List of German films of 1945–1949

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This is a list of the most notable films produced in Cinema of Germany between 1945 and 1959.

For an alphabetical list of articles on West German films see Category:West German films.

Missing films may be Austrian productions.

## 1946

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Allez Hopp | Hans Fritz Köllner | Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur, Hilde Körber | Drama |
Die Fledermaus | Géza von Bolváry | Marte Harell, Johannes Heesters | Comedy | filmed before 1945
Free Land | Milo Harbich | Fritz Wagner, Herbert Wilk | Drama |
Murderers Among Us | Wolfgang Staudte | Wilhelm Borchert, Hildegard Knef | Drama |
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions | Karl Anton | Viktor de Kowa, Else von Möllendorff | Comedy crime | filmed before 1945
Somewhere in Berlin | Gerhard Lamprecht | Mady Rahl, Rotraut Richter | Drama |
Tell the Truth | Helmut Weiss | Gustav Fröhlich, Mady Rahl | Comedy |
Under the Bridges | Helmut Käutner | Hannelore Schroth, Carl Raddatz | Drama | filmed before 1945

## 1947

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And the Heavens Above Us | Josef von Báky | Hans Albers, Lotte Koch, Annemarie Hase | Drama |
And If We Should Meet Again | Hans Müller | Paul Dahlke, Käthe Haack, Willi Rose | Drama |
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow | Harald Braun | Winnie Markus, Hildegard Knef, Sybille Schmitz | Drama |
Ghost in the Castle | Hans H. Zerlett | Margot Hielscher, Fritz Odemar, Sonja Ziemann | Comedy |
In Those Days | Helmut Käutner | Winnie Markus, Carl Raddatz, Erwin Geschonneck | Drama |
King of Hearts | Helmut Weiss | Hans Nielsen, Sonja Ziemann, Georg Thomalla | Comedy |
Marriage in the Shadows | Kurt Maetzig | Paul Klinger, Ilse Steppat, Claus Holm | Drama |
The Millionaire | Robert A. Stemmle | Hans Moser, Annie Rosar, Hans Holt | Comedy |
No Place for Love | Hans Deppe | Bruni Löbel, Heinz Lausch, Ernst Legal | Romance |
Quax in Africa | Helmut Weiss | Heinz Rühmann, Hertha Feiler, Karin Himboldt | Comedy | filmed before 1945
Raid | Werner Klingler | Paul Bildt, Agathe Poschmann Claus Holm | Crime |
Wozzeck | Georg C. Klaren | Kurt Meisel Paul Henckels, Arno Paulsen | Drama |

## 1948

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1-2-3 Corona | Hans Müller | Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Lutz Moik, Walter Werner | Drama |
An Everyday Story | Günther Rittau | Gustav Fröhlich, Marianne Simson, Karl Schönböck | Drama |
Anni | Max Neufeld | Elfie Mayerhofer, Siegfried Breuer, Josef Meinrad  | Romance | Co-production with Austria
The Berliner | Robert A. Stemmle | Gert Fröbe, Tatjana Sais, Aribert Wäscher | Comedy |
Blocked Signals | Johannes Meyer | Heinz Engelmann, Wolfgang Lukschy, Walter Franck | Thriller |
Blum Affair | Erich Engel | Hans Christian Blech, Ernst Waldow, Karin Evans | Drama |
Chemistry and Love | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Hans Nielsen, Tilly Lauenstein, Ralph Lothar | Comedy |
The Court Concert | Paul Verhoeven | Elfie Mayerhofer, Hans Nielsen, Erich Ponto | Musical | filmed before 1945
Everything Will Be Better in the Morning | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Ellen Schwanneke, Jakob Tiedtke, Grethe Weiser | Comedy |
Film Without a Title | Rudolf Jugert | Hans Söhnker, Hildegard Knef, Willy Fritsch | Comedy |
Gaspary's Sons | Rolf Meyer | Lil Dagover, Hans Stüwe, Inge Landgut | Drama |
Germany, Year Zero | Roberto Rossellini | Ernst Pittschau, Franz-Otto Krüger | Drama | Co-production with Italy
Insolent and in Love | Hans Schweikart | Johannes Heesters, Charlott Daudert, Gabriele Reismüller | Comedy |
In the Temple of Venus | Hans H. Zerlett | Olga Chekhova, Willy Birgel, Olly Holzmann | Drama |
Journey to Happiness | Erich Engel | Käthe Dorsch, Rudolf Forster, Hildegard Knef | Drama | Filmed in 1944
Long Is the Road | Herbert B. Fredersdorf | Bettina Moissi, Otto Wernicke, Paul Dahlke | Drama |
The Lost Face | Kurt Hoffmann | Marianne Hoppe, Gustav Fröhlich, Richard Häussler | Drama |
Morituri | Eugen York | Lotte Koch, Winnie Markus, Walter Richter | War drama |
Nora's Ark | Werner Klingler | Willy Maertens, Harry Meyen, Hans Billian | Drama |
The Original Sin | Helmut Käutner | Bettina Moissi, Bobby Todd, Arno Assmann | Comedy |
Paths in Twilight | Gustav Fröhlich | Gustav Fröhlich, Sonja Ziemann, Benno Sterzenbach | Drama |
Street Acquaintances | Peter Pewas | Gisela Trowe, Alice Treff, Harry Hindemith | Drama |
Thank You, I'm Fine | Erich Waschneck | Ernst von Klipstein, Karin Hardt, Sonja Ziemann | Comedy |
The Time with You | George Hurdalek | Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Heinz Klingenberg, Gisela Trowe | Drama |

## 1949

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After the Rain Comes Sunshine | Erich Kobler | Sonja Ziemann, Gert Fröbe, Rudolf Platte | Comedy |
Amico | Gerhard T. Buchholz | Otto Wernicke, Kirsten Heiberg, Margarete Haagen | Comedy |
Anonymous Letters | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Käthe Haack, Tilly Lauenstein, O.E. Hasse | Drama |
The Appeal to Conscience | Karl Anton | Karl Ludwig Diehl, Werner Hinz, Gustav Diessl | Mystery |
Artists' Blood | Wolfgang Wehrum | Hans Richter, Dorit Kreysler, Karin Jacobsen | Comedy |
The Blue Straw Hat | Viktor Tourjansky | Margot Hielscher, Karl Schönböck, Mady Rahl | Comedy |
The Cuckoos | Hans Deppe | Ina Halley, Rainer Penkert, Carsta Löck | Comedy drama |
Dangerous Guests | Géza von Cziffra | Wolf Albach-Retty, Vera Molnár | Comedy |
Derby | Roger von Norman | Hannelore Schroth, Willy Fritsch | Sports |
Don't Play with Love | Hans Deppe | Lil Dagover, Bruni Löbel | Comedy |
Encounter with Werther | Karl Heinz Stroux | Horst Caspar, Heidemarie Hatheyer, Paul Klinger | Drama |
Friday the Thirteenth | Erich Engels | Fritz Kampers, Angelika Hauff | Comedy crime |
Girls Behind Bars | Alfred Braun | Petra Peters, Richard Häussler | Drama |
The Great Mandarin | Karl Heinz Stroux | Paul Wegener, Carsta Löck, Käthe Haack | Comedy |
A Heart Beats for You | Joe Stöckel | Rudolf Prack, Annelies Reinhold | Romance |
Hello, Fraulein! | Rudolf Jugert | Peter van Eyck, Hans Söhnker, Margot Hielscher | Musical |
How Do We Tell Our Children? | Hans Deppe | Leny Marenbach, Mathias Wieman | Comedy |
I'll Make You Happy | Sándor Szlatinay | Heinz Rühmann, Hertha Feiler, Dorit Kreysler | Comedy |
I'll Never Forget That Night | Johannes Meyer | Gustav Fröhlich, Winnie Markus | Comedy |
Keepers of the Night | Harald Braun | Luise Ullrich, Hans Nielsen, René Deltgen, Dieter Borsche | Drama |
The Last Illusion | Josef von Báky | Fritz Kortner, Johanna Hofer | Drama |
The Last Night | Eugen York | Sybille Schmitz, Karl John | Drama |
Law of Love | Hans Schweikart | Hilde Krahl, Paul Hubschmid, Ferdinand Marian | Historical drama | Filmed before 1945
Love '47 | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Hilde Krahl, Karl John, Grethe Weiser, Erich Ponto | Drama |
Madonna in Chains | Gerhard Lamprecht | Lotte Koch, Karin Hardt | Drama |
Martina | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Jeanette Schultze, Cornell Borchers | Drama |
Mountain Crystal | Harald Reinl | Franz Eichberger, Hans Renz | Drama | a.k.a. Rock Crystal.
Co-production with Austria
The Murder Trial of Doctor Jordan | Erich Engels | Rudolf Fernau, Maria Holst | Crime |
My Wife's Friends | Hans Deppe | Sonja Ziemann, Grethe Weiser, Gerda Maurus | Comedy |
Night of the Twelve | Hans Schweikart | Rudolf Fernau, Ferdinand Marian | Crime |
Nights on the Nile | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Sonja Ziemann, Wolfgang Lukschy | Musical comedy |
Nothing But Coincidence | E. W. Emo | Theo Lingen, Sonja Ziemann | Comedy |
The Prisoner | Gustav Fröhlich | Paul Dahlke, Richard Häussler | Adventure |
Search for Majora | Hermann Pfeiffer | Lotte Koch, Camilla Horn | Crime |
Second Hand Destiny | Wolfgang Staudte | Erich Ponto, Marianne Hoppe | Drama |
The Secret of the Red Cat | Helmut Weiss | Heinz Rühmann, Gustav Knuth, Angelika Hauff | Comedy crime |
The Trip to Marrakesh | Richard Eichberg | Luise Ullrich, Maria Holst | Drama |
Tromba | Helmut Weiss | René Deltgen, Angelika Hauff, Gustav Knuth, Grethe Weiser | Crime |
Trouble Backstairs | Erich Kobler | Paul Dahlke, Fita Benkhoff | Comedy |
Twelve Hearts for Charly | Fritz Andelfinger, Elly Rauch | Willy Fritsch, Heli Finkenzeller | Musical comedy |
Where the Trains Go | Boleslaw Barlog | Heidemarie Hatheyer, Carl Raddatz, Gunnar Möller | Drama |

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