German-language biographical films

1956 West German film directed by Helmut Käutner

1941 film by Hans Steinhoff, Herbert Maisch, Karl Anton

1968 film directed by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet

1933 film by Willi Forst

1971 film by Konrad Wolf

2014 film by Jessica Hausner

1936 film by Paul Wegener

1923 film directed by Heinz Goldberg

1995 film directed by Wim Wenders

1921 German silent film by Richard Oswald

1929 film by Victor Tourjansky

1936 film by Luis Trenker

1949 film

1940 film by Herbert Maisch

1977 film by Theodor Kotulla

1957 film

1970 German film directed by Peter Lilienthal

1920 film by Richard Oswald

2008 film by Helma Sanders-Brahms

1949 film

Fridericus is a 1937 German historical film directed by Johannes Meyer and starring Otto Gebühr, Hilde Körber and Lil Dagover. It is based on the life of Frederick II of Prussia. It was part of the popular cycle of Prussian films and was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin and on location in Brandenburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.

1951 film directed by Emil-Edwin Reinert

1926 film by Siegfried Dessauer

Yorck is a 1931 German war film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Werner Krauss, Grete Mosheim and Rudolf Forster. It portrays the life of the Prussian General Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, particularly his refusal to serve in Napoleon's army during the French Invasion of Russia in 1812. It was a Prussian film, one of a cycle of films made during the era that focused on Prussian history.

1942 film by Karl Hartl

1923 film by Curt Goetz

1933 German biographical film directed by Ludwig Berger

1954 film by Paul Verhoeven

1949 film by Wolfgang Schleif