List of German films of 1923

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This is a list of the most notable films produced in the Cinema of Germany in 1923.

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1923
Adam and Eve | Reinhold Schünzel | Werner Krauss, Dagny Servaes, Rudolf Forster | Drama |
The Affair of Baroness Orlovska | Hans Werckmeister | Willy Kaiser-Heyl, Dary Holm, Viktor Gehring | Drama |
All for Money | Reinhold Schünzel | Emil Jannings, Dagny Servaes | Silent |
The Almighty Dollar | Jaap Speyer | Charles Willy Kayser, Eduard von Winterstein | Silent |
The Ancient Law | E. A. Dupont | Henny Porten, Ruth Weyher | Drama |
And Yet Luck Came | Gerhard Lamprecht | Grete Diercks, Eduard Rothauser, Heinrich Schroth | Silent |
Die Austreibung - die Macht der zweiten Frau
(The Expulsion - The Power of the Second Woman) | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau |  |  | Presumed lost filmIMDb
The Beautiful Girl | Max Mack | Hella Moja, Fritz Richard | Silent |
Between Evening and Morning | Arthur Robison | Werner Krauss, Agnes Straub |  |
Black Earth | Franz Hofer | Loni Nest, Anna von Palen | Silent |
Bob and Mary | Max Glass | Helga Molander, Anton Edthofer | Silent |
The Burning Secret | Rochus Gliese | Ernst Deutsch, Otto Gebühr | Drama |
Certificates of Death | Lothar Mendes | Alfred Abel, Eva May, Iván Petrovich | Drama |
The Chain Clinks | Paul L. Stein | Ressel Orla, Alfons Fryland, Grete Diercks | Silent |
Christopher Columbus | Márton Garas | Albert Bassermann, Elsa Bassermann | Historical |
City in View | Henrik Galeen | Harry Nestor, Edith Posca | Drama |
Count Cohn | Carl Boese | Hermann Vallentin, Xenia Desni, Frida Richard | Silent |
The Countess of Paris | Dimitri Buchowetzki, Joe May | Mia May, Emil Jannings | Silent |
Daisy | Frederic Zelnik | Lya Mara, Alfons Fryland | Drama |
Demon Circus | Emil Justitz | Gertrude Welcker, Eduard von Winterstein, Carl de Vogt | Drama |
The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning | Robert Wiene | Werner Krauss, Lia Eibenschütz | Fantasy |
Downfall | Ludwig Wolff | Asta Nielsen, Gregori Chmara | Drama |
The Duke of Aleria | Heinz Schall | Johannes Riemann, Lina Lossen, Erich Kaiser-Titz | Silent |
Earth Spirit | Leopold Jessner | Asta Nielsen, Albert Bassermann | Drama |
The Emperor's Old Clothes | Franz Seitz | Dary Holm, Ernst Rückert | Silent |
Explosion | Karl Grune | Liane Haid, Carl de Vogt | Drama |
Felicitas Grolandin | Rudolf Biebrach | Hella Moja, Theodor Becker | Silent |
The Fifth Street | Martin Hartwig | Lucy Doraine, Ernst Hofmann | Silent |
The Flame | Ernst Lubitsch | Pola Negri, Hermann Thimig | Drama |
Die Fledermaus | Max Mack | Eva May, Lya De Putti, Harry Liedtke | Comedy |
The Frankish Song | Hubert Moest | Heinrich George, Eduard von Winterstein | Silent |
Franzens Lebensrettung - Ein Erlebnis unter den Wilden | Georg Germroth |  | animation |
Frauenmoral | Theo Frenkel | Helena Makowska, Oskar Marion | Silent |
Fräulein Raffke | Richard Eichberg | Werner Krauss, Lydia Potechina | Silent |
Friedrich Schiller | Curt Goetz | Theodor Loos, Hermann Vallentin | Historical |
Friend Ripp | Alfred Halm | Charles Puffy, Käthe Haack | Silent |
The Girl from Hell | Frederic Zelnik | Lya Mara, Carl Auen, Harald Paulsen | Silent |
A Glass of Water | Ludwig Berger | Mady Christians, Lucie Höflich, Rudolf Rittner | Historical |
Gold and Luck | Adolf Trotz | Conrad Veidt, Erna Morena, Eduard von Winterstein | Silent |
Golem zaubert |  |  | documentary |
The Great Industrialist | Fritz Kaufmann | Maria Forescu, Erich Kaiser-Titz | Silent |
The Green Manuela | E. A. Dupont | Lucie Labass, Grete Berger | Drama |
Hallig Hooge | Carl Froelich | Evi Eva, Willy Fritsch | Silent |
Das Herz des Menschen | Bernhard Villinger |  | documentary |
His Wife, The Unknown | Benjamin Christensen | Willy Fritsch, Lil Dagover | Drama |
The House Without Laughter | Gerhard Lamprecht | Henrik Galeen, Mathilde Sussin, Edith Posca | drama |
The Hungarian Princess | Werner Funck | Margarete Schlegel, Adele Sandrock, Adolf Klein | Silent |
I Had a Comrade | Hans Felsing | Willy Kaiser-Heyl, Henri Peters-Arnolds, Margit Barnay | Silent |
Inge Larsen | Hans Steinhoff | Henny Porten, Paul Otto | Drama |
I.N.R.I. | Robert Wiene | Gregori Chmara, Henny Porten | Religious epic | aka Crown of Thorns; dramatic portrayal of the life of Christ
Irene of Gold | Frederic Zelnik | Margarete Schlegel, Hans Albers | Silent |
The Island of Tears | Lothar Mendes | Lya De Putti, Paul Wegener, Lyda Salmonova | Silent |
Jimmy: The Tale of a Girl and Her Bear | Jaap Speyer | Mia Pankau, Ernst Hofmann, Margarete Lanner | Silent |
Khasana, das Tempelmädchen | Julius Pinschewer, Toni Raboldt |  | animation |
King of Women | Jaap Speyer | Georg Alexander, Stella Arbenina, Ralph Arthur Roberts | Comedy |
La Boheme | Gennaro Righelli | Maria Jacobini, Elena Lunda, Walter Janssen | Drama |
The Last Battle | Harry Piel | Harry Piel, Karl Platen | Thriller |
The Little Napoleon | Georg Jacoby | Paul Heidemann, Harry Liedtke, Marlene Dietrich | Historical |
The Lost Shoe | Ludwig Berger | Helga Thomas, Paul Hartmann, Mady Christians | Fantasy |
The Love of a Queen | Ludwig Wolff | Harry Liedtke, Henny Porten, Walter Janssen | Historical |
Lyda Ssanin | Frederic Zelnik | Lya Mara, Hans Albers | Silent |
Maciste and Prisoner 51 | Luigi Romano Borgnetto | Bartolomeo Pagano, Karl Beckersachs | Action |
Maciste and the Chinese Chest | Carl Boese | Bartolomeo Pagano, Rudolf Lettinger, Jakob Tiedtke | Action |
The Maharaja's Victory | Joseph Delmont | Luciano Albertini, Erich Kaiser-Titz, Wilhelm Diegelmann | Silent |
Man by the Wayside | William Dieterle | Alexander Granach, Emilia Unda | Drama |
The Man in the Iron Mask | Max Glass | Albert Bassermann, Bruno Decarli, Helga Molander | Adventure |
Martin Luther | Karl Wüstenhagen | Dary Holm, Anton Walbrook | Historical |
The Men of Sybill | Frederic Zelnik | Lya Mara, Carl Auen, Rudolf Forster | Drama |
The Merchant of Venice | Peter Paul Felner | Werner Krauss, Henny Porten | Shakespeare |
Das Milliardensouper | Victor Janson | Ossi Oswalda, Georg Alexander, Paul Biensfeldt | Comedy |
The Misanthrope | Rudolf Walther-Fein | Werner Krauss, Dagny Servaes, Reinhold Schünzel | Silent |
The Money Devil | Heinz Goldberg | Stella Arbenina, Karl Forest, Otto Gebühr | Drama |
Mysterien eines Frisiersalons
(Mysteries of a Barbershop)[1] | Bertolt Brecht, Erich Engel | Erwin Faber, Max Shreck, Blandine Ebinger, Josef Eichheim, Hans Leibelt, Carola Neher, Otto Wernicke | "Surreal Comedy/Romance" | 16 minutes; considered one of the 100 most important German films
A Night's Adventure | Harry Piel | Harry Piel, Lissy Arna | Thriller |
Nora | Berthold Viertel | Olga Chekhova, Carl Ebert, Fritz Kortner | Drama |
Old Heidelberg | Hans Behrendt | Paul Hartmann, Eva May | Drama |
Paganini | Heinz Goldberg | Conrad Veidt, Eva May, Greta Schröder | Historical |
The Pagoda | Alfred Fekete | Olga Chekhova, Ernst Deutsch, William Dieterle | Silent |
Paradise in the Snow | Georg Jacoby | Bruno Kastner, Elga Brink | Silent |
The Pilgrimage of Love | Yakov Protazanov | Gustav von Wangenheim, Charlotte Ander | Drama |
Poor Sinner | Pier Antonio Gariazzo | Alfred Abel, Diana Karenne, Fritz Kortner | Drama |
Princess Suwarin | Johannes Guter | Lil Dagover, Heinrich Schroth, Xenia Desni | Silent |
Quarantine | Max Mack | Rudolf Lettinger, Helena Makowska, Loni Nest | Silent |
Raskolnikow | Robert Wiene | Gregori Chmara, Alla Tarasova | Drama |
The Red Rider | Franz W. Koebner | Fern Andra, Albert Steinrück, Carola Toelle | Silent |
Resurrection | Frederic Zelnik | Lya Mara, Rudolf Forster, Lydia Potechina | Drama |
Rivals | Harry Piel | Harry Piel, Adolf Klein | Adventure |
The Second Shot | Maurice Krol | William Dieterle, Anton Pointner, Helga Thomas | Silent |
The Secret of Brinkenhof | Svend Gade | Henny Porten, Paul Henckels | Drama |
The Secret of the Duchess | Klaus Albrecht | Nils Asther, Stella Arbenina, Arnold Korff | Drama |
The Sensational Trial | Karl Freund | Erich Kaiser-Titz, Käthe Haack, Heinrich Schroth | Silent |
The Slipper Hero | Reinhold Schünzel | Reinhold Schünzel, Liane Haid, Paul Hartmann | Comedy | Co-production with Austria
The Spessart Inn | Adolf Wenter | Dary Holm, Ellen Kürti | Comedy |
The Stone Rider | Fritz Wendhausen | Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Lucie Mannheim | Drama |
The Street | Karl Grune | Eugen Klöpfer, Aud Egede-Nissen, Max Schreck | Drama |
Südtirol - Ein Vorposten deutscher Kultur | Wollenberg | Hans Schneeberger, Deodatus Tauern, Luis Trenker | documentary |
The Sun of St. Moritz | Hubert Moest | Hedda Vernon, Grete Diercks | Drama |
Tatjana | Robert Dinesen | Olga Chekhova, Paul Hartmann, Leopold von Ledebur | Silent |
Thou Shalt Not Kill | Fritz Hofbauer | Werner Krauss, Emil Jannings | Silent |
The Three Marys | Reinhold Schünzel | Anita Berber, Lya De Putti | Silent | Co-production with Austria
The Tiger of Circus Farini | Uwe Jens Krafft | Helena Makowska, Arnold Korff | Silent |
Time Is Money | Fred Sauer | Grete Reinwald, Colette Corder, Fritz Rasp | Silent |
Tragedy of Love | Joe May | Mia May, Emil Jannings | Silent |
The Treasure | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Albert Steinrück, Lucie Mannheim, Ilka Grüning | Drama | Pabst's debut film
The Treasure of Gesine Jacobsen | Rudolf Walther-Fein | Marija Leiko, Paul Wegener, Reinhold Schünzel | Drama |
The Unknown Tomorrow | Alexander Korda | Werner Krauss, María Corda | Melodrama |
Vineta, the Sunken City | Werner Funck | Stella Arbenina, Heinrich Schroth, Gustav Diessl | Drama |
Victim of Love | Martin Hartwig | Lucy Doraine, Alfons Fryland | Drama |
The Vice of Gambling | Dimitri Buchowetzki | Alfred Abel, Sybill Morel | Silent |
The Violin King | Karl Otto Krause | Sybill Morel, Franz Rauch, Maria Zelenka | Silent |
Warning Shadows | Arthur Robison, Rudolf Schneider | Fritz Kortner, Alexander Granach, Ruth Weyher | Horror |
The Way to the Light | Géza von Bolváry | Gustav Fröhlich, Helene von Bolváry | Silent |
The Weather Station | Carl Froelich | Mady Christians, Albert Steinrück | Silent |
The Wheels of Destiny | Franz Osten | Colette Brettel, Ellen Kürti | Silent |
William Tell | Rudolf Dworsky, Rudolf Walther-Fein | Hans Marr, Conrad Veidt | Historical |
A Woman, an Animal, a Diamond | Hanns Kobe | Charlotte Ander, Fritz Kortner, Paul Bildt | Silent |
The Woman from the Orient | Wolfgang Neff | Oskar Marion, Hedda Vernon, Dary Holm | Silent |
The Woman on the Panther | Alfred Halm | Grete Reinwald, Hermann Thimig, Olga Limburg | Silent |
The Woman Worth Millions | Willi Wolff | Ellen Richter, Georg Alexander, Hugo Flink | Silent |
Zaida, the Tragedy of a Model | Holger-Madsen | Gertrude Welcker, Alf Blütecher, Alexander Murski | Silent |
Die Zwei und der Schiffer | Hans-Jürgen Völcker |  | documentary |

## References

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1. ^ "A Brecht-Valentin Production: Mysteries of a Barbershop", W. Stuart McDowell, Performing Arts Journal, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Winter, 1977), pp. 2–14.

## External links

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* IMDB listing for German films made in 1923
* filmportal.de listing for films made in 1923

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