Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
1950 |
Absender unbekannt | Ákos Ráthonyi | Cornell Borchers, Henny Porten, Bruni Löbel | Comedy | |
The Black Forest Girl | Hans Deppe | Sonja Ziemann, Rudolf Prack, Paul Hörbiger | Musical comedy | |
A Day Will Come | Rudolf Jugert | Dieter Borsche, Maria Schell, Lil Dagover, Gustav Knuth | Drama | |
Gabriela | Géza von Cziffra | Zarah Leander, Carl Raddatz | Drama/Musical | |
Die Sünderin | Willi Forst | Hildegard Knef, Gustav Fröhlich | Drama | |
Tobias Knopp – Abenteuer eines Junggesellen | Gerhard Fieber, Wolfgang Liebeneiner | | Animated | |
Two Times Lotte | Josef von Báky | Antje Weisgerber, Peter Mosbacher, Isa Günther, Jutta Günther | Comedy | |
The White Hell of Pitz Palu | Rolf Hansen | Hans Albers, Liselotte Pulver | Mountain film | |
1951 |
Bluebeard | Christian-Jaque | Hans Albers, Fritz Kortner, Cécile Aubry | Comedy | Co-production with France and Switzerland |
Dr. Holl | Rolf Hansen | Maria Schell, Dieter Borsche, Heidemarie Hatheyer | Drama | Entered into the 1st Berlin International Film Festival |
Fanfaren der Liebe | Kurt Hoffmann | Dieter Borsche, Georg Thomalla | Comedy | |
Eine Frau mit Herz | Rudolf Jugert | Olga Tschechowa, Rudolf Prack, Gustav Knuth | Comedy | |
The Heath Is Green | Hans Deppe | Sonja Ziemann, Rudolf Prack | Romance | |
A Heidelberg Romance | Paul Verhoeven | Liselotte Pulver, O.W. Fischer | Romance | |
The House in Montevideo | Curt Goetz, Valérie von Martens | Curt Goetz, Valérie von Martens | Comedy | |
The Lost One | Peter Lorre | Peter Lorre | Drama | |
Sensation in San Remo | Georg Jacoby | Marika Rökk, Peter Pasetti, Ewald Balser | Musical | |
Die tödlichen Träume | Paul Martin | Will Quadflieg, Cornell Borchers, Rudolf Forster | Drama | |
1952 |
All Clues Lead to Berlin | František Čáp | Gordon Howard, Irina Garden, Kurt Meisel, Hans Nielsen, Barbara Rütting | Thriller | |
Alraune | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Hildegard Knef, Erich von Stroheim, Karlheinz Böhm | Drama | |
Cuba Cabana | Fritz Peter Buch | Zarah Leander, O. W. Fischer, Paul Hartmann | Drama/Musical | |
Fight of the Tertia | Erik Ode | Brigitte Rau, Wolfgang Jansen | Family | |
I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg | Ernst Neubach | Adrian Hoven, Paul Hörbiger, Eva Probst | Musical | |
Klettermaxe | Kurt Hoffmann | Liselotte Pulver, Albert Lieven, Arnim Dahl | Action/Crime comedy | |
The Land of Smiles | Hans Deppe, Erik Ode | Mártha Eggerth, Jan Kiepura | Musical | |
The Merry Vineyard | Erich Engel | Gustav Knuth, Camilla Spira, Eva-Ingeborg Scholz | Comedy | |
Nights on the Road | Rudolf Jugert | Hans Albers, Hildegard Knef, Lucie Mannheim, Marius Goring | Drama | |
No Greater Love | Harald Braun | Hilde Krahl, Dieter Borsche, Werner Hinz, Mathias Wieman | Drama | |
The Thief of Bagdad | Karel Lamač | Sonja Ziemann, Rudolf Prack, Theo Lingen, Paul Kemp | Comedy | |
Toxi | Robert A. Stemmle | Paul Bildt, Johanna Hofer, Elfi Fiegert | Drama | |
Unter den tausend Laternen | Erich Engel | Michel Auclair | Drama | West German-French co-production. Entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival |
Until We Meet Again | Gustav Ucicky | Maria Schell, O.W. Fischer, Karl Ludwig Diehl | Drama | |
The White Horse Inn | Willi Forst | Johanna Matz, Johannes Heesters | Musical | |
1953 |
Alles für Papa | Karl Hartl | Johanna Matz, Curd Jürgens | Comedy | |
As Long as You're Near Me | Harald Braun | Maria Schell, O. W. Fischer, Hardy Krüger | Drama | Entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival |
Captain Bay-Bay | Helmut Käutner | Hans Albers, Lotte Koch | Musical/Comedy | |
Dreaming Lips | Josef von Báky | Maria Schell, O.W. Fischer | Drama | |
A Heart Plays False | Rudolf Jugert | O. W. Fischer, Ruth Leuwerik | Drama | |
His Royal Highness | Harald Braun | Dieter Borsche, Ruth Leuwerik | | |
Die Jungfrau auf dem Dach | Otto Preminger | Hardy Krüger, Johannes Heesters, Johanna Matz | Comedy | American production |
Mailman Mueller | John Reinhardt | Heinz Rühmann | Comedy | |
No Way Back | Victor Vicas | Ivan Desny | Drama | |
Straßenserenade | Werner Jacobs | Vico Torriani | Musical/Comedy | |
1954 |
08/15 | Paul May | Joachim Fuchsberger, Hans Christian Blech | Military Drama | Released as trilogy in 1954/1955 |
Canaris | Alfred Weidenmann | O.E. Hasse, Martin Held, Adrian Hoven, Barbara Rütting | Spy drama | |
Captain Wronski | Ulrich Erfurth | Willy Birgel | Spy drama | |
Conchita and the Engineer | Franz Eichhorn, Hans Hinrich | Paul Hartmann, Vanja Orico, Siegfried Schürenberg | Adventure | West German-Brazilian co-production |
The Confession of Ina Kahr | G. W. Pabst | Curd Jürgens, Elisabeth Müller, Albert Lieven | Drama | |
Fear | Roberto Rossellini | Ingrid Bergman, Mathias Wieman | Drama | Italian-West German co-production |
Feuerwerk | Kurt Hoffmann | Lilli Palmer, Romy Schneider, Claus Biederstaedt, Karl Schönböck, Werner Hinz | Musical comedy | |
Die goldene Pest | John Brahm | Ivan Desny, Karlheinz Böhm | Drama | |
It Was Always So Nice With You | Hans Wolff | Heinz Drache, Georg Thomalla, Zarah Leander, Willi Forst | Musical comedy | |
Meines Vaters Pferde | Gerhard Lamprecht | Curd Jürgens, Eva Bartok, Martin Benrath, Reinhold Schünzel | Drama | |
Die Mücke | Walter Reisch | Hilde Krahl, Margot Hielscher, Gustav Knuth, Bernhard Wicki | Spy drama | Entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival |
On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Hans Albers, Heinz Rühmann | Comedy/Drama | |
Rose-Girl Resli | Harald Reinl | Christine Kaufmann | | |
Sauerbruch – Das war mein Leben | Rolf Hansen | Ewald Balser | Biographical film | |
They Were So Young | Kurt Neumann | Johanna Matz, Scott Brady, Raymond Burr | Crime drama | American-West German co-production |
1955 |
André and Ursula | Werner Jacobs | Ivan Desny, Elisabeth Müller | Drama | |
Banditen der Autobahn | Géza von Cziffra | Hans Christian Blech, Charles Régnier | Crime thriller | |
The Barrings | Rolf Thiele | Dieter Borsche, Nadja Tiller | Drama | |
The Captain and His Hero | Max Nosseck | Ernst Schröder, Jo Herbst | War | |
Children, Mother, and the General | László Benedek | Hilde Krahl, Therese Giehse, Ewald Balser, Bernhard Wicki, Klaus Kinski, Maximilian Schell | War drama | |
The Cornet | Walter Reisch | Götz von Langheim, Anita Björk, Wolfgang Preiss, Peter van Eyck, Claus Clausen, Fritz Rasp | Drama | |
Hello, My Name is Cox | Georg Jacoby | Johannes Heesters | Crime comedy | |
Himmel ohne Sterne | Helmut Käutner | Erik Schumann, Eva Kotthaus, Horst Buchholz, Georg Thomalla, Gustav Knuth | Drama | |
I Often Think of Piroschka | Kurt Hoffmann | Liselotte Pulver | Romantic comedy | |
The Last Ten Days | G.W. Pabst | Albin Skoda, Oskar Werner | War drama | West German-Austrian co-production |
Lola Montès | Max Ophüls | Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook, Oskar Werner | Drama | French-West German co-production |
Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs | Helmut Käutner | O. W. Fischer, Ruth Leuwerik, Marianne Koch, Klaus Kinski | Biographical film | |
Die Mädels vom Immenhof | Wolfgang Schleif | Heidi Brühl, Margarete Haagen, Paul Henckels, Paul Klinger, Josef Sieber, Matthias Fuchs, Angelika Meissner | Family | |
Nicht mehr fliehen | Herbert Vesely | | Short | |
Oasis | Yves Allégret | Michèle Morgan, Cornell Borchers, Carl Raddatz | Adventure drama | French-West German co-production |
The Plot to Assassinate Hitler | Falk Harnack | Wolfgang Preiss, Fritz Tillmann, Werner Hinz, Maximilian Schell | War drama | |
Die Ratten | Robert Siodmak | Maria Schell, Curd Jürgens | Drama | Won the Golden Bear at Berlin |
Rosen im Herbst | Rudolf Jugert | Ruth Leuwerik, Bernhard Wicki, Carl Raddatz | Drama | |
Sergeant Borck | Gerhard Lamprecht | Gerhard Riedmann | Crime/Mystery | |
Der Struwwelpeter | Fritz Genschow | Fredy Kaindl, Traude Höhnisch, Eric Canso | Family | Based on Struwwelpeter |
San Salvatore | Werner Jacobs | Dieter Borsche, Antje Weisgerber, Will Quadflieg | Drama | |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Erich Kobler | Elke Arendt, Addi Adametz | Family | |
Des Teufels General | Helmut Käutner | Curd Jürgens, Marianne Koch | Drama | |
The Three from the Filling Station | Hans Wolff | Adrian Hoven, Walter Giller, Walter Müller | Musical | |
Three Men in the Snow | Kurt Hoffmann | Paul Dahlke, Günther Lüders, Claus Biederstaedt | Comedy | |
Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne | Hans Quest | Heinz Rühmann | Comedy / Drama | |
1956 |
Before Sundown | Gottfried Reinhardt | Hans Albers, Martin Held | Drama | Entered into the 6th Berlin International Film Festival and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film |
Bonjour Kathrin | Karl Anton | Caterina Valente, Peter Alexander | Musical | |
The Captain from Köpenick | Helmut Käutner | Heinz Rühmann | Comedy drama | |
Charley's Aunt | Hans Quest | Heinz Rühmann, Claus Biederstaedt, Walter Giller | Comedy | |
Devil in Silk | Rolf Hansen | Lilli Palmer, Curd Jürgens | Drama | |
Die Geierwally | František Čáp | Barbara Rütting, Carl Möhner | Drama | |
Ich suche Dich | O. W. Fischer | O. W. Fischer, Anouk Aimée | Drama | |
Liane, Jungle Goddess | Eduard von Borsody | Marion Michael, Hardy Krüger, Reggie Nalder | Adventure | |
Ein Mädchen aus Flandern | Helmut Käutner | Maximilian Schell, Nicole Berger | War drama | |
Max und Moritz | Norbert Schultze | Harry Wüstenhagen | Family | |
The Model Husband | Erik Ode | Harald Juhnke, Inge Egger, Theo Lingen | Comedy | |
Santa Lucia | Werner Jacobs | Vico Torriani, Eva Kerbler, Karin Dor | Musical/Comedy | |
Spy for Germany | Werner Klingler | Martin Held, Nadja Tiller | Thriller | |
Teenage Wolfpack | Georg Tressler | Horst Buchholz, Karin Baal | Teenage Crime Thriller | |
The Trapp Family | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Ruth Leuwerik, Hans Holt, Josef Meinrad | | |
Viele kamen vorbei | Peter Pewas | Christian Doermer, Harald Maresch, Frances Martin | Thriller | |
1957 |
Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull | Kurt Hoffmann | Horst Buchholz | Comedy drama | |
The Count of Luxemburg | Werner Jacobs | Gerhard Riedmann, Renate Holm | Musical/Comedy | |
The Devil Strikes at Night | Robert Siodmak | Mario Adorf, Hannes Messemer, Claus Holm | Thriller | |
The Girl and the Legend | Josef von Báky | Romy Schneider, Horst Buchholz, Gert Fröbe | Drama | |
The Glass Tower | Harald Braun | Lilli Palmer, O. E. Hasse, Peter van Eyck | Drama | |
Haie und kleine Fische | Frank Wisbar | Hansjörg Felmy, Horst Frank, Wolfgang Preiss, Heinz Engelmann, Siegfried Lowitz | War drama | |
Jonas | Ottomar Domnick | Robert Graf, Dieter Eppler | Drama | |
Just Once a Great Lady | Erik Ode | Gudula Blau, Grethe Weiser, Dietmar Schönherr | Comedy | |
Kindermädchen für Papa gesucht | Hans Quest | Claus Biederstaedt, Susanne Cramer, Gunther Philipp | Comedy | |
The Last Ones Shall Be First | Rolf Hansen | O. E. Hasse, Maximilian Schell, Ulla Jacobsson | Drama | Entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival |
Love from Paris | Helmut Käutner | Romy Schneider, Horst Buchholz | | |
Madeleine und der Legionär | Wolfgang Staudte | Hildegard Knef, Bernhard Wicki, Hannes Messemer, Joachim Hansen | Drama | |
Mit Eva fing die Sünde an | Fritz Umgelter | Willy Fritsch, Karin Dor | Comedy | American re-edited version The Bellboy and the Playgirls (1962) |
Queen Louise | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Ruth Leuwerik, Dieter Borsche, Bernhard Wicki, René Deltgen | Historical | |
Rose Bernd | Wolfgang Staudte | Maria Schell, Raf Vallone | Drama | Entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival |
Der Stern von Afrika | Alfred Weidenmann | Joachim Hansen, Marianne Koch, Hansjörg Felmy, Horst Frank | War drama | |
The Zurich Engagement | Helmut Käutner | Liselotte Pulver, Paul Hubschmid, Bernhard Wicki | Comedy | |
1958 |
Arms and the Man | Franz Peter Wirth | O. W. Fischer, Liselotte Pulver | Comedy | Entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival |
Confess, Doctor Corda | Josef von Báky | Hardy Krüger, Elisabeth Müller, Hans Nielsen, Siegfried Lowitz | Crime | |
It Happened in Broad Daylight | Ladislao Vajda | Heinz Rühmann, Gert Fröbe, Michel Simon, Siegfried Lowitz | Thriller | Swiss-West German-Spanish co-production. Entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival |
Ein Lied geht um die Welt (Die Joseph-Schmidt-Story) | Géza von Bolváry | Hans Reiser, Sabine Sesselmann, Theo Lingen | Musical / Biographical film | |
Lilli – ein Mädchen aus der Großstadt | Hermann Leitner | Ann Smyrner, Adrian Hoven | Crime comedy | |
Mädchen in Uniform | Géza von Radványi | Romy Schneider, Lilli Palmer | Drama | Entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival |
Münchhausen in Afrika | Werner Jacobs | Peter Alexander, Gunther Philipp | Comedy | |
The Muzzle | Wolfgang Staudte | O. E. Hasse, Hansjörg Felmy | Comedy | |
Nasser Asphalt | Frank Wisbar | Horst Buchholz, Martin Held, Gert Fröbe, Maria Perschy | Drama | |
Der Pauker | Axel von Ambesser | Heinz Rühmann, Gert Fröbe, Peter Kraus, Klaus Löwitsch | | |
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions | Wolfgang Becker | O.W. Fischer, Ingrid Andree, Walter Giller | Adventure / Comedy | |
Rosemary | Rolf Thiele | Nadja Tiller, Peter van Eyck, Carl Raddatz, Gert Fröbe | | |
Der Schinderhannes | Helmut Käutner | Curd Jürgens, Maria Schell | Adventure | |
The Spessart Inn | Kurt Hoffmann | Liselotte Pulver, Carlos Thompson | Comedy | Entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival |
Thirteen Old Donkeys | Hans Deppe | Hans Albers, Marianne Hoppe, Karin Dor | Comedy | |
U 47 – Kapitänleutnant Prien | Harald Reinl | Dieter Eppler, Joachim Fuchsberger, Dieter Borsche | War drama | |
Wir Wunderkinder | Kurt Hoffmann | Hansjörg Felmy, Robert Graf, Johanna von Koczian | Comedy | |
1959 |
Abschied von den Wolken | Gottfried Reinhardt | O. W. Fischer, Peter van Eyck, Sonja Ziemann, Horst Frank, Linda Christian | Drama / Adventure | |
Alle lieben Peter | Wolfgang Becker | Peter Kraus | Comedy | |
Alle Tage ist kein Sonntag | Helmut Weiss | Paul Hubschmid, Elisabeth Müller | Comedy | |
Am Tag, als der Regen kam | Gerd Oswald | Mario Adorf, Gert Fröbe, Elke Sommer, Christian Wolff | Crime drama | |
And That on Monday Morning | Luigi Comencini | O. W. Fischer, Ulla Jacobsson | Comedy | Entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival |
As the Sea Rages | Horst Hächler | Maria Schell, Cliff Robertson, Cameron Mitchell | Drama | West German-American-Yugoslav co-production |
Bei der blonden Kathrein | Hans Quest | Marianne Hold, Gerhard Riedmann | Comedy | |
Besuch aus heiterem Himmel | Ferdinand Dörfler | Johannes Heesters | Comedy | |
The Black Chapel | Ralph Habib | Peter van Eyck, Dawn Addams, Gino Cervi, Werner Peters | War drama | French-West German-Italian co-production |
Die Brücke | Bernhard Wicki | Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz, Volker Lechtenbrink | Anti-war film | |
Buddenbrooks | Alfred Weidenmann | Hansjörg Felmy, Liselotte Pulver, Nadja Tiller, Hanns Lothar, Lil Dagover, Werner Hinz | Drama | |
Court Martial | Kurt Meisel | Karlheinz Böhm, Hans Nielsen | War drama | Entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival |
Cry Double Cross | Alfred Weidenmann | Hardy Krüger, Mario Adorf, Horst Frank, Martin Held | Crime | |
The Death Ship | Georg Tressler | Horst Buchholz, Elke Sommer, Mario Adorf | Drama / Adventure | |
Der Frosch mit der Maske | Harald Reinl | Joachim Fuchsberger, Siegfried Lowitz, Eddi Arent | Mystery thriller | Based on Edgar Wallace |
The Ideal Woman | Josef von Báky | Ruth Leuwerik, Martin Benrath | Comedy | |
The Indian Tomb | Fritz Lang | Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid | Adventure | West German-French-Italian co-production |
Jons und Erdme | Victor Vicas | Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Carl Raddatz, Karin Baal, Gert Fröbe | Drama | West German-Italian co-production |
Magnificent Sinner | Robert Siodmak | Curd Jürgens, Romy Schneider | Romance | French-West German co-production |
The Man Who Walked Through the Wall | Ladislao Vajda | Heinz Rühmann | Fantasy / Comedy | |
Menschen im Hotel | Gottfried Reinhardt | Michèle Morgan, O.W. Fischer, Heinz Rühmann, Gert Fröbe, Sonja Ziemann | Drama | West German-French co-production |
Die Nackte und der Satan | Victor Trivas | Horst Frank, Michel Simon | Horror | |
Nick Knattertons Abenteuer | Hans Quest | Karl Lieffen, Gert Fröbe, Günter Pfitzmann | Comedy | |
Old Heidelberg | Ernst Marischka | Christian Wolff, Gert Fröbe, Sabine Sinjen | Romance | |
Peter Voss, Hero of the Day | Georg Marischka | O.W. Fischer, Linda Christian, Walter Giller | Adventure / Comedy | |
The Rest Is Silence | Helmut Käutner | Hardy Krüger, Peter van Eyck | Drama | Entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival |
Rosen für den Staatsanwalt | Wolfgang Staudte | Martin Held, Walter Giller | Comedy | |
Serengeti Shall Not Die | Bernhard Grzimek | | Documentary | |
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? | Frank Wisbar | Joachim Hansen, Wilhelm Borchert, Wolfgang Preiss, Günter Pfitzmann, Sonja Ziemann | War drama | |
The Tiger of Eschnapur | Fritz Lang | Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid | Adventure | West German-French-Italian co-production |