List of German films of 1920

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This is a list of the most notable films produced in the Cinema of Germany in 1920.

Title  | Director  | Cast  | Genre  | Notes

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1920
Abend - Nacht - Morgen (Evening - Night - Morning) | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau | Conrad Veidt, Gertrude Welcker |  | Presumed lost film IMDb
Algol (Algol - Tragödie der Macht) | Hans Werckmeister | Emil Jannings, John Gottowt | Sci-fi |
Anna Boleyn | Ernst Lubitsch | Henny Porten, Emil Jannings | Historical |
Anna Karenina | Frederic Zelnik | Lya Mara, Johannes Riemann, Rudolf Forster | Drama |
The Apache Chief | Fred Sauer | Friedrich Zelnik, Lya Mara | Comedy |
The Big Light | Hanna Henning | Hermann Böttcher, Wilhelm Diegelmann, Emil Jannings | Silent |
The Black Count | Otz Tollen | Olga Engl, Alfred Abel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge | Silent |
The Black Forest Girl | Arthur Wellin | Uschi Elleot, Carl Neisser, Ria Jende | Drama |
The Black Tulip Festival | Marie Luise Droop, Muhsin Ertugrul | Theodor Becker, Carl de Vogt, Meinhart Maur | Historical |
Blackmailed | Carl Boese | Gertrude Welcker, Ernst Deutsch | Crime |
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
(Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari) | Robert Wiene | Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Lil Dagover, Friedrich Fehér | Horror/Expressionism |
Catherine the Great | Reinhold Schünzel | Lucie Höflich, Fritz Kortner | Historical |
Christian Wahnschaffe | Urban Gad | Conrad Veidt, Lillebil Ibsen, Fritz Kortner | Drama | Released in two parts
The Clan | Carl Wilhelm | Ressel Orla, Johannes Riemann, Conrad Veidt | Drama |
The Closed Chain | Paul L. Stein | Pola Negri, Aud Egede-Nissen | Silent |
Colombine | Martin Hartwig | Emil Jannings, Margarete Lanner | Silent |
Countess Walewska | Otto Rippert | Hella Moja, Rudolf Lettinger, Anton Edthofer | Historical |
The Curse of Man | Richard Eichberg | Lee Parry, Bela Lugosi | Drama | Released in two parts
The Dancer Barberina | Carl Boese | Lyda Salmonova, Otto Gebühr, Harry Liedtke | Historical |
The Dancer of Jaipur | Georg Bluen | Fern Andra, Ernst Rückert, Paul Rehkopf | Silent |
Diamonds | Friedrich Feher | Louis Ralph, Erika Glässner | Crime |
Der Einbruch | Harry Jaeger |  | animation |
Dolls of Death | Reinhard Bruck | Albert Bassermann, Elsa Bassermann, Bernhard Goetzke | Crime |
Eternal River | Johannes Guter | Werner Krauss, Marija Leiko | Drama |
The Eyes as the Accuser | Fritz Bernhardt | Evi Eva, Heinrich Schroth, Bernhard Goetzke | Crime |
The Eyes of the World | Carl Wilhelm | Conrad Veidt, Ressel Orla | Silent |
Fanny Elssler | Frederic Zelnik | Lya Mara, Ernst Hofmann, Rudolf Forster | Historical |
The Face Removed | Franz Seitz | Heinrich Peer, Ernst Rückert | Crime |
The Forbidden Way | Henrik Galeen | Lupu Pick, John Gottowt | Silent |
From Morn to Midnight
(Von morgens bis mitternachts) | Karlheinz Martin | Ernst Deutsch | Expressionism |
From the Files of a Respectable Woman | Franz Hofer | Margit Barnay, Olga Engl, Fred Immler | Comedy |
The Gallant King | Alfred Halm | Ria Jende, Eva Speyer | Historical |
Genuine: A Tale of the Vampire (Genuine) | Robert Wiene | Fern Andra, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, John Gottowt | Horror |
The Girl from Acker Street | Reinhold Schünzel | Otto Gebühr, Lilly Flohr, Rosa Valetti | Drama |
The Golden Crown | Alfred Halm | Henny Porten, Paul Hartmann | Silent |
The Golem: How He Came Into the World
(Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam) | Paul Wegener | Paul Wegener, Albert Steinrück, Ernst Deutsch | Horror | See also: Golem
The Grand Babylon Hotel | E.A. Dupont | Hans Albers, Max Landa | Mystery |
The Guilt of Lavinia Morland | Joe May | Mia May, Albert Steinrück, Alfred Gerasch | Drama |
Gypsy Blood | Karl Otto Krause | Lya De Putti, Paul Hansen | Silent |
Hate | Manfred Noa | Tzwetta Tzatschewa, Ernst Deutsch, Rudolf Lettinger | Drama |
The Haunting of Castle Kitay | Paul Legband | Georg H. Schnell, Gustav Adolf Semler, Kurt Gerron | Drama |
The Head of Janus | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau | Conrad Veidt, Magnus Stifter, Bela Lugosi | Drama | Based on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Presumed lost film IMDb
Hearts Are Trumps | Ewald André Dupont | Hermann Vallentin, Hans Mierendorff, Adele Sandrock | Drama |
Helmsman Holk | Rochus Gliese | Asta Nielsen, Paul Wegener | Drama |
Humanity Unleashed | Joseph Delmont | Eugen Klöpfer, Paul Hartmann, Carl de Vogt | Drama |
The Hunchback and the Dancer | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau | Sascha Gura, John Gottowt | Horror | Presumed lost film IMDb
Hundemamachen | Rudolf Biebrach | Ossi Oswalda, Emil Biron, Ferry Sikla | Comedy |
The Hunt for Death | Karl Gerhardt | Lil Dagover, Kurt Brenkendorf | Silent |
The Hustler | Emil Justitz | Anita Berber, Hans Albers | Silent |
Hypnose | Richard Eichberg | Lee Parry, Bela Lugosi |  |
Der Fluch der Menschheit - Im Rausche der Milliarden | Richard Eichberg | Bela Lugosi |  |
Indian Revenge | Georg Jacoby, Léo Lasko | Georg Alexander, Mady Christians, Harry Liedtke | Adventure |
Intrigue | Paul L. Stein | Pola Negri, Eduard von Winterstein | Silent |
Johann Baptiste Lingg | Arthur Teuber | Carl Auen, Frida Richard | Historical |
Johannes Goth | Karl Gerhardt | Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur, Carola Toelle, Werner Krauss | Silent |
Judith Trachtenberg | Henrik Galeen | Leontine Kühnberg, Ernst Deutsch | Drama |
Kohlhiesel's Daughters | Ernst Lubitsch | Henny Porten, Emil Jannings | comedy |
Kri-Kri, the Duchess of Tarabac | Frederic Zelnik | Lya Mara, Johannes Riemann | Comedy |
Kurfürstendamm | Richard Oswald | Conrad Veidt, Asta Nielsen, Erna Morena | Drama |
The Kwannon of Okadera | Carl Froelich | Lil Dagover, Werner Krauss | Silent |
The Last Kolczaks | Alfred Halm | Victor Janson, Ellen Richter, Adele Sandrock | Drama |
Der Letzte der Mohikaner | Arthur Wellin | Bela Lugosi |  |
The Law of the Desert | Fred Sauer | Bernhard Goetzke, Heinrich Peer | Adventure |
The Legend of Holy Simplicity | Joe May | Eva May, Alfred Gerasch, Wilhelm Diegelmann | Drama |
The Log of the U-35 | Hans Brennert |  | Documentary | Available online here
The Love of a Thief | Martin Hartwig | Ellen Richter, Hans Adalbert Schlettow | Adventure |
Madame Récamier | Joseph Delmont | Fern Andra, Bernd Aldor | Historical |
The Marquise of Armiani | Alfred Halm | Pola Negri, Elsa Wagner | Silent |
Mary Magdalene | Reinhold Schünzel | Eduard von Winterstein, Ilka Grüning, Lucie Höflich | Drama |
Mary Tudor | Adolf Gärtner | Ellen Richter, Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Hanni Reinwald | Historical |
Mascotte | Felix Basch | Paul Biensfeldt, Hanni Reinwald | Silent |
The Masked Ones | Franz Seitz | William Dieterle, Karl Günther | Silent |
Masks | William Wauer | Albert Bassermann, Elsa Bassermann | Silent |
The Mayor of Zalamea | Ludwig Berger | Lil Dagover, Albert Steinrück, Agnes Straub | Drama |
Die Meister des Wassers |  |  | Documentary |
The Mistress of the World (Die Herrin der Welt) | Joe May | Mia May, Michael Bohnen | Adventure |
The Monastery's Hunter | Franz Osten | Fritz Greiner, Toni Wittels | Drama |
Monika Vogelsang | Rudolf Biebrach | Henny Porten, Paul Hartmann | Drama |
Moriturus | Carl Hagen | Max Landa, Reinhold Schünzel, Conrad Veidt | Crime |
A Murderous Midget Fish |  |  | Documentary | A short about piranhas. Available online here
My Wife's Diary | Paul L. Stein | Alfred Abel, Heinrich Schroth | Drama |
Napoleon and the Little Washerwoman | Adolf Gärtner | Ellen Richter, Rudolf Lettinger | Historical |
Nat Pinkerton im Kampf | Wolfgang Neff | Bela Lugosi |  |
The Night at Goldenhall | Conrad Veidt | Conrad Veidt, Gussy Holl | Silent |
The Night of Decision | Franz Osten | Erich Kaiser-Titz, Grete Reinwald | Drama |
The Night of Queen Isabeau | Robert Wiene | Fern Andra, Fritz Kortner | Historical |
Nobody Knows | Lupu Pick | Eduard Rothauser, Edith Posca | Drama |
On the Brink of Paradise | Josef Stein | Carl de Vogt, Bela Lugosi | Adventure |
Panic in the House of Ardon | Robert Wiene | Stella Harf, Max Kronert | Crime |
Patience | Felix Basch, Paul Leni | Conrad Veidt, Adele Sandrock, Wilhelm Diegelmann | Silent |
The Princess of the Nile | Martin Zickel | Lya Mara, Julius Falkenstein, Lotte Stein | Silent |
Princess Woronzoff | Adolf Gärtner | Ellen Richter, Hugo Flink | Adventure |
The Prisoner | Carl Heinz Wolff | Harry Liedtke, Käthe Dorsch, Reinhold Schünzel | Drama |
Respectable Women | Carl Wilhelm | Ressel Orla, Heinrich Schroth, Olga Limburg | Drama |
The Revenge of Count Silvain | Willy Grunwald | Curt Goetz, Asta Nielsen, Ernst Hofmann | Comedy |
Romeo and Juliet in the Snow | Ernst Lubitsch | Lotte Neumann, Julius Falkenstein | Comedy |
Satanas | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau |  |  | Presumed lost film
The Skull of Pharaoh's Daughter | Otz Tollen | Emil Jannings, Erna Morena | Silent |
The Song of the Puszta | Carl Boese | Grete Hollmann, Ludwig Rex, Karl Falkenberg | Silent |
The Sons of Count Dossy | Adolf Gärtner | Albert Bassermann, Elsa Bassermann, Gertrude Welcker | Drama |
Die Spinnen, 2. Teil - Das Brillantenschiff | Fritz Lang |  |  | Continuation from Die Spinnen, 1. Teil (see above)
Sumurun | Ernst Lubitsch | Ernst Lubitsch, Pola Negri, Paul Wegener | Drama |
Der Tanz auf dem Vulkan | Richard Eichberg | Bela Lugosi |  |
Temperamental Artist | Paul Otto | Conrad Veidt, Aud Egede-Nissen | Silent |
Die Teufelsanbeter |  | Bela Lugosi |  | Considered to be lost
The Three Dances of Mary Wilford | Robert Wiene | Friedrich Feher, Erika Glässner | Drama |
Three Nights | Carl Boese | Otto Gebühr, Sybill Morel | Silent |
Die Todeskarawane | Josef Stein | Bela Lugosi |  | Considered to be lost
The Tragedy of a Great | Arthur Günsburg | Carl de Vogt, Sybill Morel, Wilhelm Diegelmann | Historical |
Va banque | Léo Lasko | Fritz Kortner, Meinhart Maur | Drama |
The Voice | Adolf Gärtner | Albert Bassermann, Elsa Bassermann, Loo Hardy | Drama |
Der Wildtöter und Chingachgook | Arthur Wellin | Bela Lugosi |  |
The Wandering Image | Fritz Lang | Mia May, Hans Marr | Romance |
The War of the Oxen | Franz Osten | Fritz Greiner, Lia Eibenschütz | Historical |
Whitechapel | Ewald André Dupont | Guido Herzfeld, Hans Mierendorff | Crime |
The White Peacock | Ewald André Dupont | Guido Herzfeld, Hans Mierendorff | Drama |
Wibbel the Tailor | Manfred Noa | Hermann Picha, Margarete Kupfer, Meinhart Maur | Historical comedy |
The Woman in Doctor's Garb | Rudolf Biebrach | Lotte Neumann, Felix Basch | Comedy |
The Woman in Heaven | Johannes Guter | Lil Dagover, Werner Krauss | Drama |
The Woman in the Dolphin | Artur Kiekebusch-Brenken | Bela Lugosi, Magnus Stifter | Silent |
The Woman Without a Soul | Léo Lasko | Edith Meller, Werner Krauss, Alfred Abel | Silent |
World by the Throat | Ewald André Dupont | Max Landa, Hanni Weisse, Ernst Rückert | Crime |
Das Wunder des Schneeschuhs [de] | Arnold Fanck |  | Documentary |
The Yellow Death | Carl Wilhelm | Eduard von Winterstein, Guido Herzfeld, Frida Richard | Thriller |
The Yellow Diplomat | Fred Sauer | Käthe Haack, Hermann Vallentin | Silent |

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## External links

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* IMDB listing for German films made in 1920
* filmportal.de listing for films made in 1920

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