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Films of Nazi Germany

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Triumph of the Will
1935 Nazi propaganda film by Leni Riefenstahl about the 1934 Nazi Party Congress in Nuremberg
Olympia
1938 black-and-white Nazi propaganda documentary film, written, directed and produced by Leni Riefenstahl, about the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin
Jud Süß
1940 Nazi German film
Titanic
1943 German propaganda film
Der Sieg des Glaubens
1933 propaganda film by Leni Riefenstahl
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 film by Fritz Lang
Kolberg
1945 film directed by Veit Harlan and Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Tag der Freiheit: Unsere Wehrmacht
1935 Nazi propaganda documentary film by Leni Riefenstahl about the 7th Nuremberg Rally in 1935, focusing on the German army
Hitlerjunge Quex
1933 film by Hans Steinhoff
Münchhausen
1943 film by Josef von Báky
Nazism and cinema
German cinematography between 1933-1945
Die Feuerzangenbowle
1944 film by Helmut Weiss
Die goldene Stadt
1942 film by Veit Harlan
Ich klage an
1941 film by Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Ohm Krüger
1941 film by Hans Steinhoff, Herbert Maisch, Karl Anton
The Daughter of the Samurai
1937 film by Arnold Fanck, Mansaku Itami
S.A.-Mann Brand
1933 film by Franz Seitz Sr.
La Habanera
1937 film by Douglas Sirk
To New Shores
1937 German drama film directed by Douglas Sirk
Der Postmeister
1940 German film by Gustav Ucicky
The Soviet Paradise
1942 film by Friedrich Albat
The Great Sacrifice
Opfergang (The Great Sacrifice or Rite of Sacrifice) is a 1944 German film directed by Veit Harlan. It is based on Rudolf G. Binding's work of the same title, with alterations for propaganda purposes. Unlike other Harlan films of the era, Opfergang does not include explicit Nazi messages, but instead features more subtle Nazi motifs and themes. The film was dubbed a "masterpiece" by Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek in 2012.
Victor and Victoria
1933 film by Reinhold Schünzel in German
Morgenrot
1933 German submarine film by V. Sewell, G. Ucicky
The Rothschilds
1940 German film directed by Erich Waschneck
Madame Bovary
1937 film by Gerhard Lamprecht
Schlußakkord
Schlußakkord (Final Accord or better Final Chord; sometimes anglicised Schlussakkord) is a German film melodrama of the Nazi period, the first melodrama directed by Detlef Sierck, who later had a career in Hollywood as Douglas Sirk and specialised in melodramas. It was made under contract for (UFA), stars Lil Dagover and Willy Birgel and also features Maria von Tasnady, and premièred in 1936. It shows stylistic features later developed by Sierck/Sirk and makes symbolic and thematic use of music.
Paracelsus
1943 film by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
The Great King
1942 film by Veit Harlan
Amphitryon
1935 film by Reinhold Schünzel
The Court Concert
1936 film by Douglas Sirk
Heimkehr
1941 German film by Gustav Ucicky
Carl Peters
1941 film by Herbert Selpin
The Student of Prague
1935 film by Arthur Robison
Kampfgeschwader Lützow
1941 film by Hans Bertram
Große Freiheit Nr. 7
1944 film by Helmut Käutner
Augustus the Strong
1936 film by Paul Wegener
Lucky Kids
1936 film by Paul Martin
Tomfoolery
1936 film by Willi Forst
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes
1937 German film by Eduard von Borsody, Karl Hartl
Lumpaci the Vagabond
1936 film directed by Géza von Bolváry
Stukas
1941 film by Karl Ritter
Tiefland
1954 film by Leni Riefenstahl
The Woman of My Dreams
1944 film by Georg Jacoby
Bel Ami
1939 German film directed by Willi Forst
Bismarck
1940 film by Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Wunschkonzert
Wunschkonzert (Request Concert) is a 1940 German drama propaganda film by Eduard von Borsody. After The Great Love, it was the most popular film of wartime Germany, reaching the second highest gross.
Der Kaiser von Kalifornien
1936 film by Luis Trenker
The Four Companions
1938 film by Carl Froelich
The Red Terror
1942 film by Karl Ritter
The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky
1939 film by Carl Froelich
The Indian Tomb
1938 German film by Richard Eichberg
April, April
1935 film by Douglas Sirk
Gold
1934 film directed by Karl Hartl
The Comedians
1941 film by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Der Schneemann
1944 film by Hans Fischerkoesen
Der Herrscher
1937 film by Veit Harlan
Victims of the Past
1937 Nazi propagada film by Gernot Bock-Stieber
Hans Westmar
1933 film by Franz Wenzler
Romance in a Minor Key
1943 film by Helmut Käutner