List of German films of 1895–1918
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1895–1918 German Empire |
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1933–1945 Nazi Germany |
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This is a list of the most notable films produced in the German Empire until 1918, in year order.
It includes German films from the introduction of the medium to the resignation of the Emperor at the end of World War I. Many of these films laid the groundwork for German Expressionism.
For an alphabetical list of articles on films of the period see Category:Films of the German Empire.
1890s[]
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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1895 | ||||||
Akrobatisches Potpourri | Max & Emil Skladanowsky | Grunato family | Documentary | Release: Nov. 1 | ||
Bauerntanz zweier Kinder | Max Skladanowsky | Documentary | Release: Nov 1 | |||
Das Boxende Känguruh | Max Skladanowsky | Mr Delaware | Documentary | Release: Nov 1 | ||
The German Emperor Reviewing His Troops | Birt Acres | Earliest known footage of Kaiser Wilhelm | ||||
Opening of the Kiel Canal | Birt Acres | Early footage of Kaiser Wilhelm | ||||
Serpentinen Tanz | Max Skladanowsky | Documentary | Release: Nov 1 | |||
1896 | ||||||
Leben und Treiben am Alexanderplatz | Max Skladanowsky | |||||
1897 | ||||||
Apotheose II | Max Skladanowsky | |||||
1898 | ||||||
Kaiser von Deutschland, der Kaiser von Österreich und der König von Sachsen am Tage der Jubiläumsfeier in Dresden | English: The Kaiser of Germany, the Kaiser of Austria and the King of Saxony on the day of the Jubilee Fair in Dresden | |||||
1899 | ||||||
German Lancers | A parade of the famous Second Guards, one of Emperor William's favorite regiments. | |||||
When the Bugle Sounds 'Charge' | An attack by the famous Second Guards Regiment of Emperor William's Army on the Paradefeld. |
1900s[]
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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1900 | ||||||
Einzug unserer Chinakrieger in Berlin am 16.12.1900 | English: The Entry of Our China Soldiers in Berlin on Dec. 16, 1900 (about Boxer Rebellion?) | |||||
Eine Moderne Jungfrau von Orleans | Max Skladanowsky | English: A Modern Maid of Orleans | ||||
1901 | ||||||
Einzug der Königin von Holland mit ihrem Gemahl in Schwerin | English: The Entry of the Queen of The Netherlands with her Consort in Schwerin | |||||
1902 | ||||||
1903 | ||||||
Mr. Krebs in seiner senationellen Schleifenfahrt | Arthur Robison | English: Mr. Krebs in his Sensational Bicycleride | ||||
Der Lustige Ehemann | Otto Julius Bierbaum | |||||
1904 | ||||||
The Whistling Bowery Boy | Oskar Messter | |||||
Kämpfe vor Port Arthur | English: The Campaign for Port Arthur | |||||
1905 | ||||||
Eine Fliegenjagd oder Die Rache der Frau Schultze | Max Skladanowsky | English: Hunting a Fly; Or, The Revenge of Frau Schultze | ||||
Afrikanische Kriegsbilder | War documentary | English: African War Pictures | ||||
1906 | ||||||
Apachentanz | Oskar Messter, Albert Kutzner | Henny Porten, Rosa Porten | English: Apache Dance (A French dance) | |||
Meißner Porzellan | Franz Porten, Oskar Messter | Henny Porten, Rosa Porten | ||||
1909 | ||||||
Prosit Neujahr 1910! | Guido Seeber | Animated film | First animated German film |
1910-1914[]
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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1910 | ||||||
Arsène Lupin contra Sherlock Holmes | Viggo Larsen | |||||
Max Reinhardt | ||||||
Guido Seeber | Animated film | Available online here | ||||
1911 | ||||||
Urban Gad | German-Danish co-production; Danish: Den Sorte drøm | |||||
Julius Pinschewer | partly animated film | An advertisement for Maggi-Wuerze Available online here | ||||
The Traitress | Urban Gad | Asta Nielsen, Max Obal, Robert Valberg | Drama | |||
1912 | ||||||
Urban Gad | English: Poor Jenny | |||||
In Nacht und Eis | Mime Misu | English: In Night and Ice; first German Titanic film ever made | ||||
Julius Pinschewer | animated film | |||||
Das Mirakel | Mime Misu | |||||
The Oath of Stephan Huller | Viggo Larsen | Viggo Larsen, Wanda Treumann | Drama | |||
English: In the Shadow of the Sea | ||||||
Julius Pinschewer | animated film | |||||
Julius Pinschewer | animated film | An advertisement for Maggi-Wuerze | ||||
1913 | ||||||
Franz Hofer | Dorrit Weixler | Comedy | ||||
Franz Porten | English: A Film of Queen Louise; in 3 parts | |||||
Max Reinhardt | ||||||
Carl Froelich William Wauer |
Giuseppe Becce, Olga Engl | biopic | [1] | |||
Der Neue Schreibtisch | Karl Valentin | |||||
Franz Hofer | ||||||
The Student of Prague | Stellan Rye, Paul Wegener | English: A Bargain With Satan | ||||
The Weapons of Youth | , Conrad Wiene | |||||
1914 | ||||||
The Armoured Vault | Joe May | Ernst Reicher, Hermann Picha, Fritz Richard | Thriller | |||
Richard Oswald | English: The Iron Cross | |||||
Der Hund von Baskerville | Rudolf Meinert | Alwin Neuß, Friedrich Kühne | Crime | |||
Detektiv Braun | Rudolf Meinert | Alwin Neuß, Friedrich Kühne | Crime | |||
Max Reinhardt | ||||||
The Firm Gets Married | Carl Wilhelm | Victor Arnold, Ernst Lubitsch | Comedy | |||
Die geheimnisvolle Villa | Joe May | Ernst Reicher, Werner Krauss | ||||
He This Way, She That Way | Robert Wiene | Max Zilzer, Manny Ziener | Comedy | |||
The Iron Cross | Richard Oswald | Friedrich Kühne, Hedda Vernon, Hanni Weisse | Drama | |||
Ivan Koschula | Richard Oswald | Rudolph Schildkraut, Hanni Weisse | Drama | |||
The Man in the Cellar | Joe May | Ernst Reicher, Max Landa, Olga Engl | Thriller | |||
Miss Piccolo | Franz Hofer | Dorrit Weixler, Ernst Lubitsch, Alice Hechy | Comedy | |||
The Silent Mill | Richard Oswald | Alfred Abel, Ferdinand Bonn, Robert Valberg | Drama |
1915[]
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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Ernst Lubitsch | Ernst Lubitsch, Albert Paulig | Comedy | [2] | |
Carl Wilhelm | documentary | |||
The Canned Bride | Robert Wiene | Margarete Kupfer, Guido Herzfeld | Comedy | |
The Dancer | Georg Jacoby | Leopoldine Konstantin, Bruno Kastner | Drama | |
Carl Wilhelm | documentary | |||
Maria Carmi, Hans Mierendorff | Drama | [3] | ||
Fräulein Piccolo | Franz Hofer | Dorrit Weixler, Ernst Lubitsch | Comedy | |
Der Golem | Henrik Galeen, Paul Wegener | |||
documentary | ||||
Laugh Bajazzo | Richard Oswald | Rudolph Schildkraut, Alfred Abel, Hanni Weisse | Drama | |
No Sin on the Alpine Pastures | Rudolf Biebrach | Henny Porten, Emmy Wyda, Lupu Pick | Comedy | |
documentary | ||||
Robert and Bertram | Max Mack | Eugen Burg, Ferdinand Bonn | Comedy | |
The Tunnel | William Wauer | Friedrich Kayßler, Fritzi Massary | Drama | |
The Vice | Richard Oswald | Alfred Abel, Rosa Valetti, Arthur Wellin | Drama | |
Julius Pinschewer | partly animated film | An advertisement for Beiersdorfer Available online here | ||
Ernst Lubitsch | , Alice Hechy | Comedy | [4] |
1916[]
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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Bogdan Stimoff | Georg Jacoby | Carl Goetz, | Drama | Co-production with Austria and Bulgaria |
The Confessions of the Green Mask | Max Mack | Alfred Abel, Reinhold Schünzel | Silent | |
, , Ernst Lubitsch | [5] | |||
Frau Eva | Robert Wiene | Erna Morena, Emil Jannings | Drama | |
His Coquettish Wife | Hubert Moest | Hedda Vernon, Erich Kaiser-Titz, Reinhold Schünzel | Silent | |
Homunculus | Otto Rippert | 6 part serial | ||
The Knitting Needles | Hubert Moest, Otto Rippert | Erich Kaiser-Titz, Käthe Haack, Olga Engl | Comedy | |
Lehmann's Honeymoon | Robert Wiene | Guido Herzfeld, Arnold Rieck | Comedy | |
Ernst Lubitsch | Harry Liedtke, Max Gulstorff, Ossi Oswalda | Drama | [6] | |
Adolf Gartner | Ernst Reicher, | Drama | [7] | |
The Queen's Love Letter | Robert Wiene | Henny Porten, Arthur Schröder | Comedy | |
The Queen's Secretary | Robert Wiene | Käthe Dorsch, Ressel Orla | Comedy | |
The Robber Bride | Robert Wiene | Henny Porten, Friedrich Feher | Comedy | |
Rose on the Heath | Franz Hofer | Lya Ley, Fritz Achterberg | Drama | |
Rübezahl's Wedding | Rochus Gliese, Paul Wegener | Paul Wegener, Lyda Salmonova | Drama | [8][9][10] |
Shoe Palace Pinkus | Ernst Lubitsch | Ernst Lubitsch, Guido Herzfeld | Comedy | |
The Sin of Helga Arndt | Joe May | Mia May, Frida Richard | Drama | |
documentary | ||||
Franz Porten | English: Tyrannical Overlords-From Poland's Dark Time | |||
The Uncanny House | Richard Oswald | Werner Krauss, Reinhold Schünzel, Lupu Pick | Mystery | Released in three parts |
Under the Spell of Silence | Hanna Henning | Reinhold Schünzel, Olga Engl | Silent | |
Vengeance Is Mine | Rudolf Meinert | Hans Mierendorff, Marie von Buelow | Crime | |
The Wandering Light | Robert Wiene | Robert Wiene | Henny Porten, Bruno Decarli | Drama |
Werner Krafft | Carl Froelich | Eduard von Winterstein, Erika Glässner, Reinhold Schünzel | Drama | [11] |
The Yogi | Paul Wegener, Rochus Gliese | Paul Wegener, Lyda Salmonova | Drama |
1917[]
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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documentary | ||||
Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray | Richard Oswald | English: The Portrait of Dorian Gray | ||
documentary | ||||
Julius Pinschewer | Animated propaganda film | Available online here | ||
The Diamond Foundation | Johannes Guter | Ernst Reicher, Marija Leiko, Frida Richard | Crime | |
Dornröschen | Paul Leni | |||
Dr. Hart's Diary | Paul Leni | Heinrich Schroth, Käthe Haack | War | |
Fear | Robert Wiene | Bruno Decarli, Conrad Veidt | Horror | |
Ernst Lubitsch | Harry Liedtke, Emil Jannings | Comedy | English: The Merry Jail | |
Frank Hansen's Fortune | Viggo Larsen | Viggo Larsen, Lupu Pick | Western | |
documentary | Compilation of war films edited together for export | |||
The Giant's Fist | Rudolf Biebrach | Henny Porten, Johannes Riemann | Drama | |
Hans Trutz in the Land of Plenty | Paul Wegener | Paul Wegener, Lyda Salmonova, Ernst Lubitsch | Fantasy | |
Hilde Warren und der Tod | Joe May | Written by and starring Fritz Lang | ||
Imprisoned Soul | Rudolf Biebrach | Henny Porten, Paul Bildt | Drama | |
Jan Vermeulen, the Miller of Flanders | Georg Jacoby | Fred Immler, Leo Lasko | War | |
Julius Pinschewer | Animated propaganda film | Available online here | ||
Let There Be Light | Richard Oswald | Bernd Aldor, Hugo Flink | Drama | Followed by three other parts |
Life Is a Dream | Robert Wiene | Emil Jannings, Bruno Decarli | Drama | |
The Lord of Hohenstein | Richard Oswald | Bernd Aldor, Rita Clermont, Lupu Pick | Drama | |
The Lost Paradise | Mady Christians, Erich Kaiser-Titz | Silent | ||
The Love of Hetty Raimond | Joe May | Mia May, Bruno Decarli, Heinrich Peer | Drama | |
documentary | ||||
The Man in the Mirror | Robert Wiene | Maria Fein, Bruno Decarli | Drama | |
The Marriage of Luise Rohrbach | Rudolf Biebrach | Henny Porten, Emil Jannings | Drama | |
Mountain Air | Rudolf Biebrach | Henny Porten, Paul Hartmann, Reinhold Schünzel | Comedy | |
The Onyx Head | Joe May | Max Landa, Leopoldine Konstantin | Crime | |
The Path of Death | Robert Reinert | Maria Carmi, Carl de Vogt, Conrad Veidt | Drama | |
The Princess of Neutralia | Rudolf Biebrach | Henny Porten, Paul Bildt | Comedy | |
The Ring of Giuditta Foscari | Alfred Halm | Emil Jannings, Harry Liedtke, Erna Morena | Silent | |
Animated propaganda film | Available online here | |||
The Sea Battle | Richard Oswald | Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt | War | |
The Spy | Karl Heiland | Ferdinand Bonn, Ellen Richter, Conrad Veidt | Spy drama | |
Steadfast Benjamin | Robert Wiene | Arnold Rieck, Guido Herzfeld | Comedy | |
Unusable | Georg Jacoby | Adele Sandrock, Grete Diercks | Drama | |
Wedding in the Eccentric Club | Joe May | Kathe Haack, Bruno Kastner | Drama | [12] |
When Four Do the Same | Ernst Lubitsch | Ossi Oswalda, Emil Jannings | Comedy/Drama | |
When the Dead Speak | Robert Reinert | Maria Carmi, Carl de Vogt, Conrad Veidt | Drama | |
When the Heart Burns with Hate | Pola Negri, Hans Adalbert Schlettow | Drama |
1918[]
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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The Adventure of a Ball Night | Viggo Larsen | Gertrude Welcker, Paul Bildt, Paul Biensfeldt | Adventure | |
Agnes Arnau and Her Three Suitors | Rudolf Biebrach | Henny Porten, Hermann Thimig, Kurt Ehrle | Comedy | |
Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne | Eugen Illés, Joseph Klein | |||
Die Augen der Mumie Ma | Ernst Lubitsch | |||
The Ballet Girl | Ernst Lubitsch | Ossi Oswalda, Harry Liedtke, Margarete Kupfer | Comedy | |
The Beggar Countess | Joe May, Bruno Ziener | Mia May, Heinrich Peer, Johannes Riemann | Silent | |
The Blue Lantern | Rudolf Biebrach | Henny Porten, Ferdinand von Alten | Drama | |
documentary | ||||
Carmen | Ernst Lubitsch | Pola Negri, Harry Liedtke | Drama | aka Gypsy Blood |
Colomba | Arzén von Cserépy | Erna Morena, Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt | Drama | |
Countess Kitchenmaid | Rudolf Biebrach | Henny Porten, Heinrich Schroth | Comedy | |
Diary of a Lost Woman | Richard Oswald | Erna Morena, Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss | Drama | |
Doctor Schotte | William Wauer | Albert Bassermann, Elsa Bassermann | Drama | |
Europe, General Delivery | Ewald André Dupont | Max Landa, Guido Herzfeld | Mystery | |
Father and Son | William Wauer | Albert Bassermann, Elsa Bassermann | Drama | |
Ferdinand Lassalle | Rudolf Meinert | Erich Kaiser-Titz, Hanna Ralph | Biopic | |
The Flight of Arno Jessen | Richard Eichberg | Ernst Rückert, Eva Speyer | Silent | |
The Foreign Prince | Paul Wegener | Paul Wegener, Lyda Salmonova | Drama | |
Five Minutes Too Late | Uwe Jens Krafft | Mia May, Johannes Riemann, Bruno Kastner | Silent | |
The Flyer from Goerz | Georg Jacoby | Ellen Richter, Harry Liedtke | War | |
The Ghost Hunt | Johannes Guter | Ernst Reicher, Esther Carena, Aruth Wartan | Crime | |
His Majesty the Hypochondriac | Frederic Zelnik | Grete Diercks, Kurt Vespermann | Comedy | |
The Homecoming of Odysseus | Rudolf Biebrach | Henny Porten, Bruno Decarli | Comedy | |
Ikarus, the Flying Man | Carl Froelich | Gustav Botz, Esther Carena, Olga Engl | Spy drama | [13] |
In the Castle by the Lake | Eugen Burg | Wanda Treumann, Reinhold Schünzel, Karl Beckersachs | Drama | |
Jettchen Gebert's Story | Richard Oswald | Mechthildis Thein, Conrad Veidt | Drama | |
The Lady, the Devil and the Model | Rudolf Biebrach | Henny Porten, Alfred Abel, Eugen Rex | Drama | |
Lorenzo Burghardt | William Wauer | Albert Bassermann, Elsa Bassermann, Käthe Haack | Drama | |
Mania | Eugen Illés | Pola Negri, Arthur Schröder | Drama | |
Midnight | Ewald André Dupont | Max Landa, Karl Beckersachs, Reinhold Schünzel | Crime | |
Ich möchte kein Mann sein | Ernst Lubitsch | Ossi Oswalda, Curt Goetz, Ferry Sikla | ||
The Nun and the Harlequin | Alfred Halm | Frederic Zelnik, Lya Mara, Paul Bildt | Drama | |
Julius Pinschewer | Animated propaganda film | Available online here | ||
The Pied Piper of Hamelin | Paul Wegener | Paul Wegener, Lyda Salmonova, Wilhelm Diegelmann | Drama | |
Precious Stones | Rudolf Biebrach | Paul Bildt, Henny Porten, Paul Hartmann | Drama | |
The Prisoner of Dahomey | Hubert Moest | Fritz Delius, Paul Hartmann | Drama | |
Put to the Test | Rudolf Biebrach | Henny Porten, Heinrich Schroth, Reinhold Schünzel | Comedy | |
The Rat | Joe May, Harry Piel | Heinrich Schroth, Olga Engl, Käthe Haack | Crime | |
Das Rätsel von Bangalor | Paul Leni, | |||
The Ringwall Family | Rudolf Biebrach | Henny Porten, Bruno Decarli, Kurt Vespermann | Drama | |
The Rosentopf Case | Ernst Lubitsch | Ernst Lubitsch, Trude Hesterberg, Margarete Kupfer | Comedy | |
The Sacrifice | Joe May | Mia May, Harry Liedtke, Anton Edthofer | Drama | |
Sadja | Adolf Gärtner, Erik Lund | Eva May, Hans Albers | Silent | |
The Salamander Ruby | Rudolf Biebrach | Bruno Decarli, Mechthildis Thein, Hugo Flink | Silent | |
Julius Pinschewer | partly animated film | An advertisement for | ||
The Seeds of Life | Georg Jacoby | Emil Jannings, Hanna Ralph | Drama | Released in three parts |
The Serenyi | Alfred Halm | Lya Mara, Erich Kaiser-Titz, Conrad Veidt | Silent | |
The Son of Hannibal | Viggo Larsen | Viggo Larsen, Käthe Haack | Silent | |
Spring Storms | Fern Andra | Fern Andra, Josef Peterhans, Reinhold Schünzel | Drama | |
The Story of Dida Ibsen | Richard Oswald | Anita Berber, Conrad Veidt | Drama | |
The Toboggan Cavalier | Ernst Lubitsch | Ossi Oswalda, Harry Liedtke | Comedy | |
The Victors | Rudolf Biebrach | Henny Porten, Arthur Bergen, Bruno Decarli | Drama | |
Waves of Fate | Joe May | Mia May, Erich Kaiser-Titz, Georg John | Drama | |
The Yellow Ticket | Eugen Illés | Pola Negri, Harry Liedtke, Victor Janson | Drama | |
Your Big Secret | Joe May | Mia May, Käthe Haack, Johannes Riemann | Drama | |
The Zaarden Brothers | William Wauer | Albert Bassermann, Elsa Bassermann, Marija Leiko | Drama |
References[]
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- ^ "Aufs Eis gefuhrt".
- ^ "The German Early Cinema Database: Film Supply 1895-1920: Infos".
- ^ "Zucker und Zimt".
- ^ "Doktor Satansohn".
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- Lists of German films by decade
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- 1890s in Germany
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- 1900s in Germany
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- 1910s in Germany