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This is a list of the most notable films produced in the Cinema of Germany in 1940.
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
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Genre
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Notes
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| Aberglaube |
Walter Ruttmann |
|
documentary |
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| Achtung! Feind hört mit!
|
Arthur Maria Rabenalt
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Kirsten Heiberg, Rolf Weih, Rene Deltgen, Lotte Koch
|
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Beware! The Enemy Is Listening!
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| Beloved Augustin
|
E. W. Emo
|
Paul Hörbiger, Hilde Weissner
|
Historical
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| Between Hamburg and Haiti
|
Erich Waschneck
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Gustav Knuth, Gisela Uhlen
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Drama
|
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| Bismarck
|
Wolfgang Liebeneiner
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Paul Hartmann, Lil Dagover
|
Historical
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| Baumeisterin Chemie
|
Hans Schipulle
|
|
Short Documentary
|
17 minutes
|
| Clothes Make the Man
|
Helmut Käutner
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Heinz Rühmann, Hertha Feiler
|
Comedy
|
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| Commissioner Eyck
|
Milo Harbich
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Anneliese Uhlig, Paul Klinger, Herbert Wilk
|
Crime
|
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| Counterfeiters
|
Hermann Pfeiffer
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Kirsten Heiberg, Rudolf Fernau, Karin Himboldt
|
Crime
|
|
| Deutsche Arbeitsstätten
|
Svend Noldan
|
|
documentary
|
German Work Places; 10 min
|
| Deutsche Frontflugzeuge
|
E.K. Beltzig
|
|
documentary
|
German Front aircraft
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| Deutsche Panzer
|
Walter Ruttmann
|
|
documentary
|
German Tanks
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| Deutsche Waffenschmieden
|
Walter Ruttmann
|
|
documentary
|
German Weaponry
|
| Der Ewige Jude
|
Fritz Hippler
|
|
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The Eternal Jew; Anti-Semitic documentary propaganda film
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| The Eternal Spring
|
Fritz Kirchhoff
|
Eugen Klöpfer, Bernhard Minetti, Lina Carstens
|
Drama
|
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| Fahrt ins Leben
|
Bernd Hofmann
|
|
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Journey Into Life; Nazi film about 3 Merchant navy cadets.
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| Feinde
|
Viktor Tourjansky
|
|
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Enemies; Film justifying the German Invasion of Poland
|
| Falstaff in Vienna
|
Leopold Hainisch
|
Hans Nielsen, Gusti Wolf, Wolf Albach-Retty
|
Musical comedy
|
|
| Feldzug in Polen
|
Fritz Hippler
|
|
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Campaign in Poland; documentary propaganda film about the 1939 invasion of Poland
|
| Feuertaufe
|
|
|
documentary
|
Baptism by Fire; propaganda film about Luftwaffe in the 1939 invasion of Poland
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| The Fire Devil
|
Luis Trenker
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Luis Trenker, Judith Holzmeister, Hilde von Stolz
|
Adventure
|
|
| Friedrich Schiller - Der Triumph eines Genies
|
Herbert Maisch
|
|
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Friedrich Schiller - the Triumph of a Genius
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| The Fox of Glenarvon
|
Max W. Kimmich
|
Olga Chekhova, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Ferdinand Marian, Elisabeth Flickenschildt,
|
Thriller
|
Pro-Irish film.
|
| Der gestiefelte Kater
|
Ferdinand Diehl
|
|
animation
|
|
| The Girl at the Reception |
Gerhard Lamprecht |
Magda Schneider, Richard Häussler |
Drama |
|
| The Girl from Barnhelm |
Hans Schweikart |
Käthe Gold, Ewald Balser |
Historical comedy |
|
| Helfende Hände
|
Kurt Rupli
|
|
|
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| Das Herz der Königin
|
Carl Froelich
|
|
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The Heart of the Queen starring Zarah Leander as Mary, Queen of Scots
|
| Indianer
|
Ernst R. Müller and Gerd Philipp
|
|
Documentary
|
Indians
|
| Jud Süß
|
Veit Harlan
|
|
|
The Jew Suss; dramatic anti-Semitic propaganda film
|
| Judgement Day |
Franz Seitz |
Hans Holt, Olly Holzmann, Susi Nicoletti |
Comedy |
|
| Kampf um Norwegen – Feldzug 1940
|
Martin Rikli
|
|
documentary
|
Battle for Norway - 1940 campaign; propaganda film about the Norwegian Campaign
|
| Kanarienvögel
|
Wolfram Junghans, Ulrich K.T. Schultz
|
|
|
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| Karikatur 1
|
Louis Steel
|
|
animation
|
|
| Kora Terry
|
Georg Jacoby
|
|
|
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| A Man Astray
|
Herbert Selpin
|
Hans Albers, Charlotte Thiele, Hilde Weissner
|
Adventure
|
|
| Der Marsch zum Führer
|
Unknown
|
|
documentary
|
The March to the Führer; propaganda film about Hitler Youth March to Nazi Party Congress
|
| My Daughter Doesn't Do That
|
Hans H. Zerlett
|
Ralph Arthur Roberts, Erika von Thellmann
|
Comedy
|
|
| Nanette
|
Erich Engel
|
Jenny Jugo, Hans Söhnker
|
Musical
|
|
| Nightclub Hostess
|
Albert Valentin
|
Michèle Morgan
|
|
L'Entraîneuse;
French-language film
|
| Operette
|
Willi Forst, Karl Hartl and Robert Naestelberger
|
|
|
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| Ostraum - Deutscher Raum
|
Werner Buhre
|
|
|
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| Our Miss Doctor
|
Erich Engel
|
Jenny Jugo
|
|
Unser Fräulein Doktor
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| Passion
|
Walter Janssen
|
Olga Chekhova, Hans Stüwe, Hilde Körber
|
Drama
|
|
| Der Postmeister
|
Gustav Ucicky
|
|
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The Postmaster
|
| Ein Robinson
|
Arnold Fanck
|
|
|
|
| Roses in Tyrol
|
Géza von Bolváry
|
Marte Harell, Johannes Heesters
|
Musical comedy
|
|
| Die Rothschilds
|
Erich Waschneck
|
|
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The Rothschilds; anti-semitic dramatic propaganda film
|
| Rumpelstiltskin
|
Alf Zengerling
|
Paul Walker, Hermann Schröder
|
|
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| Die Schwarze Kunst des Johannes Gutenberg
|
Kurt Rupli
|
|
|
|
| Seven Years Hard Luck
|
Ernst Marischka
|
Hans Moser, Wolf Albach-Retty
|
Comedy
|
|
| The Sinful Village
|
Joe Stöckel
|
Joe Stöckel, Elise Aulinger
|
Comedy
|
|
| The Star of Rio
|
Karl Anton
|
La Jana, Gustav Diessl
|
Comedy thriller
|
|
| Der Störenfried
|
Hans Held
|
|
animation
|
|
| The Three Codonas
|
Arthur Maria Rabenalt
|
René Deltgen, Annelies Reinhold
|
Drama
|
|
| Tierparadies Südamerika
|
Werner Buhre and K. Krieg
|
|
Documentary
|
Animal Paradise South America; 66 minutes in length.
|
| Verwandte sind auch Menschen
|
Hans Deppe
|
Fritz Klaudius, Heinz Salfner, Else von Möllendorff,
|
|
Relatives Are People Too.
|
| Unsere Jungen - Ein Film der nationalpolitschen Erziehungsanstalten
|
Johannes Häussler
|
|
|
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| Vom Bäumlein, das andere Blätter hat gewollt
|
Heinz Tischmeyer
|
|
animation
|
Propaganda
|
| The Vulture Wally
|
Hans Steinhoff
|
Heidemarie Hatheyer, Sepp Rist
|
Drama
|
|
| Woman Made to Measure
|
Helmut Käutner
|
Hans Söhnker, Dorit Kreysler
|
Comedy |
|
| Wunschkonzert
|
Eduard von Borsody
|
Ilse Werner, Carl Raddatz
|
|
Request Concert; musical romance set at the 1936 Summer Olympics
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