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1. Maria, die Magd (1936)
88 min | Drama
An actress and her lawyer husband are so busy that their maid becomes the real mother to their six year old boy and at one point causes consternation by taking the child away to her home village.
Director: Veit Harlan | Stars: Hilde Körber, Hilde Hildebrand, Alfred Abel, Hans Schlenck
Votes: 7
2. Peer Gynt (1934)
119 min | Drama
A Nazi-era German reimagining of Ibsen's classic, as an adventure type vehicle for the popular heartthrob Hans Albers.
Director: Fritz Wendhausen | Stars: Hans Albers, Lucie Höflich, Marieluise Claudius, Ellen Frank
Votes: 31
3. Wege im Zwielicht (1948)
90 min | Drama
Three homeless youths commit petty crimes to get by in the difficult time just after the end of WW2 in Germany. When they become suspects in a murder case, a witness of the events comes ... See full summary »
Director: Gustav Fröhlich | Stars: Gustav Fröhlich, Johanna Lepski, Sonja Ziemann, Benno Sterzenbach
Votes: 42
4. Jeder fragt nach Erika (1931)
96 min
Director: Frederic Zelnik | Stars: Lya Mara, Alexander Murski, Walter Janssen, Ernö Verebes
Votes: 12
5. Viktoria (1935)
91 min | Drama
From a melodramatic novel by Hamsun: a country girl, engaged for economic reasons to a rich cousin, really loves a sensitive writer of poetry, who rejects her for another.
Director: Carl Hoffmann | Stars: Luise Ullrich, Mathias Wieman, Alfred Abel, Erna Morena
Votes: 12
6. Der rote Kreis (1929)
Mystery
Director: Frederic Zelnik | Stars: Lya Mara, Fred Louis Lerch, Stewart Rome, Albert Steinrück
Votes: 11
7. Der Stolz der 3. Kompanie (1932)
85 min | Comedy
The adventures of smart soldier Gustav Diestelbeck include managing his superior officer, competing for the canteneer's daughter, evading punishment for discipline faults and hosting Prinz Willibald during his visit to the regiment.
Director: Fred Sauer | Stars: Heinz Rühmann, Anton Walbrook, Eugen Burg, Ferdinand von Alten
Votes: 85
8. Ich war Jack Mortimer (1935)
85 min | Drama, Thriller
Fred Sponer, a taxi driver in Budapest, has great aspirations in life. One day, he finds a dead passenger in the backseat of his cab.
Director: Carl Froelich | Stars: Anton Walbrook, Eugen Klöpfer, Sybille Schmitz, Marieluise Claudius
Votes: 55
9. Wasser für Canitoga (1939)
119 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Vehicle for the popular Hans Albers, as a confident, cynical engineer in 1905 Canada suspected of trying to sabotage construction of a water project.
Director: Herbert Selpin | Stars: Hans Albers, Charlotte Susa, Hans Mierendorff, Hilde Sessak
Votes: 120
10. Der Berg des Schicksals (1924)
60 min | Drama
Noch keinem Bergsteiger ist es gelungen, den Gipfel der majestätischen Guglia del Diavolo zu erklimmen - zu steil ist die letzte Wand, die zum Gipfel führt. Selbst der größte Kletterer ... See full summary »
Director: Arnold Fanck | Stars: Hannes Schneider, Frida Richard, Erna Morena, Luis Trenker
Votes: 39
11. Karussell (1937)
89 min
Director: Alwin Elling | Stars: Marika Rökk, Georg Alexander, Paul Henckels, Aribert Mog
Votes: 12
12. Rasputins Liebesabenteuer (1928)
60 min | Drama, History
Portrays the deep intrigue and mystical fanaticism of the last days of the Romanoffs, when Rasputin, the mad monk had such a hold over them.
Director: Martin Berger | Stars: Nikolai Malikoff, Diana Karenne, Erwin Kalser, Alexander Murski
Votes: 28
13. Little Man What Now (1933)
100 min | Drama
A young couple struggling against poverty must keep their marriage a secret in order for the husband to keep his job, as his boss doesn't like to hire married men.
Directors: Berthold Viertel, Fritz Wendhausen | Stars: Hermann Thimig, Hertha Thiele, Viktor de Kowa, Ida Wüst
Votes: 22
14. Spies at Work (1933)
83 min | Drama
During the Great War, an Austrian officer suspected of being an Italian spy, volunteers for a mission to parachute into Italy, where he falls in love with a real spy.
Director: Gerhard Lamprecht | Stars: Karl Ludwig Diehl, Brigitte Helm, Eduard von Winterstein, Günther Hadank
Votes: 13
15. Model Husband (1937)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
When a bland British banker fails to please his wife, he pretends to be interested in other women so she will become jealous and care more for him.
Director: Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Heinz Rühmann, Leny Marenbach, Hans Söhnker, Heli Finkenzeller
Votes: 113
16. Die lustigen Weiber (1936)
81 min | Comedy, Musical
When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Window wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. When they put their heads together and ... See full summary »
Director: Carl Hoffmann | Stars: Magda Schneider, Leo Slezak, Ida Wüst, Maria Krahn
Votes: 17
17. Die verliebte Firma (1932)
73 min | Comedy
Die verliebte Firma was Max Ophüls' first feature film. The story follows a movie crew who is filming a musical in a small and idyllic alpine village. After their temperamental leading lady... See full summary »
Director: Max Ophüls | Stars: Gustav Fröhlich, Anny Ahlers, Lien Deyers, Ernö Verebes
Votes: 146
18. Das Einmaleins der Liebe (1935)
96 min | Comedy
Identities are changed in the Austrian countryside. A simple woman does this to test the affections of a store manager, he too changes character several times and there are other locals who do this as well.
Director: Carl Hoffmann | Stars: Luise Ullrich, Paul Hörbiger, Lee Parry, Theo Lingen
Votes: 21
19. Abenteuer im Südexpress (1934)
81 min | Adventure, Thriller
On a train's way to the Italian Alps, the jewelry of a wealthy young widow is stolen and a military veteran working as a waiter is the first to come under suspicion.
Director: Erich Waschneck | Stars: Charlotte Susa, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Ralph Arthur Roberts, Richard Romanowsky
Votes: 6
20. Togger (1937)
99 min
The international Reuler Group has its hand in every game, using questionable means to gain ever more power. Only the chief editor Togger of the newspaper "Neue Tag" has the courage to attack the machinations of the firm.
Director: Jürgen von Alten | Stars: Paul Hartmann, Renate Müller, Heinz Salfner, Paul Otto
Votes: 20
21. Durchs Brandenburger Tor. So lang' noch untern Linden ... (1929)
100 min | Drama
Directors: Max Knaake, William Dieterle | Stars: Paul Henckels, June Marlowe, Aribert Mog, Fritz Kampers
Votes: 11
22. Kaiserwalzer (1933)
91 min | Musical, Romance
In the days of Austro-Hungarian emperor Franz Josef, an aristocrat and his son both fall for the same woman.
Director: Frederic Zelnik | Stars: Mártha Eggerth, Paul Hörbiger, Carl Esmond, Fritz Kampers
23. The Dream of the Rhine (1933)
97 min | Comedy
A German-American returns, after 3 decades, to the Fatherland, accompanied by his daughter and her American boyfriend.
Director: Herbert Selpin | Stars: Gay Christie, Eduard Wesener, Peter Erkelenz, Käthe Haack
24. Leidenschaft (1940)
81 min | Drama
The wife of a stingy, old fashioned count is accused by villagers of his murder.She has been spending time with a young forester.But there are at least three other suspects.
Director: Walter Janssen | Stars: Olga Tschechowa, Hans Stüwe, Paul Otto, Hilde Körber
25. Mister Herkules (1933)
19 min | Short
Director: Hasso Preiß | Stars: Eduard Wesener, Karl Harbacher, Paul Beckers, Ilse Dubont
26. Moral und Liebe (1933)
92 min
Director: Georg Jacoby | Stars: Grete Mosheim, Oscar Homolka, Camilla Horn, Johannes Riemann
27. Mein Herz ist eine Jazzband (1929)
Director: Frederic Zelnik | Stars: Lya Mara, Raimondo Van Riel, Heinrich Gotho, Károly Huszár
28. Das Schweigen im Walde (1929)
A nobleman going incognito saves a woman from fire and from a desperate forester in the Bavarian Alps.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: William Dieterle, Rina Marsa, Petta Frederik, Karl Peter Gillmann
29. Frühlingsrauschen (1929)
Viola von Birkenfeld, who is as blonde as she is enthusiastic, a kind of 16-year-old Käthchen von Heilbronn, leads a secluded life in her grandfather's castle. During a fleeting encounter ... See full summary »
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: William Dieterle, Lien Deyers, Julius Brandt, Elsa Wagner
30. If I Were King (1934)
Director: J.A. Hübler-Kahla | Stars: Camilla Horn, Viktor de Kowa, Paul Westermeier, Walter Steinbeck
31. Die Tigerin (1922)
Director: Ernst Wendt | Stars: Margit Barnay, Carl de Vogt, Charlotte Hagenbruch, Max Höfler
32. Triumph of Love (1929)
In a tuberculosis-clinic a young patient steels the hearts of her fellow patients.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: William Dieterle, Lien Deyers, Olaf Fønss, Erna Morena
33. Der Feldmarschall (1927)
Director: Romano Mengon | Stars: Cilly Feindt, Harry Gondi, Harry Hardt, Manja Keller
34. Die seltsame Vergangenheit der Thea Carter (1929)
Drama
Directors: Ernst Laemmle, Joseph Levigard | Stars: Olaf Fønss, June Marlowe, Inge Landgut, Olga Engl
35. Prinz Louis Ferdinand (1927)
Drama
Director: Hans Behrendt | Stars: Kurt Junker, Christa Tordy, K. Rieve, Hans Stüwe
36. Karl als Radiofachmann (1933)
18 min | Short, Comedy
Directors: Gerhard Dammann, Fritz Kuhlbrodt | Stars: Viktor Carter, Gerhard Dammann, Hansi Dege, Olga Engl
37. Glück im Schloß (1933)
85 min
Directors: Hasso Preiß, Robert Neppach | Stars: Luise Ullrich, Eduard Wesener, Richard Romanowsky, Gay Christie
38. So leben wir alle Tage (1933)
31 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Hasso Preiß | Stars: Hansi Arnstaedt, Paul Beckers, Willy Millowitsch, Anna Müller-Lincke
39. Schlagerpartie (1934)
Short
Director: Carl Froelich | Stars: Genia Nikolaieva, Grethe Weiser, Theo Lingen, Claire Rommer