1930s German Movies

889 movies found (page 1/30):

The Blue Angel(1930)

| 1h 48min | Drama

3.7/5 (with 131 votes)

Prim professor Immanuel Rath finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer Lola Lola and visits a local club, The Blue Angel, in an attempt to catch them there. Seeing Lola perform, the teacher is filled with lust, eventually resigning his position at the school to marry the young woman. However, his marriage to a coquette -- whose job is to entice men -- proves to be more difficult than Rath imagined.

Directed by Josef von Sternberg - With Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti, Hans Albers, Reinhold Bernt, ...

M(1931)

1h 57min | Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime

4.1/5 (with 931 votes)

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.

Directed by Fritz Lang - With Gustaf Gründgens, Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos, Inge Landgut, Ellen Widmann, ...

Vampyr(1932)

1h 14min | Horror, Fantasy

3.7/5 (with 213 votes)

Traveler Allan Gray arrives in the village of Courtempierre and takes lodgings in a small inn. Gray has a great interest in the supernatural, particularly vampires. He's barely settled in when he feels a sinister force descending upon him. In the night an old man enters his room to tell him 'she must not die'. One of the old man's daughters, Leone, has been bitten by a vampire. In order to break the curse, Gray and Leone's sister Gisele must find the original vampire and drive a stake through her heart.

Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer - With Nicolas de Gunzburg, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel, Sybille Schmitz

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse(1933)

2h 2min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

3.8/5 (with 93 votes)

After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor's preoccupation with another patient, the criminal genius Dr. Mabuse the hypnotist. When Mabuse's notes are found to be connected with a rash of recent crimes, Commissioner Lohmann must determine how Mabuse is communicating with the criminals, despite conflicting reports on the doctor's whereabouts, and capture him for good.

Directed by Fritz Lang - With Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, Oscar Beregi, Gustav Diessl, Paul Henckels, Georg John, ...

Mädchen in Uniform(1931)

1h 28min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.7/5 (with 34 votes)

A sensitive girl is sent to an all-girls boarding school and develops a romantic attachment to one of her teachers. One of the earliest narrative films to explicitly portray homosexuality. Based on "Gestern und Heute" by German playwright Christa Winsloe.

Directed by Leontine Sagan - With Hertha Thiele, Dorothea Wieck, Gertrud de Lalsky, Emilia Unda, Hedwig Schlichter, Erika Mann, ...

Westfront 1918(1930)

1h 37min | War

3.4/5 (with 18 votes)

A group of German infantrymen of the First World War live out their lives in the trenches of France. They find brief entertainment and relief in a village behind the lines, but primarily terror fills their lives as the attacks on and from the French army ebb and flow. One of the men, Karl, goes home on leave only to discover the degradation forced on his family by wartime poverty. He returns to the lines in time to face an enormous attack by French tanks.

Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst - With Fritz Kampers, Gustav Diessl, Hans Joachim Moebis, Claus Clausen, Gustav Püttjer, Carl Balhaus, ...

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations(1938)

2h 6min | Documentary

3.5/5 (with 41 votes)

The First part of Olympia, a documentary about the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin by German Director Leni Riefenstahl. The film played in theaters in 1938 and again in 1952 after the fall of the Nazi Regime.

Directed by Leni Riefenstahl - With Adolf Hitler, Jesse Owens, Luz Long, Spyridon Louis, Rie Mastenbroek, Leni Riefenstahl, ...

Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty(1938)

1h 40min | Documentary

3.4/5 (with 28 votes)

The Second part of Olympia, a documentary about the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin by German Director Leni Riefenstahl. The film played in theaters in 1938 and again in 1952 after the fall of the Nazi Regime.

Directed by Leni Riefenstahl - With Adolf Hitler, Jesse Owens, Luz Long, Spyridon Louis, Rie Mastenbroek, Leni Riefenstahl, ...

Comradeship(1931)

1h 33min | Drama

3.5/5 (with 16 votes)

The picture tells of a mine disaster where German miners rescue French miners from an undergound fire and explosion. The story takes place in the Lorraine/Saar region, along the border between France and Germany.

Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst - With Ernst Busch, Alexander Granach, Fritz Kampers, Elisabeth Wendt, Adolf Fischer, Daniel Mendaille, ...

The 3 Penny Opera(1931)

1h 52min | Comedy, Drama, Music

3.6/5 (with 22 votes)

In London at the turn of the century, underworld kingpin Mack the Knife marries Polly Peachum without the knowledge of her father, the equally enterprising 'king of the beggars'.

Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst - With Rudolf Forster, Carola Neher, Reinhold Schünzel, Fritz Rasp, Valeska Gert, Lotte Lenya, ...

The Blue Light(1932)

1h 25min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

3.4/5 (with 11 votes)

A young woman, Junta, lives apart from her village and, for her solitude and strangeness, is considered to be a witch; when she comes to the village for one reason or another, the townsfolk chase her away. They feel that she may in some way be responsible for the deaths of several young men of the village, who have felt compelled, one by one, to climb the local mountain - and fall to their deaths - on nights when the moon is full.

Directed by Leni Riefenstahl, Béla Balázs - With Leni Riefenstahl, Mathias Wieman, Max Holzboer

The Student of Prague(1935)

1h 27min | Horror, Fantasy

3.1/5 (with 4 votes)

Prague in the 1860s: Balduin is a popular, handsome student, the best fencer in town, in amicable rivalry with his friend Dahl for the affections of Lydia, the innkeeper's niece. While the students are celebrating Lydia's birthday, the opera singer Julia Stella arrives at the inn - and Balduin's life begins to unravel. He is immediately infatuated with the glamorous singer - but she is already kept by an admirer, the wealthy and foppish Baron Waldis. How can a poor student hope to compete? The mysterious Dr. Carpis, who also has ties to Julia and is jealous of the Baron, intervenes. But the price will be higher than Balduin can ever imagine. He risks his sanity and his life - perhaps his very soul - haunted by his own reflection.

Directed by Arthur Robison - With Anton Walbrook, Theodor Loos, Dorothea Wieck, Karl Hellmer, Fritz Genschow, Elsa Wagner, ...

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To Whom Does the World Belong?(1932)

1h 14min | Drama

3.5/5 (with 10 votes)

Kuhle Wampe takes place in early-1930s Berlin. The film begins with a montage of newspaper headlines describing steadily-rising unemployment figures. This is followed by scenes of a young man looking for work in the city and the family discussing the unpaid back rent. The young man, brother of the protagonist Anni, removes his wristwatch and throws himself from a window out of despair. Shortly thereafter his family is evicted from their apartment. Now homeless, the family moves into a garden colony of sorts with the name “Kuhle Wampe.”.

Directed by Slatan Dudow - With Ernst Busch, Helene Weigel, Hertha Thiele, Marta Husemann, Adolf Fischer, Lilli Schoenborn, ...

White Ecstasy(1931)

1h 10min | Comedy

2.6/5 (with 2 votes)

Leni, a daring young girl, is visiting for the second time a ski-resort. The local ski-teachers agree to organize a "fox-hunt" for her. Leni and Hannes are "the foxes", and about 40 other skiers will have to catch them, starting with a 15 minutes delay. It's not the story that makes this film, but the extremely spectacular, thrilling shots about skiing.

Directed by Arnold Fanck - With Leni Riefenstahl, Hannes Schneider, Walter Riml, Gustav Lantschner, Rudolph Matt, Anton Seelos, ...

The Congress Dances(1931)

1h 34min | History, Comedy

3.7/5 (with 8 votes)

Vienna glove-sales-lady Christel falls in love with Russian Czar Alexander. Austrian Prince Metternich tries to use this and other pleasant diversions to keep him out of the negotiation conferences of the 1815 Vienna Congress.

Directed by Erik Charell - With Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, Otto Wallburg, Conrad Veidt, Carl-Heinz Schroth, Lil Dagover, ...

Liebelei(1933)

1h 28min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.5/5 (with 13 votes)

Vienna in the beginning of the twentieth century. Cavalry Lieutenant Fritz Lobheimer is about to end his affair with Baroness Eggerdorff when he meets the young Christine, the daughter of an opera violinist. Baron Eggerdorff however soon hears of his past misfortune...

Directed by Max Ophüls - With Magda Schneider, Wolfgang Liebeneiner, Luise Ullrich, Carl Esmond, Gustaf Gründgens, Olga Chekhova, ...

Die Frau am Scheidewege(1938)

1h 35min | Drama, Romance / Love

Following the breakdown of her marriage to an artist, a female doctor goes back to her position at a hospital.

Directed by Josef von Báky - With Ewald Balser, Magda Schneider, Karin Hardt, Hans Söhnker, Ilse Fürstenberg, Paul Westermeier, ...

Hotel Sacher(1939)

1h 28min | Drama

3.3/5 (with 1 vote)

Vienna is celebrating New Year’s Eve 1913/14. It is the year, which will see the outbreak of the First World War. In Hotel Sacher, the mood is excellent; and although the political atmosphere is charged, there’s an undercurrent of hate and intolerance in the air. It is with this background that Nadja, a Russian spy, meets the Austrian civil servant Stefan. He loves her, but comes under suspicion of being an agent because of this love.

Directed by Erich Engel - With Sybille Schmitz, Willy Birgel, Wolf Albach-Retty, Elfie Mayerhofer, Hedwig Bleibtreu, Herbert Hübner, ...

Napoleon Is to Blame for Everything(1938)

1h 28min | Comedy

English Lord Arthur Cavershoot is a passionate Napoleon scholar who badly neglects his wife Josephine for his obsession with the French emperor. When the cranky historian travels to a Napoleon conference in Paris, his smart spouse secretly follows him. Unnoticed by her, the city of love threatens to spark a romance between Arthur and a chorus girl.

Directed by Curt Goetz - With Curt Goetz, Valerie von Martens, Paul Henckels, Else von Möllendorff, Kirsten Heiberg, Max Gülstorff, ...

Mary(1931)

1h 18min | Crime, Thriller, Mystery

2.7/5 (with 10 votes)

A juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to investigate on his own before the execution. German version of "Murder.".

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock - With Alfred Abel, Olga Chekhova, Paul Graetz, Lotte Stein, Harry Hardt, Eugen Burg, ...

Die englische Heirat(1934)

1h 27min | Comedy

2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

Georg Alexander plays Douglas Mavis, the son of a rich English family who falls in love with a Berlin girl (Renate Müller) and marries her. However, he doesn't tell his family, and for a reason: the resolute head of the family (played by the inimitable Adele Sandrock) has other designs for her grandson. Further complications arise when the family lawyer (Adolf Wohlbrück) gets to know the Berlin lady without knowing who she is. And meanwhile, Mavis meets an alluring lady from a cabaret (Hilde Hildebrand).

Directed by Reinhold Schünzel - With Adele Sandrock, Fritz Odemar, Hans Richter, Renate Müller, Anton Walbrook, Hilde Hildebrand, ...

Ball im Metropol(1937)

1h 24min | Drama

At a ball at the Metropol, the married Margit gives a harmless kiss to a one-time friend from her childhood and cousin, Eberhard. The two notice, however, that Margit's ill and jealous husband observed them from a distance, because he recognized the coat she recently purchased. Quickly, Margit asks the salesgirl Trude to put on her coat and meet Eberhard in the lobby. Things take a decidedly different turn, however, when Trude and Eberhard fall madly in love with each other.

Directed by Frank Wisbar

The Stars Shine(1938)

1h 35min | Music

3.2/5 (with 2 votes)

German all-star musical from 1938 that was a big commercial success.

Directed by Hans Heinz Zerlett - With Ernst Fritz Fürbringer, Fridtjof Mjøen, Paul Verhoeven, Karel Štěpánek, Anny Ondra, Carla Rust, ...

A Hoax(1936)

1h 15min | Comedy

2.8/5 (with 1 vote)

Absurd mistakes arise when the passengers of a burnt down sanitarium are quartered at a hotel. -Humble-tumultuous comedy with situation joke and proven comedians.

Directed by E. W. Emo - With Paul Hörbiger

Nanu, Sie kennen Korff noch nicht?(1938)

1h 36min | Crime, Comedy

3.5/5 (with 3 votes)

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Directed by Fritz Holl - With Heinz Rühmann, Victor Janson, Franz Schafheitlin, Fritz Rasp, Karl Meixner, Will Dohm, ...

The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes(1937)

1h 56min | Comedy, Crime

3.5/5 (with 14 votes)

Two out-of-work private detectives disguise themselves as Holmes and Watson to gain attention and end up chasing counterfeiters and stolen stamps.

Directed by Karl Hartl, Eduard von Borsody - With Hans Albers, Heinz Rühmann, Angelo Ferrari, Harry Hardt, Hans Junkermann, Hans Richter, ...

Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf(1931)

1h 30min | Crime, Drama

3.3/5 (with 7 votes)

Franz Biberkopf has served four years in prison. His return to normal life is not successful.

Directed by Phil Jutzi - With Heinrich George, Maria Bard, Bernhard Minetti, Margarete Schlegel, Gerhard Bienert, Albert Florath, ...

Strange M. Victor(1938)

1h 43min | Crime, Drama

3.3/5 (with 6 votes)

Outwardly, Monsieur Victor would appear to be the model citizen. A respectable Toulon shopkeeper, he has a devoted wife and is courteous and considerate to all who know him. However, beneath this veneer of respectability hides a notorious receiver of stolen goods, who trades with hardened criminals. Victor manages to keep up his double life without any difficulty until the fateful day when one of his partners in crime threatens to expose him. Fearing a scandal, Victor kills the crook in a moment of panic, using a shoemaker's tool. Naturally, the murder is blamed on a local shoemaker, who is sentenced to ten years' hard labour. Seven years later, the former shoemaker reappears in Toulon, having escaped from prison. The first person to recognise him is Monsieur Victor...

Directed by Jean Grémillon - With Andrex, Charles Blavette, Édouard Delmont, Georges Flamant, Madeleine Renaud, Marcel Maupi, ...

Das verliebte Hotel(1933)

1h 26min | Comedy