Third Reich Films
A list of German movies produced and released during the Nazi Regime
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- DirectorHelmut KäutnerStarsMarianne HoppeHans SöhnkerFritz OdemarMichael and Franziska's relationship suffers from the separations brought on by his photojournalism. Only after Michael's colleague lay dying in his arms does he decide to go home, but is asked by Franziska to join the war: as a soldier.
- DirectorWolfgang LiebeneinerStarsPaul HartmannFriedrich KayßlerLil DagoverA biographical film of Otto von Bismarck, the Prime Minister of Prussia, and how he and his policies - including aggressive war - helped to unite Germany.
- DirectorLuis TrenkerGiacomo GentilomoAnton Giulio MajanoStarsLuis TrenkerLoris GizziCarla SvevaA Renaissance leader tries to unify a still feudal Italy.His black band of followers anticipates the Fascists of a later Italy when the film was made.
- DirectorCarl FroelichStarsZarah LeanderWilly BirgelMaria KoppenhöferWhile awaiting her unjust execution at the hands of the treacherous Queen Elizabeth I, the tragic Mary Stuart reflects at the series of cruel political machinations that set up her path to the scaffold.
- DirectorVeit HarlanStarsOtto GebührKristina SöderbaumGustav FröhlichA story of Prussian king (from 1740 to 1786) Frederick II the Great.
- DirectorLuis TrenkerStarsLuis TrenkerViktoria von BallaskoWerner KunigA German-born Swiss citizen emigrates to the United States in search of a better life and making fortune. Based on the story of John Sutter, gold rush pioneer and founder of what would become the city of Sacramento.
- DirectorGustav UcickyStarsHeinrich GeorgeHilde KrahlSiegfried BreuerA troubled father, working as a postmaster in province, worries about his daughter taken to the capital by a rich officer.
- DirectorLeni RiefenstahlStarsJoseph GoebbelsHermann GöringRudolf HessDer Sieg des Glaubens (English: The Victory of Faith, Victory of Faith, or Victory of the Faith) (1933) is the first propaganda film directed by Leni Riefenstahl. Her film recounts the Fifth Party Rally of the Nazi Party, which occurred in Nuremberg from 30 August to 3 September 1933. The film is of great historic interest because it shows Adolf Hitler and Ernst Röhm on close and intimate terms, before Röhm was shot on the orders of Hitler on the Night of the Long Knives in July 1934. All known copies of the film were destroyed on Hitler's orders, and it was considered lost until a copy turned up in the 1990s in the United Kingdom
- DirectorRolf HansenStarsZarah LeanderGrethe WeiserViktor StaalDuring a leave in Berlin, Lieutenant Paul Wendlandt, a young Luftwaffe pilot, falls for Anna Holberg, a famous singer, who returns his love. But in time of war it is hard to live on love only. The lovers keep being separated on account of Paul's missions and their intended marriage ceremony is constantly postponed. To cap it all, misunderstanding sets in between Paul and Anna. Will they ever become the happy couple they deserve to be?
- DirectorErich WaschneckStarsErich PontoCarl KuhlmannAlbert LippertAnti-semitic Nazi propaganda "biography" of the Rothschilds, a German Jewish family whose members rose to the top of the European banking community during the Napoleonic era.
- DirectorJean MamyStarsMaurice RémyGisèle ParryMarcel VibertA French politician in the 1930s is drawn into a huge Masonic conspiracy.
- DirectorFranz WenzlerStarsEmil LohkampPaul WegenerHeinrich HeilingerStudent Hans is so appalled by decadent Berlin and the schemes of the Communist Party that he inspires the Nazi cohorts of his fellow storm troopers to actively fight the Communists who in turn conspire to assassinate him.
- DirectorCarl FroelichStarsZarah LeanderHeinrich GeorgeRuth Hellberg1885. For the opera festival it has organized, the small town of Imlingen has invited a famous singer, Maddalena Dall'Orto, who will not only sing at the local opera but will also perform the part of Bach's St. Matthew's Passion at church. The lady is welcomed by an enthusiastic welcome committee comprising the Prince of Imlingen himself. After a while Maddalena, who has come with her friend Rohrmoser, reveals that they are both of German origin. In fact, Maddalena is Magda von Schwartze, a citizen of Ilmingen who has left home in anger a few years before...
- DirectorHans SteinhoffStarsHeinrich GeorgeBerta DrewsJürgen OhlsenIn the depths of the Great Depression and in the waning days of the crumbling Weimar Republic, a poor Berlin youth is torn between loyalty to his unemployed Communist father and his ever-growing fascination of the Hitler Youth movement.
- DirectorVeit HarlanStarsFerdinand MarianKristina SöderbaumHeinrich GeorgeInfamous anti-Semitic Nazi propaganda historical drama about Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg and his treasurer Süß Oppenheimer.
- DirectorVeit HarlanWolfgang LiebeneinerStarsHeinrich GeorgeKristina SöderbaumHorst CasparDuring Napoleon's German campaign, the city of Kolberg is isolated from Prussian forces. Residents organize resistance against the French army besieging and bombarding the city, refusing to surrender.
- DirectorDouglas SirkStarsZarah LeanderJulia SerdaFerdinand MarianTrapped in Puerto Rico, a beautiful young Swede is torn between her passionate, but mildly abusive Caribbean oligarch husband and her longing for her European homeland.
- DirectorHans SteinhoffKarl AntonHerbert MaischStarsEmil JanningsLucie HöflichWerner HinzRousing biopic of Paul Kruger, the Boer guerilla fighter turned statesman and first president of South Africa.
- DirectorLeni RiefenstahlStarsDavid AlbrittonArvo AskolaJack BeresfordThe document of the 1936 Olympics at Berlin.
- DirectorLeni RiefenstahlStarsSheigo AraiJack BeresfordRalf BerzsenyiThe document of the 1936 Olympics at Berlin, orchestrated as Nazi propaganda.
- DirectorKarl RitterStarsCarl RaddatzHannes StelzerErnst von KlipsteinThis German propaganda film details the exploits of a group of Luftwaffe pilots flying Junkers Ju 87 "Stukas"--dive bombers--in the Battle of France in the early days of World War II.
- DirectorHerbert SelpinWerner KlinglerStarsSybille SchmitzHans NielsenKirsten HeibergThird Reich's Nazi propaganda epic about a heroic fictional German officer on board of the RMS Titanic. On its maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable ship hits an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean and starts to go down.
- DirectorLeni RiefenstahlStarsAdolf HitlerHermann GöringMax AmannThe infamous propaganda film of the 1934 Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg, Germany.
- DirectorGünther RittauStarsHerbert WilkHeinz EngelmannJoachim BrenneckeThis Nazi propaganda film follows the exploits of a German submarine as it prowls the North Atlantic.
- DirectorFritz HipplerExperience the American Journey through our country's visual heritage in this historical recording provided by the National Archives of the United States.
- DirectorHeinz HelbigStarsOtto TreßlerIrene von MeyendorffFriedl HaerlinAnti-Semitic Nazi propaganda film that "shows" how Jewish textile company owners are sabotaging the German linen industry by buying linen from Ireland instead of having it produced in "the Fatherland".
- DirectorHerbert MaischHans BertramStarsChristian KayßlerOtto WernickeHeinz WelzelFlashbacks portray the heroics of two German fighter pilots in WWI and then the two are shown heading out to attack the British navy at the start of WWII.
- DirectorFritz HipplerLeni RiefenstahlStarsÉdouard DaladierAnthony Eden1st Earl of Halifax Edward WoodThe first blitzkrieg, Hitler's invasion of Poland, is traced in this original Nazi propaganda film from 1940.
- StarsRudolf HessAdolf HitlerBaldur von SchirachDuring the colorful ceremonies of the Nuremberg rallies, Hitler Youth parade before their Fuehrer and are addressed by Nazi youth leader Baldur von Schirach, Rudolf Hess, and Hitler himself.
- DirectorHans BertramStarsHerbert GernotHermann GöringAdolf HitlerPoland was the first victim of Hitler's infamous blitzkrieg. Combat cameramen filmed the aerial campaign, showing preparations for flight, massive air strikes, and the appalling devastation wreaked upon Polish towns and armies. 'Norbert Schultze (I)''s original score lyrically enhances this Nazi propaganda vehicle.
- DirectorMax W. KimmichStarsOlga TschechowaKarl Ludwig DiehlFerdinand MarianAn English peace judge in an Irish district is married to an Irishwoman. She is a caring patriot. He is heavily indebted by a life of luxury, and doesn't shy away from dark deeds to maintain his lifestyle.
- DirectorFritz HipplerStarsCurt BoisCharles ChaplinAlbert EinsteinUnder the guise of a brutally honest documentary, this malevolent propaganda film aims to be an "indispensable tool in the hands of the Aryan race", designed to depict the "true" Jew when the masks of western civilisation fall off.
- DirectorEduard von BorsodyStarsHedwig BleibtreuJoachim BrenneckeHeinz GoedeckeAt the Olympic games in Berlin 1936 Inge Wagner falls in love with Luftwaffenleutnant (Airforce Lieutenant) Herbert Koch. They want to marry, but he receives orders to go to Spain - incognito, without permission for any contacts to his friends and relatives. Inge is still waiting for him. After the beginning of WW II, German radio starts broadcasting the "Wunschkonzert für die Wehrmacht" - a program made of wishes from the soldiers. He hears the song, he wanted to hear, and so does Inge. A friend of Inge, who hopes she is willing to marry him, comes to the same squadron where Koch flies. Koch and Inge arrange a date at a Hamburg restaurant, but he and Ilse's friend are shot down the day before. In the hospital Koch finds out, that he and his friend love the same girl. He thinks they are already engaged and is willing to give her up.
- DirectorWerner BuhreMartin RikliDescribes the sequence of events leading up to the invasion of Norway, especially the Anschluss of Austria, the division of Czechoslovakia after the Munich agreement and finally the invasion of Poland in September, 1939.
- DirectorMax W. KimmichStarsAnna DammannRené DeltgenPaul Wegener"My Life for Ireland" is a Nazi-made anti-British propaganda film about a group of Dublin schoolboys who unwittingly become pawns of the British and seek redemption by avenging their fallen IRA fathers in the Irish War of Independence.
- DirectorHans BertramStarsChristian KayßlerHermann BraunHeinz WelzelGerman propaganda film, telling a story of a bomber crew, taking part in invasion on Poland and attacks on the British shipping.
- DirectorKarl RitterStarsPaul HartmannHannes StelzerFritz KampersIt was made as a propaganda film designed to promote Nazi Germany's war aims in the Second World War. Following the outbreak of war, Germans abroad face persecution from the British and French authorities.
- DirectorHerbert SelpinStarsHans AlbersKarl DannemannFritz OdemarFilm about the exploits of famed German explorer Dr. Carl Peters.
- DirectorFritz BrunschWerner KortwichSvend NoldanStarsHarry GieseHermann GöringAdolf HitlerHitler's greatest military victory - the conquest of Holland, Belgium and France in the spring of 1940 - is graphically documented in this special Nazi feature.
- DirectorE.W. EmoStarsHans MoserTheodor DaneggerJoseph Egger
- DirectorHans H. ZerlettStarsHannes StelzerHansi KnoteckPaul DahlkeA sculptor, an enemy of modern art, sets an example. He sculpts a statue of Venus in the style of the Greek antiquity and buries it in a forest. When it's dug up in 1930, it's considered to be a 2 000 year old, antique statue.
- DirectorWolfgang LiebeneinerStarsHeidemarie HatheyerPaul HartmannMathias WiemanIn this pro-euthanasia melodrama, a successful doctor is forced to make a heart-wrenching decision after his beautiful young wife is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
- DirectorGustav UcickyStarsPaula WesselyPeter PetersenAttila HörbigerThis Nazi propaganda film attempts to justify the invasion of Poland--and thus the start of World War II--by "showing" how the ethnic Germans in Poland were discriminated against and oppressed by the Poles, and how they were rescued from extinction only by the intervention of the German army.
- DirectorFritz Peter BuchStarsGustav DiesslOlga TschechowaHannelore SchrothSerbia, 1941. Serbia joins the war against Germany and persecutes German speaking residents. Vera helps refugees and the resistance by flirting with and diverting Serbian captain Rakic, but detective Subotic is on her tracks.
- DirectorKarl RitterStarsLaura SolariWill QuadfliegMarina von DitmarOlga, a Russian refuge from Bolshevik terror has joined the Soviet secret police, the G.P.U. to find the man who killed her parents. Meanwhile a young Baltic couple are caught up in the schemes of the evil communists. Very obviously a propaganda film from wartime Nazi Germany.
- DirectorFritz KirchhoffStarsBoris AlekinGünther BallierPaul BildtCompetition between the British and the Germans to help the Russians with oil fields around Baku, after the Great War.
- DirectorFritz KirchhoffStarsCarl RaddatzJoachim BrenneckeKarl Ludwig DiehlAfter the death of his father, war volunteer Eickhoff is treated harshly by his superior officer, Schulz. Schulz believes this to be the legacy of his fallen friend Eickhoff because he wanted to make his son an officer.
- DirectorVeit HarlanStarsKristina SöderbaumEugen KlöpferAnnie RosarAnna Jobst is the daughter of a rich, conservative farmer. Living on the bank of the Moldau, she wishes nothing more than follow the river to Prague, the "Golden City".
- DirectorJosef von BákyStarsLuise UllrichWerner KraussKäthe HaackA Berlin woman grows up in the wake of Prussia's victory over France in 1870 and lives to see her grandchildren participating in the military successes of Germany under Hitler.
- DirectorWolfgang LiebeneinerStarsEmil JanningsMargarete SchönChristian KayßlerA sequel to 1940's "Bismarck", Bismarck is dismissed by an under-pressure Wilhelm II. Then the treaty with Russia is in peril as the leader is left with the dilemma of who could complete Bismarck's work.
- DirectorJosef von BákyStarsHans AlbersWilhelm BendowMichael BohnenThis lavish, impudent, adult fairy tale takes the viewer from 18th-century Braunschweig to St. Petersburg, Constantinople, Venice, and then to the moon using ingenious special effects, stunning location shooting.
- DirectorE.W. EmoStarsRudolf ForsterHeinrich GeorgeLil DagoverOne of a series of biography films from WWII Germany, this about early 20th century Austrian politician Karl Lueger, who helped modernize Vienna but whose Christian Social party ,espousing anti Semitism, inspired a young Adolf Hitler.
- DirectorKarl RitterStarsHannes StelzerHubert KiurinaJosef DahmenLuftwaffe pilots Joachim and Franz both love Marianne - their jealousy threatens to compromise the vital teamwork aboard their recon plane. Sergeant Otto, a farm boy, loses his love Mathilde when she discovers she hates agricultural work.
- DirectorWerner KlinglerStarsHeinrich GeorgeWalter BechmannRobert ForschA stuffy old civil servant is forced to retire during World War II, but when his son, a Navy submariner, is lost at sea and his city is heavily bombed by English bombers, his old patriotism is re-awakened and he determines to be of use to his country once again
- DirectorVeit HarlanStarsCarl RaddatzKristina SöderbaumIrene von MeyendorffIdle intellectuals Albrecht, Octavia and Äls, are given to quoting and emulating their philosopher hero, Nietzsche. Albrecht later contracts typhus bringing the foster child gravely ill Äls out of an infected area.