This is a list of German films of 1931. It includes films produced in Germany and German-language films produced elsewhere for release in the German market, often by German subsidiaries of the Hollywood studios.
A–K Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1914 Richard Oswald Albert Bassermann, Hermann Wlach, Reinhold Schünzel Drama 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman Robert Land Henny Porten, Walter Rilla, Friedrich Kayßler Drama The Adventurer of Tunis Willi Wolff Philipp Manning, Ellen Richter, Theo Shall Adventure Alarm at Midnight Johannes Meyer Hans Stüwe, Otto Wallburg, Gerda Maurus Thriller Ariane Paul Czinner Elisabeth Bergner, Rudolf Forster, Annemarie Steinsieck Drama Ash Wednesday Johannes Meyer Karl Ludwig Diehl, Hans Stüwe, Claire Rommer Drama The Battle of Bademunde Philipp Lothar Mayring Max Adalbert, Claire Rommer, Paul Wagner Comedy The Beggar Student Victor Janson Jarmila Novotná, Fritz Schulz, Hans-Heinz Bollmann Musical Berlin Alexanderplatz Phil Jutzi Heinrich George, Margarete Schlegel, Bernhard Minetti Drama based on the novel by Alfred Döblin published two years earlier Between Night and Dawn Gerhard Lamprecht Aud Egede-Nissen, Oskar Homolka, Eduard von Winterstein Drama The Big Attraction Max Reichmann Richard Tauber, Margo Lion, Marianne Winkelstern Musical Bobby Gets Going Harry Piel Harry Piel, Annie Markart, Hilde Hildebrand Action Bombs on Monte Carlo Hanns Schwarz Hans Albers, Heinz Rühmann, Anna Sten, Peter Lorre Comedy The Bridegroom's Widow Richard Eichberg Mártha Eggerth, Georg Alexander, Fritz Kampers Comedy Co-production with UK By a Nose Johannes Guter Sig Arno, Lucie Englisch, Elga Brink Comedy Cadets Georg Jacoby Albert Bassermann, Trude von Molo, Johannes Riemann Drama Calais-Dover Anatole Litvak Lilian Harvey, Andre Roanne, Armand Bernard Comedy Co-production with France The Captain from Köpenick Richard Oswald Max Adalbert, Paul Wagner, Hermann Vallentin Comedy The Case of Colonel Redl Karl Anton Theodor Loos, Lil Dagover, Otto Hartmann Spy drama Co-production with Czechoslovakia Checkmate Georg Asagaroff Gerda Maurus, Hans Rehmann, Trude Berliner Drama Circus Life Heinz Paul Liane Haid, Oscar Marion, Trude Berliner Drama The Concert Leo Mittler Olga Chekhova, Oskar Karlweis, Ursula Grabley Comedy A Crafty Youth Erich Schönfelder Julius Falkenstein, Sig Arno, Olly Gebauer Comedy Danton Hans Behrendt Fritz Kortner, Lucie Mannheim, Gustaf Gründgens Historical The Daredevil Richard Eichberg Hans Albers, Gerda Maurus, Mártha Eggerth Crime Demon of the Sea Michael Curtiz William Dieterle, Lissy Arna, Anton Pointner Drama German-language version of Moby Dick Die Fledermaus Karel Lamac Anny Ondra, Georg Alexander, Oskar Sima Musical Co-production with France Different Morals Gerhard Lamprecht Walter Rilla, Elga Brink, Hilde Hildebrand Comedy The Duke of Reichstadt Viktor Tourjansky Lien Deyers Grete Natzler, Alfred Abel Historical Duty Is Duty Carl Boese Fritz Spira, Ralph Arthur Roberts, Maly Delschaft Comedy Elisabeth of Austria Adolf Trotz Lil Dagover, Paul Otto, Charlotte Ander Period Drama Emil and the Detectives Gerhard Lamprecht Rolf Wenkhaus, Käthe Haack, Fritz Rasp, Rudolf Biebrach Family based on a story by Erich Kästner The Emperor's Sweetheart Hans Tintner Liane Haid, Walter Janssen, Wilhelm Bendow Musical Errant Husbands Carl Heinz Wolff Max Adalbert, Hansi Arnstaedt, Henry Bender Comedy Everyone Asks for Erika Frederic Zelnik Lya Mara, Alexander Murski, Walter Janssen Comedy Express 13 Alfred Zeisler Charlotte Susa, Fee Malten, Alfred Beierle Drama The Fate of Renate Langen Rudolf Walther-Fein Mady Christians, Francis Lederer Drama The Firm Gets Married Carl Wilhelm Ralph Arthur Roberts, Charlotte Ander Comedy The Forester's Daughter Frederic Zelnik Irene Eisinger, Paul Richter Musical The Girl and the Boy Wilhelm Thiele, Roger Le Bon Lilian Harvey, Henri Garat Comedy French-language version Gloria Hans Behrendt Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Helm, Fritz Kampers Drama Grock Carl Boese Liane Haid, Betty Bird Circus Headfirst into Happiness Hans Steinhoff Jenny Jugo, Fritz Schulz Comedy Hell on Earth Victor Trivas Ernst Busch, Vladimir Sokoloff War drama Her Grace Commands Hanns Schwarz Käthe von Nagy, Willy Fritsch Romantic Comedy French-language version also released Her Majesty the Barmaid Joe May Käthe von Nagy, Francis Lederer Comedy Hooray, It's a Boy! Georg Jacoby Lucie Englisch, Max Adalbert Comedy I Go Out and You Stay Here Hans Behrendt Camilla Horn, Hermine Sterler Comedy I'll Stay with You Johannes Meyer Jenny Jugo, Hermann Thimig Comedy In der Nacht Walter Ruttmann In the Employ of the Secret Service Gustav Ucicky Brigitte Helm, Willy Fritsch, Oskar Homolka Spy drama Inquest Robert Siodmak Albert Bassermann, Gustav Fröhlich Crime Kameradschaft (Comradeship) Georg Wilhelm Pabst Ernst Busch Fr. title: La Tragédie de la mine Der Kongreß tanzt (Congress Dances) Erik Charell Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, Conrad Veidt Comedy French-language version: Le Congrès s'amuse
L–Z Title Director Cast Genre Notes The Little Escapade Reinhold Schünzel Renate Müller, Hermann Thimig, Otto Wallburg Comedy Louise, Queen of Prussia Carl Froelich Henny Porten, Gustaf Gründgens, Ekkehard Arendt Historical The Love Express Robert Wiene Georg Alexander, Dina Gralla, Joseph Schmidt Musical Comedy M Fritz Lang Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Gustaf Gründgens Thriller Remade as 1951 film Madame Pompadour Willi Wolff Anny Ahlers, Kurt Gerron, Ida Wüst Musical Mädchen in Uniform Leontine Sagan Hertha Thiele, Dorothea Wieck, Emilia Unda Drama Girls in Uniform The Man in Search of His Murderer Robert Siodmak Heinz Rühmann, Lien Deyers, Hans Leibelt Comedy The Man Who Murdered Curtis Bernhardt Conrad Veidt, Trude von Molo, Heinrich George Crime Marriage with Limited Liability Franz Wenzler Charlotte Susa, Georg Alexander, Hans Moser Comedy Co-production with Austria Mary Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Abel, Olga Chekhova, Paul Graetz Crime German version of Hitchcock's Murder! (1930) Men Behind Bars Pál Fejös Heinrich George, Gustav Diessl, Egon von Jordan Drama Made in the US The Merry Wives of Vienna Géza von Bolváry Willi Forst, Lee Parry, Paul Hörbiger Musical comedy Moritz Makes His Fortune Jaap Speyer Sig Arno, Willy Prager, Viktor Schwanneke Comedy Mountains on Fire Karl Hartl, Luis Trenker Lissy Arna, Luigi Serventi, Claus Clausen War The Murder Trial of Mary Dugan Arthur Robison Nora Gregor, Egon von Jordan, Peter Erkelenz Mystery drama German-language version of an American film The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov Erich Engels Fritz Kortner, Anna Sten, Fritz Rasp Drama My Cousin from Warsaw Carl Boese Liane Haid, Tala Birell, Fritz Schulz Comedy My Heart Longs for Love Eugen Thiele Trude Berliner, Max Adalbert, Johannes Riemann Musical My Leopold Hans Steinhoff Max Adalbert, Harald Paulsen, Camilla Spira Comedy My Wife, the Impostor Kurt Gerron Heinz Rühmann, Käthe von Nagy Comedy A Night at the Grand Hotel Max Neufeld Mártha Eggerth, Ulrich Bettac, Kurt Gerron Drama The Night of Decision Dimitri Buchowetzki Conrad Veidt, Olga Chekhova, Trude Hesterberg Drama German-language version of an American film The Night Without Pause Andrew Marton, Franz Wenzler Sig Arno, Camilla Horn Comedy No Man's Land Victor Trivas Ernst Busch, Vladimir Sokoloff War No More Love Anatole Litvak Lilian Harvey, Harry Liedtke Musical comedy The Office Manager Hans Behrendt Felix Bressart, Hermann Thimig Comedy Once I Loved a Girl in Vienna Erich Schönfelder Werner Fuetterer, Gretl Theimer Comedy One Hour of Happiness William Dieterle Evelyn Holt, Harald Paulsen Drama The Other Side Heinz Paul Conrad Veidt, Theodor Loos War Panic in Chicago Robert Wiene Olga Chekhova, Hans Rehmann Crime The Paw Hans Steinhoff Charlotte Susa, Hans Rehmann, Fritz Rasp Thriller Co-production with Italy Peace of Mind Max Obal Fritz Kampers, Lucie Englisch Comedy The Private Secretary Wilhelm Thiele Renate Müller, Hermann Thimig Musical Reckless Youth Leo Mittler Camilla Horn, Walter Rilla Drama Road to Rio Manfred Noa Maria Matray, Oskar Homolka Crime Ronny Reinhold Schünzel Käthe von Nagy, Willy Fritsch Musical comedy Queen of the Night Fritz Wendhausen Friedl Haerlin, Karl Ludwig Diehl Musical German-language version of a French film The Sacred Flame William Dieterle, Berthold Viertel Gustav Fröhlich, Dita Parlo, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski Drama German-language version of an American film Salto Mortale E. A. Dupont Anna Sten, Anton Walbrook Drama The Secret of the Red Cat Erich Schönfelder Margot Landa, Ernö Verebes, Sig Arno Comedy crime Shadows of the Underworld Harry Piel Harry Piel, Dary Holm, Elisabeth Pinajeff Thriller The Schlemihl Max Nosseck Curt Bois, La Jana, Hans Adalbert Schlettow Comedy Schubert's Dream of Spring Richard Oswald Gretl Theimer, Lucie Englisch Musical The Scoundrel Eugen Schüfftan, Franz Wenzler Max Adalbert, Emilia Unda Comedy Shooting Festival in Schilda Adolf Trotz Sig Arno, Fritz Kampers, Eugen Rex Comedy The Soaring Maiden Carl Boese Lissy Arna, S. Z. Sakall Comedy The Song of Life Alexis Granowsky Aribert Mog, Elsa Wagner, Carl Goetz Drama The Song of the Nations Rudolf Meinert Camilla Horn, Igo Sym, Betty Amann Musical The Spanish Fly Georg Jacoby Betty Bird, Lizzi Waldmüller, Fritz Schulz Comedy The Squeaker Martin Frič, Karel Lamač Lissy Arna, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Fritz Rasp Mystery Storm in a Water Glass Georg Jacoby Hansi Niese, Renate Müller Comedy Co-production with Austria A Storm Over Zakopane Domenico Gambino, Adolf Trotz Alfons Fryland Lilian Ellis Drama Produced in partnership with Poland The Stranger Fred Sauer Gerda Maurus, Harry Hardt, Grete Natzler Drama Co-production with France The Street Song Lupu Pick Ernst Busch, Hans Deppe Musical Student Life in Merry Springtime Heinz Paul Anita Dorris, Fritz Alberti Musical Such a Greyhound Carl Heinz Wolff Ralph Arthur Roberts, Max Adalbert, Lucie Englisch Comedy Terror of the Garrison Carl Boese Felix Bressart, Lucie Englisch Comedy That's All That Matters Joe May Nora Gregor, Harry Liedtke Musical comedy The Theft of the Mona Lisa Géza von Bolváry Willi Forst, Trude von Molo, Gustaf Gründgens Drama Three Days of Love Heinz Hilpert Hans Albers, Käthe Dorsch, Trude Berliner Drama The Threepenny Opera Georg Wilhelm Pabst Rudolf Forster, Lotte Lenya Musical A film of Bertolt Brecht; French version: L'Opéra de quat'sous The Trunks of Mr. O.F. Alexis Granowsky Peter Lorre, Alfred Abel Comedy The True Jacob Hans Steinhoff Ralph Arthur Roberts, Anny Ahlers Comedy The Unfaithful Eckehart Carl Boese Ralph Arthur Roberts, Paul Hörbiger Comedy The Unknown Guest E. W. Emo S.Z. Sakall, Lucie Englisch, Kurt Vespermann Comedy Die verliebte Firma Max Ophüls Venetian Nights Pierre Billon, Robert Wiene Florelle Roger Tréville Musical French-language version of The Love Express Victoria and Her Hussar Richard Oswald Michael Bohnen, Iván Petrovich Musical The Virtuous Sinner Fritz Kortner Max Pallenberg, Heinz Rühmann, Dolly Haas Comedy A Waltz by Strauss Conrad Wiene Hans Junkermann, Gustav Fröhlich Historical Weekend in Paradise Robert Land Trude Berliner, Claire Rommer comedy When the Soldiers Jacob Fleck, Luise Fleck Otto Wallburg, Gretl Theimer, Ida Wüst Comedy The White Ecstasy Arnold Fanck Leni Riefenstahl, Hannes Schneider Adventure Who Takes Love Seriously? Erich Engel Max Hansen, Jenny Jugo Romantic comedy Wibbel the Tailor Paul Henckels Paul Henckels, Wolfgang Zilzer Comedy Without Meyer, No Celebration is Complete Carl Boese Sig Arno, Dina Gralla Comedy Woman in the Jungle Dimitri Buchowetzki Charlotte Ander, Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur, Erich Ponto Drama MLV shot in Paris. The Woman They Talk About Victor Janson Mady Christians, Hans Stüwe Drama The Wrong Husband Johannes Guter Johannes Riemann, Maria Paudler Comedy The Yellow House of King-Fu Karl Grune Charlotte Susa, Gustav Diessl, Karl Günther Crime thriller Co-production with France Yorck Gustav Ucicky Werner Krauss, Gustaf Gründgens Historical war
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