinzessin und der Geiger, Die
- Rebus Film Nr. 1
- Varieté
- Zur Chronik von Grieshuus
1926
Directed by Lotte Reiniger
- Abenteuer eines Zehnmarkscheines, Die
Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
- Fiaker Nr. 13
Directed by Michael Curtiz
- Geiger von Florenz, Der
- Goldene Schmetterling, Der
Directed by Michael Curtiz
- Hauptmann von Köpenick, Der
- Heilige Berg, Der
Directed by Arnold Fanck
- Herr Tartüff
Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
- Michel Strogoff
- Mountain Eagle, The
- Der Student von Prag
Directed by Henrik Galeen
1927
- Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt
Directed by Walter Ruttmann
- Elf Teufel, Die
- Geheimnis des Abbe X, Das
- Liebe der Jeanne Ney, Die
Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Directed by Fritz Lang
- Queen Was in the Parlour, The
- Ramper, der Tiermensch
- Seelische Konstruktionen
- U 9 Weddigen
- Was ist los im Zirkus Beely?
- Weber, Die
1928
- Abwege
Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Directed by Henrik Galeen
- Geheimnisvolle Spiegel, Der
- Geschlecht in Fesseln - Die Sexualnot der Gefangenen
Directed by William Dieterle
- Heimkehr
Directed by Joe May
- Polizeibericht Überfall
- Scampolo
- Shiraz
- Spione
Directed by Fritz Lang
- Ungarische Rhapsodie
- Vormittagsspuk
Directed by Hans Richter
- Zuflucht
1929
- Asphalt
Directed by Joe May
- Brüder
Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Directed by Fritz Lang
- Fräulein Else
- Großstadtschmetterling
- Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madame
- Melodie der Welt
Directed by Walter Ruttmann
- Merveilleuse vie de Jeanne d'Arc, La
- Mutter Krausens Fahrt ins Glück
Directed by Phil Jutzi
- Napoleon auf St. Helena
Directed by Lupu Pick
- Schiff der verlorenen Menschen, Das
- Das Tagebuch einer Verlorenen,
Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- Weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü, Die
Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst and Arnold Fanck
- Wrecker, The
- Wunderbare Lüge der Nina Petrowna, Die
- Zwei Welten (1929)
1930
- Abschied
- Amor solfeando, El
Directed by Josef von Sternberg
- Chemin du paradis, Le
- Drei von der Tankstelle, Die
- Einbrecher
- Greifer, Der
- Große Sehnsucht, Die
- Hampelmann, Der
- Herr auf Bestellung, Der
- Kampf mit dem Drachen oder: Die Tragödie des Untermieters, Der
- Letzte Kompanie, Die
Directed by Curtis Bernhardt
- Menschen am Sonntag
- Rasputin, Dämon der Frauen
Directed by Adolf Trotz
- Unsterbliche Lump, Der
Directed by Joe May
Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- Zwei Herzen im Dreiviertel-Takt
1931
Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- Anna Christie
- Ausgekochter Junge, Ein
- Berlin - Alexanderplatz
Directed by Phil Jutzi
- Bomben auf Monte Carlo
- Congrès s'amuse, Le
Directed by Erik Charell
- Emil und die Detektive
- Gloria
- Hauptmann von Köpenick, Der
- Hyppolit a lakáj
- Ich geh' aus und Du bleibst da
- Kameradschaft
Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- Keine Feier ohne Meyer
- Koffer des Herrn O.F., Die
- Kongreß tanzt, Der
Directed by Erik Charell
- Kyritz - Pyritz
Directed by Fritz Lang
- Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht, Der
- Mary
- Mädchen in Uniform
Directed by Leontine Sagan
- Mörder Dimitri Karamasoff, Der
- Niemandsland
- Opéra de quat'sous, L'
- Raub der Mona Lisa, Der
- Schatten der Manege
- Studie Nr. 7
- Studie Nr. 8
- Unbekannte Gast, Der
- Verliebte Firma, Die
- Weiße Rausch - Neue Wunder des Schneeschuhs, Der
Directed by Arnold Fanck
- Wer nimmt die Liebe ernst...
- Yorck
1932
- Acht Mädels im Boot
- Allo Berlin? Ici Paris!
- Atlantide, L'
- Das Blaue Licht
Directed by Leni Riefenstahl
- Blonder Traum, Ein
- F.P.1 antwortet nicht
- Frechdachs, Der
- Fräulein - Falsch verbunden
- Kuhle Wampe oder: Wem gehört die Welt?
- Lied einer Nacht, Das
- Liebelei
Directed by Max Ophüls
- Lügen auf Rügen
- Mensch ohne Namen
- Mistress of Atlantis, The
Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- Peter Voss, der Millionendieb
- Quick (1932/I) 6.1/10
- Scampolo, ein Kind der Straße
- Schwarze Husar, Der
- Spione im Savoy-Hotel
- Steinreicher Mann, Ein
- Studie Nr. 10
- Stupéfiants
- Tumultes
Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Zu Befehl, Herr Unteroffizier