List of German films of 1933 explained

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

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
All for Love			Musical	French-language film
And the Plains Are Gleaming			Drama	Co-production with Hungary
And Who Is Kissing Me?			Comedy
Anna and Elizabeth			Drama
The Big Bluff			Comedy
Bon Voyage			Comedy
The Burning Secret	Robert Siodmak	Alfred Abel, Hilde Wagener, Willi Forst	Drama
The Castle in the South			Comedy
Le chanson d'une nuit			Musical	[1] German/Austrian co-production
A City Upside Down			Comedy
A Door Opens			Thriller
Dream of the Rhine			Comedy
The Emperor's Waltz			Musical
The Empress and I			Musical	[2] [3]
The Flower of Hawaii	Richard Oswald	Mártha Eggerth, Hans Fidesser, Iván Petrovich	Musical	[4]
The Gentleman from Maxim's			Comedy
Gently My Songs Entreat			Musical	Co-production with Austria
Girls of Today			Comedy
Greetings and Kisses, Veronika			Comedy
Gretel Wins First Prize			Comedy	[5]
Hans Westmar		Emil Lohkamp, Paul Wegener, Heinrich Heilinger	Propaganda film	[6]
Happy Days in Aranjuez			Comedy
Her Highness the Saleswoman			Comedy
Hitler Youth Quex		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			Historical	[8]
The Hunter from Kurpfalz	Carl Behr		Comedy	[9]
Inge and the Millions			Comedy
Invisible Opponent			Drama	Co-production with Austria
The Judas of Tyrol			Historical
Jumping Into the Abyss			Crime

L–Z

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
The Lake Calls			Drama
Laughing Heirs		Heinz Rühmann, Max Adalbert, Ida Wüst	Romance, comedy	[10] [11]
Liebelei			Drama	[12]
Little Girl, Great Fortune			Comedy
Little Man, What Now?		Hermann Thimig, Viktor de Kowa, Hertha Thiele	Drama	[13]
The Love Hotel			Comedy
Love Must Be Understood			Musical comedy
Manolescu, Prince of Thieves			Crime comedy
The Marathon Runner	Ewald André Dupont	Brigitte Helm, Hans Brausewetter, Viktor de Kowa	Sports
Marion, That's Not Nice			Comedy
The Master Detective			Comedy
Morgenrot		Rudolf Forster, Adele Sandrock, Fritz Genschow	War	[14]
Must We Get Divorced?			Comedy
No Day Without You			Comedy
The Only Girl			Musical	British-German co-production
The Page from the Dalmasse Hotel		Dolly Haas, Harry Liedtke, Hans Junkermann	Comedy	[15]
The Peak Scaler			Drama
Refugees			Drama	[16]
Ripening Youth			Drama
The Roberts Case			Drama
S.A.-Mann Brand			Propaganda film	[17]
The Sandwich Girl			Comedy
Scandal in Budapest			Comedy
Season in Cairo			Musical
S.O.S. Iceberg			Adventure	[18]
A Song Goes Round the World		Joseph Schmidt, Viktor de Kowa, Charlotte Ander	Drama	[19]
A Song for You			Musical
Song of the Black Mountains	Hans Natge		Drama	Co-production with Yugoslavia
Spies at Work			Thriller
The Star of Valencia			Drama
The Sun Rises			Musical	[20]
Tell Me Who You Are			Comedy
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse			Crime	[21] [22]
There Is Only One Love			Musical
A Thousand for One Night			Comedy	Co-production with Czechoslovakia
Three Bluejackets and a Blonde			Comedy
Today Is the Day			Comedy
The Tsarevich			Musical
The Tunnel			Comedy-drama	French-German co-production[23] [24]
Two Good Comrades			Comedy	[25]
Typhoon			Drama
Victor and Victoria			Comedy	[26]
Ways to a Good Marriage	Adolf Trotz		Drama
Wedding at Lake Wolfgang			Musical
What Men Know			Drama
What Women Dream			Comedy mystery	[27] [28]
A Woman Like You			Comedy

Documentaries

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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			documentary	Merger of Der Stahlhelm with the Nazi party; Available online here
Das Rauhes Haus in Hamburg. 100 Jahre evangelische Erziehungsarbeit			Documentary	About the Rauhes Haus
Ringende Menschen. Die Tragödie einer Familie			Documentary
Der Tag von Potsdam. 21. März 1933			documentary propaganda	Available online here
Terror oder Aufbau			documentary propaganda
The Victory of Faith			Propaganda	[30]

Shorts

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Alle machen mit		Heinz Rühmann, Henny Porten, Magda Schneider		Short film[31]
Blut und Boden - Grundlagen zum neuen Reich	Walter Ruttmann		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			Animation	[32]
Hilfe, ein Löwe			Animation
Hitlers Aufruf an das deutsche Volk				Hitlers Feb. 10, 1933 Sportpalast speech;
Insel der Damonen
Kreise			Animation
Metall
Nördlingen, Anno 1634				documentary, short
Die Strasse frei den braunen Bataillonen	Walter Fischer
Studie Nr. 13			Animation
Studie Nr. 14			Animation
Das rollende Rad			Animation
Schall und Rauch			Animation
Der Tag der nationalen Arbeit - 1 Mai 1933				Clip available online here
Eine viertelstunde Großstadtstatistik			Animation
Wolkenkratzer in Südarabien
Zwei Farben			Animation

External links

• IMDB listing for German films made in 1933
• filmportal.de listing for films made in 1933

Notes and References

1. Web site: Review of the film la Chanson d'une nuit (1933). 27 December 2016.
2. Web site: Ich und die Kaiserin. Filmportal.de. November 3, 2012.
3. Web site: Ich und Die Kaiserin. Allmovie. November 3, 2012. Brennan, Sandra.
4. Web site: Die Blume von Hawaii. Filmportal.de. November 3, 2012.
5. Web site: Gretel zieht das große Los. Filmportal.de. November 3, 2012.
6. Web site: Hans Westmar. Einer von vielen. Ein deutsches Schicksal aus dem Jahre 1929. Filmportal.de. November 3, 2012.
7. Web site: Hitlerjunge Quex: Ein Film vom Opfergeist der deutschen Jugend. Filmportal.de. November 3, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20140225211737/http://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/hitlerjunge-quex-ein-film-vom-opfergeist-der-deutschen-jugend_ea43d4a6a0ad5006e03053d50b37753d. February 25, 2014. dead.
8. Web site: Der Choral von Leuthen. Filmportal.de. November 3, 2012.
9. Web site: Der Jäger aus Kurpfalz. Filmportal.de. November 3, 2012.
10. Web site: Lachende Erben. Filmportal.de. November 3, 2012.
11. Web site: Lachende Erben. Allmovie. November 3, 2012.
12. Web site: Liebelei. Filmportal.de. November 3, 2012.
13. Web site: Kleiner Mann - was nun?. Filmportal.de. November 3, 2012.
14. Web site: Morgenrot. Filmportal.de. November 3, 2012.
15. Web site: Der Page vom Dalmasse-Hotel. Filmportal.de. November 3, 2012.
16. Web site: Flüchtlinge. Filmportal.de. November 3, 2012.
17. Web site: S.A.-Mann Brand. Allmovie. November 3, 2012. Erickson, Hal.
18. Web site: SOS Eisberg. Filmportal.de. November 3, 2012.
19. Web site: Ein Lied geht um die Welt. Filmportal.de. November 3, 2012.
20. Web site: Der Sieg des Glaubens. Filmportal.de. November 3, 2012.
21. Web site: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse. Filmportal.de. November 3, 2012.
22. Web site: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse. Allmoive. November 3, 2012. Legar, Patrick.
23. Web site: Der Tunnel. Filmportal.de. November 3, 2012.
24. Web site: Der Tunnel. Allmoive. November 3, 2012. Erickson, Hal.
25. Web site: Zwei gute Kameraden . Filmportal.de. November 3, 2012.
26. Web site: Viktor und Viktoria . Filmportal.de. November 3, 2012.
27. Web site: Was Frauen träumen . Filmportal.de. November 3, 2012.
28. Web site: Was Frauen traeumen. Allmovie. November 3, 2012. Erlewine, Iotis.
29. Web site: Der Deutsche Reichstag in Nürnberg. Filmportal.de. November 3, 2012.
30. Web site: Der Sieg des Glaubens. Filmportal.de. November 3, 2012.
31. Web site: Alle Machen mit. Filmportal.de. November 3, 2012.
32. Web site: Carmen. Filmportal.de. November 3, 2012.