List of German films of 1933

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1933 marked a transitional year for the German film industry following the Nazi seizure of power and the beginnings of centralisation of the studios under the control of Joseph Goebbels' Ministry of Propaganda. A number of films faced censorship issues and several received only limited releases.

## A–K

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All for Love | Henri-Georges Clouzot
Joe May | Jan Kiepura, Charles Dechamps, Lucien Baroux | Musical | French-language film
And the Plains Are Gleaming | Heinz Hille | Rosy Barsony, Wolf Albach-Retty, Magda Kun | Drama | Co-production with Hungary
And Who Is Kissing Me? | E.W. Emo | Georg Alexander, Felix Bressart, Margo Lion | Comedy |
Anna and Elizabeth | Frank Wisbar | Dorothea Wieck, Hertha Thiele, Mathias Wieman | Drama |
The Big Bluff | Georg Jacoby | Lee Parry, Betty Amann, Harald Paulsen | Comedy |
Bon Voyage | Alfred Abel | Magda Schneider, Max Hansen, Ekkehard Arendt | Comedy |
The Burning Secret | Robert Siodmak | Alfred Abel, Hilde Wagener, Willi Forst | Drama |
The Castle in the South | Géza von Bolváry | Liane Haid, Viktor de Kowa, Paul Kemp | Comedy |
Le chanson d'une nuit | Pierre Colombier
Anatole Litvak | Jan Kiepura, Magda Schneider | Musical | [1] German/Austrian co-production
A City Upside Down | Gustaf Gründgens | S.Z. Sakall, Jenny Jugo, Hermann Thimig | Comedy |
A Door Opens | Alfred Zeisler | Hermann Speelmans, Fritz Odemar, Oskar Sima | Thriller |
Dream of the Rhine | Herbert Selpin | Käthe Haack, Hugo Fischer-Köppe, Peter Erkelenz | Comedy |
The Emperor's Waltz | Frederic Zelnik | Mártha Eggerth, Carl Esmond, Paul Hörbiger | Musical |
The Empress and I | Friedrich Hollaender | Lilian Harvey, Conrad Veidt, Mady Christians, Heinz Rühmann | Musical | [2][3]
The Flower of Hawaii | Richard Oswald | Mártha Eggerth, Hans Fidesser, Iván Petrovich | Musical | [4]
The Gentleman from Maxim's | Carl Boese | Lee Parry, Johannes Riemann, Oskar Karlweis | Comedy |
Gently My Songs Entreat | Willi Forst | Marta Eggerth, Luise Ullrich, Hans Jaray | Musical | Co-production with Austria
Girls of Today | Herbert Selpin | Viktor de Kowa, Annie Markart, Oscar Sabo | Comedy |
Greetings and Kisses, Veronika | Carl Boese | Franciska Gaal, Paul Hörbiger, Otto Wallburg | Comedy |
Gretel Wins First Prize | Carl Boese | Lucie Englisch, Leopold von Ledebur, Jakob Tiedtke | Comedy | [5]
Hans Westmar | Franz Wenzler | Emil Lohkamp, Paul Wegener, Heinrich Heilinger | Propaganda film | [6]
Happy Days in Aranjuez | Johannes Meyer | Brigitte Helm, Gustaf Gründgens, Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Comedy |
Her Highness the Saleswoman | Karl Hartl | Liane Haid, Willi Forst, Paul Kemp | Comedy |
Hitler Youth Quex | Hans Steinhoff | Berta Drews, Heinrich George, Jürgen Ohlsen | Drama | Propaganda film[7]
Homecoming to Happiness | Carl Boese | Luise Ullrich, Paul Hörbiger, Heinz Rühmann | Comedy |
The House of Dora Green | Henrik Galeen | Mady Christians, Paul Hartmann, Alfred Abel | Thriller |
The Hymn of Leuthen | Carl Froelich, Arzén von Cserépy | Otto Gebühr, Olga Chekhova, Elga Brink | Historical | [8]
The Hunter from Kurpfalz | Carl Behr | Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Fritz Kampers, Walter Rilla | Comedy | [9]
Inge and the Millions | Erich Engel | Brigitte Helm, Carl Esmond, Paul Wegener | Comedy |
Invisible Opponent | Rudolph Cartier | Gerda Maurus, Paul Hartmann, Oskar Homolka | Drama | Co-production with Austria
The Judas of Tyrol | Franz Osten | Fritz Rasp, Camilla Spira, Marianne Hoppe | Historical |
Jumping Into the Abyss | Harry Piel | Harry Piel, Elga Brink, Anton Pointner | Crime |

## L–Z

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The Lake Calls | Hans Hinrich | Heinrich George, Erika Helmke, Hans Mierendorff | Drama |
Laughing Heirs | Max Ophüls | Heinz Rühmann, Max Adalbert, Ida Wüst | Romance, comedy | [10][11]
Liebelei | Max Ophüls | Paul Hörbiger, Magda Schneider, Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Drama | [12]
Little Girl, Great Fortune | E.W. Emo | Dolly Haas, Carl Esmond, Adele Sandrock | Comedy |
Little Man, What Now? | Fritz Wendhausen | Hermann Thimig, Viktor de Kowa, Hertha Thiele | Drama | [13]
The Love Hotel | Carl Lamac | Anny Ondra, Mathias Wieman, Peter Voß | Comedy |
Love Must Be Understood | Hans Steinhoff | Rosy Barsony, Wolf Albach-Retty, Käthe Haack | Musical comedy |
Manolescu, Prince of Thieves | Georg C. Klaren, Willi Wolff | Iván Petrovich, Ellen Richter, Mady Christians | Crime comedy |
The Marathon Runner | Ewald André Dupont | Brigitte Helm, Hans Brausewetter, Viktor de Kowa | Sports |
Marion, That's Not Nice | E.W. Emo | Magda Schneider, Hermann Thimig, Otto Wallburg | Comedy |
The Master Detective | Franz Seitz | Ery Bos, Hans Stüwe, Weiss Ferdl | Comedy |
Morgenrot | Gustav Ucicky | Rudolf Forster, Adele Sandrock, Fritz Genschow | War | [14]
Must We Get Divorced? | Hans Behrendt | Else Elster, Aribert Mog, Iván Petrovich | Comedy |
No Day Without You | Hans Behrendt | Lee Parry, Oskar Karlweis, Paul Hörbiger | Comedy |
The Only Girl | Friedrich Hollaender | Lilian Harvey, Charles Boyer, Mady Christians | Musical | British-German co-production
The Page from the Dalmasse Hotel | Victor Janson | Dolly Haas, Harry Liedtke, Hans Junkermann | Comedy | [15]
The Peak Scaler | Franz Wenzler | Theodor Loos, Paul Rehkopf, Theo Lingen | Drama |
Refugees | Gustav Ucicky | Hans Albers, Käthe von Nagy, Eugen Klöpfer | Drama | [16]
Ripening Youth | Carl Froelich | Heinrich George, Hertha Thiele, Marieluise Claudius | Drama |
The Roberts Case | Erich Engels | Hermann Speelmans, Camilla Spira, Eduard von Winterstein | Drama |
S.A.-Mann Brand | Franz Seitz | Otto Wernicke, Elise Aulinger, Joe Stöckel | Propaganda film | [17]
The Sandwich Girl | Carl Boese | Lucie Englisch, Jakob Tiedtke, Else Reval | Comedy |
Scandal in Budapest | Steve Sekely, Géza von Bolváry | Franciska Gaal, Werner Pledath , Werner Pledath | Comedy |
Season in Cairo | Reinhold Schünzel | Renate Müller, Willy Fritsch, Gustav Waldau | Musical |
S.O.S. Iceberg | Arnold Fanck | Gustav Diessl, Leni Riefenstahl, Sepp Rist | Adventure | [18]
A Song Goes Round the World | Richard Oswald | Joseph Schmidt, Viktor de Kowa, Charlotte Ander | Drama | [19]
A Song for You | Joe May | Jan Kiepura, Jenny Jugo, Paul Kemp | Musical |
Song of the Black Mountains | Hans Natge | Ita Rina, Blandine Ebinger, Ernst Dumcke | Drama | Co-production with Yugoslavia
Spies at Work | Gerhard Lamprecht | Karl Ludwig Diehl, Brigitte Helm, Eduard von Winterstein | Thriller |
The Star of Valencia | Alfred Zeisler | Liane Haid, Ossi Oswalda, Peter Erkelenz | Drama |
The Sun Rises | Willy Reiber | Fritz Kampers, Rudolf Platte, Jakob Tiedtke | Musical | [20]
Tell Me Who You Are | Georg Jacoby | Liane Haid, Viktor de Kowa, Olly Gebauer | Comedy |
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse | Fritz Lang | Oscar Beregi, Sr., Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Theodor Loos | Crime | [21][22]
There Is Only One Love | Johannes Meyer | Louis Graveure, Heinz Rühmann, Jenny Jugo | Musical |
A Thousand for One Night | Max Mack | Claire Rommer, Trude Berliner, Harald Paulsen | Comedy | Co-production with Czechoslovakia
Three Bluejackets and a Blonde | Carl Boese | Charlotte Ander, Heinz Rühmann, Fritz Kampers | Comedy |
Today Is the Day | Kurt Gerron | Hans Albers, Luise Rainer, Oskar Karlweis | Comedy |
The Tsarevich | Victor Janson | Mártha Eggerth, Hans Söhnker, Ida Wüst | Musical |
The Tunnel | Curtis Bernhardt | Paul Hartmann, Attila Hörbiger, Gustaf Gründgens | Comedy-drama | French-German co-production[23][24]
Two Good Comrades | Max Obal | Paul Hörbiger, Fritz Kampers, Margot Walter | Comedy | [25]
Typhoon | Robert Wiene | Liane Haid, Viktor de Kowa, Valéry Inkijinoff | Drama |
Victor and Victoria | Reinhold Schünzel | Renate Müller, Hermann Thimig, Adolf Wohlbrück | Comedy | [26]
Ways to a Good Marriage | Adolf Trotz | Olga Chekhova, Alfred Abel, Hilde Hildebrand | Drama |
Wedding at Lake Wolfgang | Hans Behrendt | Hugo Schrader, Gustl Gstettenbaur, Hansi Niese | Musical |
What Men Know | Gerhard Lamprecht | Hans Brausewetter, Erwin Kalser, Toni van Eyck | Drama |
What Women Dream | Géza von Bolváry | Nora Gregor, Gustav Fröhlich, Otto Wallburg | Comedy mystery | [27][28]
A Woman Like You | Carl Boese | Liane Haid, Georg Alexander, S.Z. Sakall | Comedy |

## Documentaries

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Title  | Director  | Cast  | Genre  | Notes

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Ausländischer Besuch im neuen Deutschland |  |  | documentary |
Blutendes Deutschland | Johannes Häussler  |  | documentary |
Der Deutsche Reichstag zu Nürnberg |  |  | Documentary | [29] On Internet Archive
Deutschland erwacht - Ein Dokument von der Wiedergeburt Deutschlands |  |  | Documentary |
Deutschland zwischen gestern und heute |  |  | Documentary |
Hakenkreuz am Stahlhelm | Hubert Schonger |  | documentary | Merger of Der Stahlhelm with the Nazi party; Available online here
Das Rauhes Haus in Hamburg. 100 Jahre evangelische Erziehungsarbeit | Gertrud David |  | Documentary | About the Rauhes Haus
Ringende Menschen. Die Tragödie einer Familie | Gertrud David |  | Documentary |
Der Tag von Potsdam. 21. März 1933 |  |  | documentary propaganda | Available online here
Terror oder Aufbau |  |  | documentary propaganda |
The Victory of Faith | Leni Riefenstahl |  | Propaganda | [30]

## Shorts

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Title  | Director  | Cast  | Genre  | Notes

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Alle machen mit | Franz Wenzler | Heinz Rühmann, Henny Porten, Magda Schneider |  | Short film[31]
Blut und Boden - Grundlagen zum neuen Reich | Walter Ruttmann | Carl de Vogt | Partially animated propaganda | Presents Nazi agricultural policy
Arbeitslos. Ein Schicksal von Millionen | Willy Zielke |  |  |
Architekturkongress  | László Moholy-Nagy |  |  |
Aus Deutschlands Bronzezeit | Walter Fischer |  |  |
Aus der Heimat des Elchs. Tierbilder aus den finnischen Wäldern | Ulrich K.T. Schultz |  |  |
Carmen | Lotte Reiniger |  | Animation | [32]
Hilfe, ein Löwe | Alexander von Gontscharoff |  | Animation |
Hitlers Aufruf an das deutsche Volk
|  |  |  | Hitlers Feb. 10, 1933 Sportpalast speech;
Insel der Damonen | Baron Victor von Plessen |
Kreise | Oskar Fischinger |  | Animation |
Metall | Hans Richter |  |  |
Nördlingen, Anno 1634 |  |  |  | documentary, short
Die Strasse frei den braunen Bataillonen | Walter Fischer |  |  |
Studie Nr. 13  | Oskar Fischinger |  | Animation |
Studie Nr. 14  | Oskar Fischinger |  | Animation |
Das rollende Rad  | Lotte Reiniger |  | Animation |
Schall und Rauch | Hans Fischerkoesen |  | Animation |
Der Tag der nationalen Arbeit - 1 Mai 1933 |  |  |  | Clip available online here
Eine viertelstunde Großstadtstatistik | Oskar Fischinger |  | Animation |
Wolkenkratzer in Südarabien | Hans Helfritz, Martin Rikli | Martin Jacob |  |
Zwei Farben | Wolfgang Kaskeline |  | Animation |

## References

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1. ^ "Review of the film la Chanson d'une nuit (1933)". 27 December 2016.
2. ^ "Ich und die Kaiserin". Filmportal.de. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
3. ^ Brennan, Sandra. "Ich und Die Kaiserin". Allmovie. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
4. ^ "Die Blume von Hawaii". Filmportal.de. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
5. ^ "Gretel zieht das große Los". Filmportal.de. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
6. ^ "Hans Westmar. Einer von vielen. Ein deutsches Schicksal aus dem Jahre 1929". Filmportal.de. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
7. ^ "Hitlerjunge Quex: Ein Film vom Opfergeist der deutschen Jugend". Filmportal.de. Archived from the original on February 25, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
8. ^ "Der Choral von Leuthen". Filmportal.de. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
9. ^ "Der Jäger aus Kurpfalz". Filmportal.de. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
10. ^ "Lachende Erben". Filmportal.de. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
11. ^ "Lachende Erben". Allmovie. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
12. ^ "Liebelei". Filmportal.de. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
13. ^ "Kleiner Mann - was nun?". Filmportal.de. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
14. ^ "Morgenrot". Filmportal.de. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
15. ^ "Der Page vom Dalmasse-Hotel". Filmportal.de. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
16. ^ "Flüchtlinge". Filmportal.de. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
17. ^ Erickson, Hal. "S.A.-Mann Brand". Allmovie. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
18. ^ "SOS Eisberg". Filmportal.de. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
19. ^ "Ein Lied geht um die Welt". Filmportal.de. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
20. ^ "Der Sieg des Glaubens". Filmportal.de. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
21. ^ "The Testament of Dr. Mabuse". Filmportal.de. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
22. ^ Legar, Patrick. "The Testament of Dr. Mabuse". Allmoive. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
23. ^ "Der Tunnel". Filmportal.de. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
24. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Der Tunnel". Allmoive. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
25. ^ "Zwei gute Kameraden". Filmportal.de. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
26. ^ "Viktor und Viktoria". Filmportal.de. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
27. ^ "Was Frauen träumen". Filmportal.de. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
28. ^ Erlewine, Iotis. "Was Frauen traeumen". Allmovie. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
29. ^ "Der Deutsche Reichstag in Nürnberg". Filmportal.de. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
30. ^ "Der Sieg des Glaubens". Filmportal.de. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
31. ^ "Alle Machen mit". Filmportal.de. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
32. ^ "Carmen". Filmportal.de. Retrieved November 3, 2012.

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