This is a list of films produced or distributed by the German company Universum Film AG (UFA) founded in 1917 by a merger of several existing companies. It was the largest German studio during the Weimar Republic and continued this dominance during the Nazi era, where it formed part of a cartel along with Bavaria Film, Tobis Film and Terra Film.
It ceased active production following the Second World War, and its assets were put into a trust in a move by the Allied Occupation authorities to prevent too powerful a single German company being revived. Through the acquisition of the distribution company Prisma Film, the trustees were able to get around the ban around production in the mid-1950s. The UFA brand itself was revived from 1956 when the assets including the Tempelhof Studios were sold off to the Deutsche Bank. With the support of the West German government, it returned to production for several years but was unable to recapture the success of the earlier days and sustained heavy losses. A number of films released under these years were handled by the UFA-owned distributor Prisma Film. In 1964 the UFA was bought by Bertelsmann.
1910s Title Release date Director Notes Precious Stones February 1918 Rudolf Biebrach Messter Film Put to the Test March 1918 Rudolf Biebrach Messter Film The Toboggan Cavalier March 1918 Ernst Lubitsch PAGU The Ringwall Family April 1918 Rudolf Biebrach Messter Film Waves of Fate April 1918 Joe May May-Film The Adventure of a Ball Night May 1918 Viggo Larsen Messter Film Agnes Arnau and Her Three Suitors May 1918 Rudolf Biebrach Messter Film The Sacrifice May 1918 Joe May May-Film The Salamander Ruby June 1918 Rudolf Biebrach Messter Film The Ballet Girl September 1918 Ernst Lubitsch PAGU Five Minutes Too Late September 1918 Uwe Jens Krafft May-Film The Flyer from Goerz September 1918 Georg Jacoby PAGU The Rosentopf Case September 1918 Ernst Lubitsch PAGU The Son of Hannibal September 1918 Viggo Larsen Messter Film The Victors September 1918 Rudolf Biebrach Messter Film Die Augen der Mumie Ma October 1918 Ernst Lubitsch PAGU The Homecoming of Odysseus October 1918 Rudolf Biebrach Messter Film The Rat October 1918 Joe May, Harry Piel May-Film. Part of the Joe Deebs series. The Seeds of Life October 1918 Georg Jacoby PAGU. Released in two parts. Your Big Secret October 1918 Joe May May-Film The Beggar Countess November 1918 Joe May May-Film The Blue Lantern November 1918 Rudolf Biebrach Messter Film Der Gelbe Schein November 1918 Victor Janson PAGU Mania November 1918 Eugen Illés PAGU The Pied Piper of Hamelin November 1918 Paul Wegener PAGU Carmen December 1918 Ernst Lubitsch PAGU The Lady December 1918 Rudolf Biebrach Messter Film Lorenzo Burghardt December 1918 William Wauer Greenbaum Film Meyer from Berlin January 1919 Ernst Lubitsch PAGU My Wife, the Movie Star January 1919 Ernst Lubitsch PAGU The Platonic Marriage January 1919 Paul Leni May-Film Irrungen February 1919 Rudolf Biebrach Messter Film The Man of Action February 1919 Victor Janson PAGU The Carousel of Life March 1919 Georg Jacoby PAGU Die Diamanten des Zaren April 1919 Viggo Larsen Messter Film Her Sport April 1919 Rudolf Biebrach Messter Film Veritas vincit April 1919 Joe May May-Film The Spinning Ball May 1919 Rudolf Biebrach Messter Film The Woman at the Crossroads June 1919 Georg Jacoby PAGU The Panther Bride July 1919 Léo Lasko PAGU. Part of the Joe Deebs series. Ruth's Two Husbands July 1919 Rudolf Biebrach Messter Film Arme Thea August 1919 Carl Froelich The Daughter of Mehemed August 1919 Alfred Halm Messter Film The Living Dead August 1919 Rudolf Biebrach Messter Film The Merry Husband August 1919 Léo Lasko PAGU Vendetta August 1919 Georg Jacoby PAGU Madame Dubarry September 1919 Ernst Lubitsch PAGU Superstition September 1919 Georg Jacoby PAGU Comrades October 1919 Johannes Guter The Galley Slave October 1919 Paul Wegener, Rochus Gliese PAGU. Released in two parts. The Love of Marion Bach October 1919 Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers Rose Bernd October 1919 Alfred Halm Messter Film Countess Doddy November 1919 Georg Jacoby PAGU The Dagger of Malaya November 1919 Léo Lasko PAGU. Part of the Joe Deebs series. A Drive into the Blue November 1919 Rudolf Biebrach PAGU The Doll December 1919 Ernst Lubitsch PAGU The Howling Wolf December 1919 Léo Lasko PAGU. Part of the Joe Deebs series. The Mistress of the World December 1919 Joe May May-Film. Released in eight parts.
1920s