List of German films of 1937

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This is a list of the most notable films produced in the Cinema of Germany in 1937.

## A–L

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Adventure in Warsaw | Carl Boese | Georg Alexander, Paul Klinger, Richard Romanowsky | Comedy  | Co-production with Poland. Polish version also released.
Alarm in Peking | Herbert Selpin | Gustav Fröhlich, Leny Marenbach, Herbert Hübner | Adventure  |
Another World | Marc Allégret, Alfred Stöger | Käthe Gold, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Franz Schafheitlin | Drama  | Co-production with France
Autobus S | Heinz Hille | Hermann Speelmans, Carsta Löck, Günther Lüders | Comedy  |
Ball at the Metropol | Frank Wisbar | Heinrich George, Heinz von Cleve, Hilde Weissner | Drama  |
The Beaver Coat | Jürgen von Alten | Heinrich George, Sabine Peters, Ida Wüst | Comedy |
The Broken Jug | Gustav Ucicky | Emil Jannings, Friedrich Kayßler, Thea von Harbou | Historical comedy  |
Capers | Gustaf Gründgens | Gustaf Gründgens, Marianne Hoppe, Fita Benkhoff | Comedy  |
Carousel | Alwin Elling | Marika Rökk, Georg Alexander, Paul Henckels | Musical  |
Cause for Divorce | Carl Lamac | Anny Ondra, Jack Trevor, Paul Hörbiger | Comedy drama  | Co-production with Czechoslovakia
The Chief Witness | Georg Jacoby | Iván Petrovich, Sybille Schmitz, Sabine Peters | Crime drama  |
The Citadel of Warsaw | Fritz Peter Buch | Lucie Höflich, Werner Hinz, Viktoria von Ballasko | Drama  |
The Coral Princess | Victor Janson | Iván Petrovich, Hilde Sessak, Ita Rina | Comedy  |
Dangerous Crossing | Robert A. Stemmle | Gustav Fröhlich, Heli Finkenzeller, Otto Wernicke | Crime  |
Dangerous Game | Erich Engel | Jenny Jugo, Harry Liedtke, Karl Martell | Comedy  |
Daphne and the Diplomat | Robert A. Stemmle | Karin Hardt, Gerda Maurus, Hans Nielsen | Comedy  |
The Daughter of the Samurai | Arnold Fanck, Mansaku Itami | Setsuko Hara, Ruth Eweler, Sessue Hayakawa | Drama  | Co-production with Japan
Diamonds | Eduard von Borsody | Hansi Knoteck, Viktor Staal, Hilde Körber | Mystery  |
Don't Promise Me Anything | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Luise Ullrich, Viktor de Kowa, Heinrich George | Comedy |
Fanny Elssler | Paul Martin | Lilian Harvey, Willy Birgel, Rolf Moebius | Historical  |
Fridericus | Johannes Meyer | Otto Gebühr, Hilde Körber, Lil Dagover | Historical |
Gasparone | Georg Jacoby | Marika Rökk, Johannes Heesters, Oskar Sima | Musical  |
Gewitterflug zu Claudia | Erich Waschneck | Willy Fritsch, Jutta Freybe, Olga Chekhova | Crime  | Stormy Flight to Claudia
A Girl from the Chorus | Carl Lamac | Anny Ondra, Viktor Staal, Ursula Grabley | Comedy  |
The Glass Ball | Peter Stanchina  | Albrecht Schoenhals, Sabine Peters, Hilde von Stolz | Drama  |
Gordian the Tyrant | Fred Sauer | Weiß Ferdl, Paul Richter, Michael von Newlinsky | Comedy  |
The Grey Lady | Erich Engels | Hermann Speelmans, Trude Marlen, Elisabeth Wendt | Mystery  |
La Habanera | Douglas Sirk | Zarah Leander, Ferdinand Marian, Karl Martell | Drama  |
His Best Friend | Harry Piel | Harry Piel, Henry Lorenzen, Lissy Arna | Crime  |
The Hound of the Baskervilles | Carl Lamac | Peter Voss, Fritz Odemar, Fritz Rasp | Mystery  |
The Irresistible Man | Géza von Bolváry | Anny Ondra, Hans Söhnker, Erika von Thellmann | Comedy  |
Land of Love | Reinhold Schünzel | Albert Matterstock, Gusti Huber, Valerie von Martens | Romance  |
Love Can Lie | Heinz Helbig  | Karl Ludwig Diehl, Dorothea Wieck, Jutta Freybe | Romance  |

## L–Z

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The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes | Karl Hartl | Hans Albers, Heinz Rühmann, Marieluise Claudius | Mystery comedy  |
Madame Bovary | Gerhard Lamprecht | Pola Negri, Aribert Wäscher, Ferdinand Marian | Historical |
Mädchen für alles | Carl Boese | Grethe Weiser, Ralph Arthur Roberts, Ellen Frank | Comedy  | A Girl for Everything
Men Without a Fatherland | Herbert Maisch | Willy Fritsch, Maria von Tasnady, Willy Birgel | Drama  |
Meiseken | Hans Deppe | Josef Eichheim, Susi Lanner, Oskar Sima | Drama  |
The Model Husband | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Heinz Rühmann, Leny Marenbach, Hans Söhnker | Comedy  |
Mother Song | Carmine Gallone | Beniamino Gigli, Maria Cebotari, Hans Moser | Musical drama | Co-production with Italy
My Friend Barbara | Fritz Kirchhoff | Grethe Weiser, Paul Hoffmann, Ingeborg von Kusserow | Comedy  |
My Son the Minister | Veit Harlan | Hans Brausewetter, Heli Finkenzeller, Françoise Rosay | Comedy  |
Not a Word About Love | Alwin Elling | Ellen Schwanneke, Rolf Wanka, Richard Romanowsky | Comedy | Co-production with Czechoslovakia
Operation Michael | Karl Ritter | Heinrich George, Mathias Wieman, Willy Birgel | War  |
Ride to Freedom | Karl Hartl | Willy Birgel, Ursula Grabley, Viktor Staal | Historical |
The Ruler | Veit Harlan | Emil Jannings, Hilde Körber, Marianne Hoppe | Drama  |
Seven Slaps | Paul Martin | Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, Alfred Abel | Comedy  |
Signal in the Night | Richard Schneider-Edenkoben | Sybille Schmitz, Inge List, Hannes Stelzer | War drama  |
Silence in the Forest | Hans Deppe | Hansi Knoteck, Paul Richter, Gustl Gstettenbaur | Drama  |
Such Great Foolishness | Carl Froelich | Paula Wessely, Rudolf Forster, Hilde Wagener | Drama  |
Talking About Jacqueline | Werner Hochbaum | Wera Engels, Albrecht Schoenhals, Sabine Peters | Comedy drama  |
Tango Notturno | Fritz Kirchhoff | Pola Negri, Albrecht Schoenhals, Elisabeth Flickenschildt | Drama  |
To New Shores | Douglas Sirk | Zarah Leander, Willy Birgel, Viktor Staal | Melodrama  |
Truxa | Hans H. Zerlett | La Jana, Hannes Stelzer, Mady Rahl | Drama  |
The Vagabonds | Karel Lamac | Paul Hörbiger, Lucie Englisch, Gretl Theimer | Musical comedy  |
The Voice of the Heart | Karlheinz Martin | Beniamino Gigli, Geraldine Katt, Ferdinand Marian | Drama  |
When Women Keep Silent | Fritz Kirchhoff | Johannes Heesters, Hansi Knoteck Fita Benkhoff | Comedy  |
Woman's Love—Woman's Suffering | Augusto Genina | Magda Schneider, Iván Petrovich, Oskar Sima | Drama |
The Yellow Flag | Gerhard Lamprecht | Hans Albers, Olga Chekhova, Dorothea Wieck | Drama  |

## Documentaries

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Alles Leben ist Kampf | Herbert Gerdes |  | Propaganda documentary  | All Life Is Struggle; advocates involuntary sterilization of the disabled and those with hereditary diseases.
Bergsteiger in den Allgäuer Alpen: Teil 1 - Aufstieg  | Norman Dix |  | documentary  |
Bergsteiger in den Allgäuer Alpen: Teil 2 - Abstieg | Norman Dix |  | documentary  |
Blaue Jungens am Rhein | Fritz Heydenreich, Nicholas Kaufmann |  | documentary  |
Bojarenhochzeit | Johannes Guter |  | documentary  |
Deutsche Siege in drei Erdteilen  | Wolfgang Staudte |  | documentary |
Durch Kampf und Sieg  |  |  | documentary  |
Fern vom Land der Ahnen | Gerhard Huttula |  | documentary |
Festliches Nürnberg | Hans Weidemann |  |  | Festive Nuremberg; 21 minute compilation of footage from the 1936 and 37 Nazi Party Congresses
Fuer Uns! |  |  | documentary  |
Helden der Küste | Walter Ruttmann |  | documentary |
Juden ohne Maske | Walter Böttcher, Leo von der Schmiede |  |  | The Jews Unmasked; 36 min Anti-Semitic documentary propaganda film
Kalt..., kälter... am kältesten... Ein Film von der Erzeugung tiefer Temperaturen | Martin Rikli |  | documentary  |
Kampf um Raum und Zeit | Johannes Guter |  | documentary  |
Mannesmann - Ein Film der Mannesmannröhren-Werke  | Walter Ruttmann |  | documentary |
Mussolini in Deutschland |  | Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler | documentary propaganda  | Mussolini in Germany; 31-minute film about Benito Mussolini's September 1937 visit to Munich
Mysterium des Lebens | Herta Jülich, Ulrich K.T. Schultz |  | documentary  |
9\. Reichsparteitag der NSDAP vom 6.-13. September |  |  | documentary propaganda  | Available online here
Röntgenstrahlen | Martin Rikli |  | documentary  |
Siemens - Die Welt der Elektrotechnik | Ulrich Kayser |  | documentary  |
Das Sinnesleben der Pflanzen | Wolfram Junghans, Ulrich K.T. Schultz |  | documentary  |
So ist Mexiko | Hubert Schonger |  | documentary  |
Vom Uhu und anderen Gesichtern der Nacht  | Wolfram Junghans, Ulrich K.T. Schultz |  | documentary  |
Von Zeppelin 1 bis LZ 130 - Die Biographie eines deutschen Genies | Walter Jerven |  | documentary  |
Wir bieten Schach der Weltmacht Baumwolle | Ulrich Kayser |  | documentary  |

## Shorts

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Title  | Director  | Cast  | Genre  | Notes

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Huiii! | Wolfgang Kaskeline |  | animation  |
Die Postkutsche |  |  |  | This was the first experimental short movie in Agfacolor. It was shot on 35 mm reversal film.
Der rechte Weg |  |  | animation  |
The Seven Ravens | Ferdinand and Hermann Diehl |  | Animated, fantasy  |
Die Schlacht um Miggershausen | Georg Woelz |  | animation  |
Waardige vertegenwoordiging | Hans Fischerkoesen |  | animation  |
Opfer der Vergangenheit. Die Sünde wider Blut und Rasse. | Gernot Bock-Stieber | Anonymous victims of various illness.  | Nazi propaganda film  | Victims of the Past. The Sin against Blood and Race. This film was shown in every cinema in Germany.
Weltraumschiff 1 startet... | Anton Kutter |  | Science fiction  |

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## External links

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* IMDB listing for German films made in 1937
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