List of Austrian films before 1920

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A list of the earliest films produced in the Cinema of Austria between 1907 and 1919 ordered by year of release. In view of more than 300 films produced in these years the list is incomplete. For an alphabetical list of articles on Austrian films see Category:Austrian films.

1907-1914[]

Title Director Cast Genre Studio/Notes
1907
Am Sklavenmarkt
At the Slave Market
Johann Schwarzer Erotic film

A Modern Marriage
Johann Schwarzer Erotic film
1909

Royal Manoeuvres in Moravia
Kaiser Wilhelm
Kaiser Franz Joseph
Documentary Photobrom GmbH
1910
Die Ahnfrau
The Ancestress
Anton Kolm Drama Erste österreichische Kinofilms-industrie; based on Grillparzer's play of the same name; remade in 1919

The Angry Mother-in-Law
Anton Kolm Erste österreichische Kinofilms-industrie
1911
Der Müller und sein Kind
The Miller and His Child
Max Bing Supernatural drama Österreichisch-Ungarische Kinoindustrie; first Austrian drama film to survive in its entirety; based on the play of the same name by Ernst Raupach

The Village Idiot
Jacob Fleck
Luise Fleck
Wiener Kunstfilm
Die Glückspuppe
Lucky Doll
Wiener Kunstfilm

Tales of Hoffmann
Wiener Kunstfilm

Miller and Child II
Wiener Kunstfilm

Mother – Tragedy of a Factory Girl
Wiener Kunstfilm

Just a Poor Servant
Wiener Kunstfilm

Ordinary Life in Vienna
Anton Kolm Documentary Wiener Kunstfilm
1912

Goose Hill Island
Documentary Wiener Kunstfilm

Metal Ore Extraction on the Styrian Erzberg
Documentary Sascha-Film
Documentary

Karl Blasel as Dentist
Wiener Kunstfilm

Wonderful Teresina
Trilby Wiener Kunstfilm

The Unknown
Luise Fleck Wiener Kunstfilm

The Circus Countess
1913
Die Hochzeit von Valeni
Valeni's Wedding

The Hungry Knight

Isle of the Blessed
Max Reinhardt

Johann Strauss on the Beautiful Blue Danube

King Menelaus at the Movies

The Millionaire Uncle
Sascha Kolowrat-Krakowsky Sascha-Film

The Speckbachers

Viennese Blokes

The Magic Song
1914

Mrs Gertrud No-name
Jacob Fleck Wiener Kunstfilm

Day in the Life of a Beautiful Woman
Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld
The Pastor of Kirchfeld
Jacob Fleck Wiener Kunstfilm; Anzengruber's anticlerical play of 1870; remade in 1937
Jacob Fleck Wiener Kunstfilm

The Fourth Commandment
Wiener Kunstfilm

1915[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes

Charley, the Amazing Monkey
Joe May

Mia May
Mit Herz und Hand fürs Vaterland
Heart and Hand for Fatherland
Luise Fleck
Jakob Fleck
Liane Haid
Max Neufeld
Propaganda Wiener Kunstfilm;

The Godchild of War
Propaganda

The Perjured Peasant
Jacob Fleck Wiener Kunstfilm
The Tragedy of Castle Rottersheim Jacob Fleck, Luise Fleck Hermann Benke, Liane Haid Drama

Dream of an Austrian Reservist
Jacob Fleck, Luise Fleck Propaganda Wiener Kunstfilm

1916[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes

Victorious through Serbia
Propaganda
Mit Gott für Kaiser und Reich
With God for Emperor and Empire
Jacob Fleck, Luise Fleck Hermann Benke, Liane Haid Propaganda
On the Heights Jacob Fleck, Luise Fleck Hermann Benke, Liane Haid Drama

1917[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Im Banne der Pflicht
Bewitched by Duty
Jacob Fleck
Luise Fleck
Drama Wiener Kunstfilm
Der Schandfleck
The Stain of Shame
Jacob Fleck
Luise Fleck
Drama Wiener Kunstfilm
Mir kommt keiner aus
No-one Gets On With Me

The Serpent of Passion
Jacob Fleck
Luise Fleck
Wilhelm Klitsch
Thea Rosenquist
Karl Ehmann
Wiener Kunstfilm
The Spendthrift Jacob Fleck, Luise Fleck Liane Haid, Wilhelm Klitsch Historical

1918[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes

The Mandarin
Fritz Freisler
Double Suicide Jacob Fleck, Luise Fleck Karl Ehmann, Liane Haid Drama Wiener Kunstfilm

Scourge of Mankind
Jacob Fleck
Luise Fleck

Wiener Kunstfilm

My Neighbour's Child

Dora Kaiser
Propaganda

The Power of the Other
Martyr of His Heart Fritz Kortner, Anton Pointner Historical Sascha-Messter-Film; biography of Beethoven
The Other I Fritz Freisler Magda Sonja
Raoul Aslan
Fritz Kortner
Fantasy Sascha-Film
Rigoletto Jacob Fleck, Luise Fleck Wilhelm Klitsch, Hermann Benke, Liane Haid Historical Wiener Kunstfilm

1919[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Die Ahnfrau
The Ancestress
Jacob Fleck
Luise Fleck
Liane Haid
Max Neufeld
Wiener Kunstfilm, remake of 1910 film; based on play by Grillparzer
Paul Czinner Franz Herterich
based on Dante's Inferno
Die Jüdin von Toledo
The Jewess of Toledo
Jacob Fleck
Luise Fleck
Wiener Kunstfilm; based on Grillparzer's play

The Single Yard
Max Neufeld

Lilith and Ly


Horror
Schwarze Augen
Black Eyes

Leap into Marriage

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