Category
page 1Films of Nazi Germany

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