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1. Hundstage (1944)
89 min | Comedy
Peter and Paul are old friends who happen to meet again. Both are dentists and both want to get married the next day.
Director: Géza von Cziffra | Stars: Wolf Albach-Retty, Rolf Wanka, Maria Holst, Olly Holzmann
Votes: 14
2. In geheimer Mission (1938)
91 min
Director: Jürgen von Alten | Stars: Gustav Fröhlich, Camilla Horn, Ruth Hellberg, Paul Wegener
Votes: 7
3. Viel Lärm um nichts (1958 TV Movie)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice to wed as well.
Director: Ludwig Berger | Stars: Waldemar Schütz, Heinz von Cleve, Jan Hendriks, Joachim Hansen
Votes: 7
4. Mädchenjahre einer Königin (1936)
96 min | Comedy
Story of princess Victoria who became queen of England at the age of 18 and soon is asked to marry due to political reasons which she did not want.
Director: Erich Engel | Stars: Jenny Jugo, Olga Limburg, Renée Stobrawa, Otto Treßler
Votes: 27
5. Roman einer Siebzehnjährigen (1955)
100 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Ingrid Andree, Therese Giehse, Paul Dahlke, Heidi Brühl
Votes: 9
6. Die Entlassung (1942)
110 min | Drama, History
A sequel to 1940's "Bismarck", Bismarck is dismissed by an under-pressure Wilhelm II. Then the treaty with Russia is in peril as the leader is left with the dilemma of who could complete Bismarck's work.
Director: Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Emil Jannings, Margarete Schön, Christian Kayßler, Theodor Loos
Votes: 106
7. His Best Friend (1937)
99 min | Crime
In this remake of his 1929 film, Piel is a detective who tries to train a German Shepherd dog, who used to belong to a crook, to work for the police and eventually help capture his former owner.
Director: Harry Piel | Stars: Harry Piel, Edna Greyff, Henry Lorenzen, Alfred Haase
Votes: 17
8. Salonwagen E 417 (1939)
91 min | Drama
At midnight in the museum of transportation, the spirits of different conveyances throughout time gather to welcome a new member. The spirit of salon car E 417 tells tales of his long ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Paul Hörbiger, Käthe von Nagy, Curd Jürgens, Maria Nicklisch
Votes: 33
9. Das kalte Herz (1950)
106 min | Family, Fantasy, Romance
Peter Munk, a poor charcoal burner, lives with his mother in The Black Forest. Poverty prevents him from marrying Lisbeth, the girl he loves. When he comes across the Little Glass Man, the ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Lutz Moik, Hanna Rucker, Paul Bildt, Paul Esser
Votes: 675
10. Life Goes On (1945)
Drama, War
Director: Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Gustav Knuth, Hilde Krahl, Lina Lossen, Marianne Hoppe
Votes: 31
11. Napoleon ist an allem schuld (1938)
93 min | Comedy
Director: Curt Goetz | Stars: Curt Goetz, Valerie von Martens, Paul Henckels, Else von Möllendorff
Votes: 67
12. Little Dorrit (1934)
87 min | Drama
The film tells the story of Amy Dorrit, who spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father, who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in ... See full summary »
Director: Karel Lamac | Stars: Gustav Waldau, Anny Ondra, Hilde Hildebrand, Kurt Meisel
Votes: 12
13. The Axe of Wandsbek (1950)
110 min | Drama
After a crime is committed during the Nazi era in the Reeperbahn area of Hamburg, the aspiring local leader, a ship owner, needs to find an executioner to kill the perpetrators and turns to a butcher.
Director: Falk Harnack | Stars: Erwin Geschonneck, Käthe Braun, Gefion Helmke, Willy A. Kleinau
Votes: 187
14. The Blue Swords (1949)
99 min | Drama
A biography of Johann Friedrich Böttger, who in 1709 invented the first white porcelain in Europe. The apprentice apothecary and assistant to a "gold producer" fled from the Prussian King -... See full summary »
Director: Wolfgang Schleif | Stars: Hans Quest, Ilse Steppat, Alexander Engel, Herbert Hübner
Votes: 13
15. Schloß Vogelöd (1936)
80 min | Mystery
Remake of a silent Murnau classic: a young man returning to his castle is suspected of murdering his brother, who had married the man's old sweetheart in his absence.
Director: Max Obal | Stars: Walter Steinbeck, Carola Höhn, Hans Stüwe, Käthe Haack
Votes: 15
16. Glückskinder (1936)
93 min | Comedy
Journalist Gil Taylor has to write a report about the night court, when Ann Gardens case is heard. The young lady seems to be homeless. Gil tries to help her. Thats when trouble starts.
Director: Paul Martin | Stars: Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, Paul Kemp, Oskar Sima
Votes: 241
17. Der Mann, der seinen Namen änderte (1958 TV Movie)
98 min | Crime
Frank O'Ryan is finalizing a lucrative business deal with Selby Clive when several near-fatal accidents alarm him: Is Selby scheming to kill Frank and Selby's wife Nita because Frank is having a clandestine affair with Nita?
Director: Werner Völger | Stars: Fritz Tillmann, Hannelore Schroth, Ernst Stankovski, Stanislav Ledinek
Votes: 31
18. Traumulus (1936)
100 min | Drama
An old fashioned high school principal in a small late 19th century Prussian town realizes he has been living in a dream world, and wakes up to reality when a favorite student has a bad experience at a shady night club and commits suicide.
Director: Carl Froelich | Stars: Emil Jannings, Hilde Weissner, Harald Paulsen, Hildegard Barko
Votes: 45
19. Großstadtmelodie (1943)
107 min | Drama, Musical
A passionate provincial photographer's rare photo is put on cover of famous journal. Hopeful, she goes to Berlin, for fame, but it eludes her. She finally gets it, and almost her man, to part ways, as he has only time for work, not love.
Director: Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Hilde Krahl, Werner Hinz, Karl John, Paul Henckels
Votes: 46
20. Es gibt nur eine Liebe (1933)
Comedy
In this operetta, a singer and a ballet master enjoying a retreat in the Balkans are mistaken for bandits.
Director: Johannes Meyer | Stars: Louis Graveure, Heinz Rühmann, Ralph Arthur Roberts, Jenny Jugo
Votes: 21
21. Abschiedswalzer (1934)
87 min | Drama, History, Music
Warsaw 1831: The young music student Frédéric Chopin falls in love with the singer Constantia. When his professor learns that Polish revolutionaries want to persuade Chopin to take part in ... See full summary »
Director: Géza von Bolváry | Stars: Wolfgang Liebeneiner, Richard Romanowsky, Hanna Waag, Julia Serda
Votes: 37
22. Angelika (1940)
97 min
Once a celebrated opera singer, who sacrificed her career for her husband. Now she strives to become a successful painter. One day, the husband suffers a fatal accident while out horse ... See full summary »
Director: Jürgen von Alten | Stars: Olga Tschechowa, Albrecht Schoenhals, Friedrich Kayßler, Otto Graf
Votes: 14
23. Die lustigen Vagabunden (1940)
96 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Director: Jürgen von Alten | Stars: Johannes Heesters, Rudi Godden, Mady Rahl, Carola Höhn
Votes: 17
24. Seven Slaps (1937)
Passed | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
William MacPhab loses seven-pounds in the stock market and decides to slap the man who was responsible for the stock manipulation that caused him to lose his money. Astor Terbanks, the ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Martin | Stars: Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, Alfred Abel, Oskar Sima
Votes: 57
25. Umwege zum Glück (1939)
94 min
Director: Fritz Peter Buch | Stars: Ewald Balser, Lil Dagover, Eugen Klöpfer, Viktor Staal
Votes: 13
26. Palace Scandal (1948)
70 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Elfie Mayerhofer, Hans Nielsen, Erich Ponto, Hans Leibelt
Votes: 22
27. Bismarck (1940)
118 min | Biography, Drama
A biographical film of Otto von Bismarck, the Prime Minister of Prussia, and how he and his policies - including aggressive war - helped to unite Germany.
Director: Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Paul Hartmann, Friedrich Kayßler, Lil Dagover, Käthe Haack
Votes: 247
28. Der Kaiser von Kalifornien (1936)
97 min | Western
A German-born Swiss citizen emigrates to the United States in search of a better life and making fortune. Based on the story of John Sutter, gold rush pioneer and founder of what would become the city of Sacramento.
Director: Luis Trenker | Stars: Luis Trenker, Viktoria von Ballasko, Werner Kunig, Karli Zwingmann
Votes: 223
29. Barcarole (1935)
81 min | Drama
Loosely taken from Tales of Hoffman: in decadent 1911 Venice, a gambler bets he can seduce the feisty wife of a jealous Mexican, an old fashioned duel follows.
Director: Gerhard Lamprecht | Stars: Lída Baarová, Willy Birgel, Gustav Fröhlich, Elsa Wagner
Votes: 24
30. Am Abend auf der Heide (1941)
98 min | Drama
Director: Jürgen von Alten | Stars: Magda Schneider, Heinz Engelmann, Else von Möllendorff, Günther Lüders
Votes: 12
31. Aus erster Ehe (1940)
89 min
Barbara rejects womanizer Dr. Deinert and marries Prof. Walter Helmerding who has two children from a first marriage. When Deinert flirts with Walter's teenage daughter Barbara tries to thwart what she perceives as his revenge mission.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Franziska Kinz, Ferdinand Marian, Maria Landrock, Klaus Detlef Sierck
Votes: 12
32. Dr. Semmelweis (1950)
99 min | Drama
Director: Georg C. Klaren | Stars: Karl Paryla, Käthe Braun, Angelika Hauff, Herbert Wilk
Votes: 20
33. Stadt Anatol (1936)
93 min | Drama
Director: Viktor Tourjansky | Stars: Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Horney, Fritz Kampers, Rose Stradner
Votes: 15
34. Aus eins mach' vier (1942)
18 min | Short
Director: Wolfgang Staudte | Stars: Karl Schönböck, Clementia Egies, Otto Stoeckel, Brigitte von Bülow
Votes: 7
35. Fahrendes Volk (1938)
106 min | Drama
Fernand has escaped from prison and finds shelter in the traveling circus Barlay, where his former wife Flora works as a predator trainer. Their son Marcel is an art rider and does not know that Fernand is his father.
Director: Jacques Feyder | Stars: Hans Albers, Françoise Rosay, Camilla Horn, Hannes Stelzer
Votes: 21
36. Der eingebildete Kranke (1935)
Short
Adaptation of Molière's comedy "The Imaginary Invalid", about a hypochondriac, his doctor, his daughter and her lover.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Heinz Förster-Ludwig, Baby Gray, Fritz Odemar, Claire Reigbert
Votes: 15
37. Mathilde Möhring (1950)
77 min | Drama
Hugo is smart and optimistic, but lazy. Mathilde, ambitious daughter of his landlady, sets out to kindle his abilities and makes him a respectable citizen and even mayor. But fate continues to put obstacles in their way.
Director: Rolf Hansen | Stars: Heidemarie Hatheyer, Viktor Staal, Paul Klinger, Hedwig Wangel
Votes: 9
38. Sie und die Drei (1935)
Comedy, Crime
In this spy drama set in a Hamburg hotel, a waiter saves important industrial papers belonging to a German contractor from being stolen by foreign crooks.
Director: Victor Janson | Stars: Gustav Waldau, Charlotte Susa, Hubert von Meyerinck, Walter Steinbeck
Votes: 12
39. Five Millions Seek an Heir (1938)
85 min | Comedy
According to his last will, the rich American uncle of vacuum cleaner salesman Peter Pett only leaves his 5 million dollars to Peter if he is married happily. Otherwise the five million will fall to Peter's Scottish cousin Patrick.
Director: Carl Boese | Stars: Heinz Rühmann, Leny Marenbach, Vera von Langen, Oskar Sima
Votes: 113
40. Die drei Codonas (1940)
109 min | Crime, Drama
Biography of the life of the circus performer Alfredo Codona.
Director: Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Stars: René Deltgen, Ernst von Klipstein, Josef Sieber, Annelies Reinhold
Votes: 13
41. Rembrandt (1942)
99 min | Biography, Drama
Director: Hans Steinhoff | Stars: Ewald Balser, Hertha Feiler, Gisela Uhlen, Elisabeth Flickenschildt
Votes: 50
42. Der tolle Bomberg (1957)
95 min | Comedy
Director: Rolf Thiele | Stars: Hans Albers, Marion Michael, Harald Juhnke, Gert Fröbe
Votes: 72
43. Man spielt nicht mit der Liebe (1949)
89 min | Comedy
Director: Hans Deppe | Stars: Lil Dagover, Albrecht Schoenhals, Bruni Löbel, Paul Klinger
Votes: 14
44. Herr über Leben und Tod (1955)
87 min | Drama
Barbara is married to Georg Bertram, a professor of medicine who once saved her father's life. Things go awry for the couple when she gives birth to a mentally defective child. For Georg, ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Vicas | Stars: Maria Schell, Ivan Desny, Wilhelm Borchert, Olga Limburg
45. Ihr Leibhusar (1938)
94 min | Comedy
Simultaneously filmed German version of a Hungarian romantic comedy.A singing, drinking, devil may care young man racks up debts but refuses to marry an heiress whose fortune would help restore his family's hopes.
Director: Hubert Marischka | Stars: Magda Schneider, Paul Kemp, Pál Jávor, Alice Brandt
46. Die gelbe Flagge (1937)
93 min | Drama
Adventure thriller involving a quarantined ship off the South American coast, a gang of thugs,and to top it off, a raft of cannibals deep in the jungle.Dashing hero Albers comes to the rescue.
Director: Gerhard Lamprecht | Stars: Hans Albers, Olga Tschechowa, Dorothea Wieck, Gotthart Portloff
47. Maiden vs. Monk (1934)
Passed | 84 min | Comedy, Romance
A romantic comedy about a competitive war between two hotels in the mountains; one called 'The Maiden' and the other called "The Monk". Played in the USA at the 79th Street Theater in New York City in March of 1935.
Director: E.W. Emo | Stars: Dorit Kreysler, Ida Wüst, Paul Richter, Erik Ode
48. Familienparade (1936)
Comedy
In this satire on nobility a presumed Swedish count about to be married to the daughter of another aristocrat is revealed to be the son of a servant girl, having been switched at birth.
Director: Fritz Wendhausen | Stars: Ernst Dumcke, Curd Jürgens, Amanda Lindner, Walter Janssen
49. Rote Mühle (1940)
101 min | Comedy
Director: Jürgen von Alten | Stars: Ida Wüst, Grethe Weiser, Theo Lingen, Fritz Genschow
50. Der Mann mit der Pranke (1935)
100 min | Crime, Romance
Director: Rudolf van der Noss | Stars: Paul Wegener, Rose Stradner, Johannes Riemann, Kurt Vespermann