List of German films of 1940

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Aberglaube Walter Ruttmann documentary
Achtung! Feind hört mit! Arthur Maria Rabenalt Kirsten Heiberg, Rolf Weih, Rene Deltgen, Lotte Koch Beware! The Enemy Is Listening!
Between Hamburg and Haiti Erich Waschneck Gustav Knuth, Gisela Uhlen Drama
Bismarck Wolfgang Liebeneiner Paul Hartmann, Lil Dagover Historical
Baumeisterin Chemie Hans Schipulle Short Documentary 17 minutes
Clothes Make the Man Helmut Käutner Heinz Rühmann, Hertha Feiler Comedy
Deutsche Arbeitsstätten Svend Noldan documentary German Work Places; 10 min
Deutsche Frontflugzeuge E.K. Beltzig documentary German Front aircraft
Deutsche Panzer Walter Ruttmann documentary German Tanks
Deutsche Waffenschmieden Walter Ruttmann documentary German Weaponry
Der Ewige Jude Fritz Hippler The Eternal Jew; Anti-Semitic documentary propaganda film
Fahrt ins Leben Bernd Hofmann Journey Into Life; Nazi film about 3 Merchant Navy Cadets.
Feinde Viktor Tourjansky Enemies; Film justifying the German Invasion of Poland
Feldzug in Polen Fritz Hippler 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
Friedrich Schiller - Der Triumph eines Genies Herbert Maisch Friedrich Schiller - the Triumph of a Genius
Der Fuchs von Glenarvon Max W. Kimmich Olga Tschechowa, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Ferdinand Marian, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, The Fox of Glenarvon; pro-Irish film.
Der gestiefelte Kater Ferdinand Diehl animation
The Girl at the ReceptionGerhard LamprechtMagda Schneider, Richard HausslerDrama
The Girl from Barnhelm Hans SchweikartKäthe Gold, Ewald BalserHistorical comedy
Helfende Hände Kurt Rupli
Das Herz der Königin Carl Froelich 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
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
Karikatur 1 Louis Steel animation
Kleider machen Leute Helmut Käutner based on the story by Swiss writer Gottfried Keller starring Heinz Rühmann and his wife Hertha Feiler
Kora Terry Georg Jacoby
Der Marsch zum Führer Unknown documentary The March to the Führer; propaganda film about Hitler Youth March to Nazi Party Congress
Nightclub Hostess Albert Valentin Michèle Morgan L'Entraîneuse;
French-language film
Operette Willi Forst, Karl Hartl and Robert Naestelberger
Ostraum - Deutscher Raum Werner Buhre
Our Miss Doctor Erich Engel Jenny Jugo Unser Fräulein Doktor
Der Postmeister Gustav Ucicky The Postmaster
Ein Robinson Arnold Fanck
Roses in Tyrol Géza von Bolváry Marte Harell, Johannes Heesters Musical comedy
Die Rothschilds Erich Waschneck The Rothschilds; anti-semitic dramatic propaganda film
Die Schwarze Kunst des Johannes Gutenberg Kurt Rupli
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
Vom Bäumlein, das andere Blätter hat gewollt Heinz Tischmeyer animation Propaganda
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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