# List of West German films of 1955

List of West German films of 1955. This was the sixth full year of film production since the formal partition of Germany into East and West in 1949. Major production centres were gathered in Hamburg, Munich and West Berlin. A separate East German film industry controlled by DEFA operated in East Berlin.

## A–K

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Alibi | Alfred Weidenmann | O.E. Hasse, Martin Held, Hardy Krüger | Crime | |
| The Ambassador's Wife | Hans Deppe | Paul Hubschmid, Ingrid Andree, Antje Weisgerber | Drama | |
| André and Ursula | Werner Jacobs | Ivan Desny, Elisabeth Müller, Ina Peters | Drama | |
| As Long as There Are Pretty Girls | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Georg Thomalla, Alice Kessler, Ellen Kessler | Musical | |
| As Long as You Live | Harald Reinl | Adrian Hoven, Marianne Koch, Karin Dor | War | |
| Ball at the Savoy | Paul Martin | Rudolf Prack, Nadja Tiller, Eva Ingeborg Scholz | Musical | |
| Bandits of the Autobahn | Géza von Cziffra | Hans Christian Blech, Charles Régnier, Eva Ingeborg Scholz | Crime thriller | |
| The Barrings | Rolf Thiele | Dieter Borsche, Nadja Tiller, Paul Hartmann | Drama | |
| Before God and Man | Erich Engel | Viktor de Kowa, Antje Weisgerber, Hans Söhnker | Drama | |
| Beloved Enemy | Rolf Hansen | Ruth Leuwerik, Werner Hinz, Thomas Holtzmann | Drama | |
| The Blacksmith of St. Bartholomae | Max Michel | Viktor Staal, Marianne Koch, Annie Rosar | Drama | |
| The Captain and His Hero | Max Nosseck | Ernst Schröder, Jo Herbst, Ilse Steppat | War | |
| Children, Mother, and the General | László Benedek | Hilde Krahl, Therese Giehse, Ewald Balser | War drama | |
| Closed Exit | Ignacio F. Iquino | Viktor Staal, Laya Raki, Albert Matterstock | Crime | Co-production with Spain |
| The Cornet | Walter Reisch | Anita Björk, Wolfgang Preiss, Peter van Eyck | Drama | |
| The Dark Star | Hermann Kugelstadt | Elfie Fiegert, Ilse Steppat, Viktor Staal | Drama | |
| The Devil's General | Helmut Käutner | Curd Jürgens, Marianne Koch, Albert Lieven | Drama | |
| The Doctor's Secret | August Rieger | Hilde Krahl, Ewald Balser, Erik Frey | Drama | Co-production with Austria |
| Doctor Solm | Paul May | Hans Söhnker, Sybil Werden, Antje Weisgerber | Drama | |
| The Double Husband | Ferdinand Dörfler | Joe Stöckel, Grethe Weiser, Ingrid Pan | Comedy | |
| Escape to the Dolomites | Luis Trenker | Luis Trenker, Marianne Hold, Yvonne Sanson | Drama | Co-production with Italy |
| The False Adam | Géza von Cziffra | Waltraut Haas, Rudolf Platte, Doris Kirchner | Comedy | |
| Father's Day | Hans Richter | Grethe Weiser, Paul Westermeier, Camilla Spira | Comedy | |
| The Fisherman from Heiligensee | Hans H. König | Edith Mill, Lil Dagover, Albert Lieven | Comedy | |
| A Girl Without Boundaries | Géza von Radványi | Sonja Ziemann, Ivan Desny, Barbara Rütting | Drama | |
| The Forest House in Tyrol | Hermann Kugelstadt | Wera Frydtberg, Helmuth Schneider, Dorothea Wieck | Drama | |
| Hanussen | Georg Marischka | O.W. Fischer, Liselotte Pulver, Werner Finck | Drama | |
| The Happy Village | Rudolf Schündler | Hannelore Bollmann, Carl Hinrichs, Gerhard Riedmann | Comedy | |
| The Happy Wanderer | Hans Quest | Rudolf Schock, Waltraut Haas, Willy Fritsch | Comedy | |
| A Heart Full of Music | Robert A. Stemmle | Vico Torriani, Ina Halley, Ruth Stephan | Musical | |
| Heaven Is Never Booked Up | Alfred Weidenmann | Hardy Krüger, Irene Galter, Viktor de Kowa | Comedy | |
| Hello, My Name is Cox | Georg Jacoby | Johannes Heesters, Nadja Tiller, Claude Borelli | Crime comedy | |
| Her First Date | Axel von Ambesser | Nicole Heesters, Paul Dahlke, Adrian Hoven | Comedy | Co-production with Austria |
| The Heroes Are Tired | Yves Ciampi | Yves Montand, María Félix, Curd Jürgens, Jean Servais, Gert Fröbe | Adventure | Co-production with France |
| Heroism after Hours | Multiple directors | Josef Sieber, Harald Juhnke, Oliver Hassencamp | Comedy | |
| The Inn on the Lahn | J.A. Hübler-Kahla | Oskar Sima, Dorit Kreysler, Ingrid Pan | Comedy | |
| Hotel Adlon | Josef von Báky | Nelly Borgeaud, René Deltgen, Nadja Tiller | Drama | |
| How Do I Become a Film Star? | Theo Lingen | Nadja Tiller, Harald Juhnke, Bibi Johns | Musical comedy | |
| I Know What I'm Living For | Paul Verhoeven | Luise Ullrich, Robert Freitag, Lil Dagover | Drama | |
| I Often Think of Piroschka | Kurt Hoffmann | Liselotte Pulver, Gunnar Möller, Wera Frydtberg | Romantic comedy | |
| I Was an Ugly Girl | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Sonja Ziemann, Dieter Borsche, Karlheinz Böhm | Comedy | |
| The Immenhof Girls | Wolfgang Schleif | Heidi Brühl, Margarete Haagen, Paul Henckels, | Family | |
| Ingrid | Géza von Radványi | Johanna Matz, Paul Hubschmid, Erni Mangold | Comedy | |
| The Inn on the Lahn | J.A. Hübler-Kahla | Oskar Sima, Dorit Kreysler, Ingrid Pan | Comedy | |
| Island of the Dead | Victor Tourjansky | Willy Birgel, Inge Egger, Folke Sundquist | Drama | |
| Jackboot Mutiny | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Bernhard Wicki, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Carl Wery | Thriller | |
| The Last Man | Harald Braun | Hans Albers, Romy Schneider, Rudolf Forster | Drama | |
| The Last Ten Days | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Albin Skoda, Oskar Werner, Erik Frey | War drama | Co-production with Austria |
| Let the Sun Shine Again | Hubert Marischka | Hans Holt, Hertha Feiler, Cornelia Froboess | Comedy | Co-production with Austria |
| Lola Montès | Max Ophüls | Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook | Drama | Co-production with France |
| Lost Child 312 | Gustav Machatý | Inge Egger, Paul Klinger, Heli Finkenzeller | Drama | |
| Love, Dance and a Thousand Songs | Paul Martin | Caterina Valente, Peter Alexander, Rudolf Platte | Musical | |
| Love Is Just a Fairytale | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Willy Fritsch, Claude Farell, Gerhard Riedmann | Musical comedy | |
| Love Without Illusions | Erich Engel | Sonja Ziemann, Curd Jürgens, Heidemarie Hatheyer | Drama | |
| Love's Carnival | Willy Birgel | Ruth Niehaus, Dietmar Schönherr, Elma Karlowa | Drama | |

## L–Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Ludwig II | Helmut Käutner | O.W. Fischer, Ruth Leuwerik, Marianne Koch | Historical | |
| The Major and the Bulls | Eduard von Borsody | Fritz Tillmann, Christiane Hörbiger, Attila Hörbiger | Comedy | |
| Mamitschka | Rolf Thiele | Mila Kopp, Rudolf Platte, Jester Naefe | Comedy drama | |
| Ein Mann vergißt die Liebe | Volker von Collande | Willy Birgel, Maria Holst, Willi Forst | Drama | |
| Marianne of My Youth | Julien Duvivier | Marianne Hold, Horst Buchholz, Friedrich Domin | Romance | Co-production with France |
| Master of Life and Death | Victor Vicas | Maria Schell, Ivan Desny, Wilhelm Borchert | Drama | |
| The Mistress of Solderhof | Jürgen von Alten | Ilse Werner, Viktor Staal, Annie Rosar | Drama | |
| Music in the Blood | Erik Ode | Viktor de Kowa, Nadia Gray, Waltraut Haas | Musical | |
| Music, Music and Only Music | Ernst Matray | Walter Giller, Inge Egger, Lonny Kellner | Musical | |
| My Children and I | Wolfgang Schleif | Grethe Weiser, Doris Kirchner, Claus Biederstaedt | Comedy drama | |
| My Leopold | Géza von Bolváry | Paul Hörbiger, Ingeborg Körner, Grethe Weiser | Comedy | |
| Oasis | Yves Allégret | Michèle Morgan, Cornell Borchers, Carl Raddatz | Adventure drama | French-West German co-production |
| One Woman Is Not Enough? | Ulrich Erfurth | Hilde Krahl, Hans Söhnker, Rudolf Forster | Drama | |
| Operation Sleeping Bag | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Paul Klinger, Karlheinz Böhm | Comedy | |
| Parole Heimat | Fritz Stapenhorst | Michael Cramer, Rolf Weih, Peter Arens | Comedy | |
| The Plot to Assassinate Hitler | Falk Harnack | Wolfgang Preiss, Fritz Tillmann, Maximilian Schell | War drama | |
| The Priest from Kirchfeld | Hans Deppe | Ulla Jacobsson, Claus Holm, Elise Aulinger | Comedy | |
| Die Ratten | Robert Siodmak | Maria Schell, Curd Jürgens, Heidemarie Hatheyer | Drama | Won the Golden Bear at Berlin |
| Reaching for the Stars | Carl-Heinz Schroth | Erik Schumann, Liselotte Pulver, Gustav Knuth | Drama | |
| Request Concert | Erik Ode | Germaine Damar, Georg Thomalla, Renate Holm | Musical | |
| Ripening Youth | Ulrich Erfurth | Adelheid Seeck, Maximilian Schell, Albert Lieven | Drama | |
| Roman einer Siebzehnjährigen | Paul Verhoeven | Ingrid Andree, Heidi Brühl, Paul Dahlke | Drama | |
| Roses in Autumn | Rudolf Jugert | Ruth Leuwerik, Bernhard Wicki, Carl Raddatz | Drama | |
| Royal Hunt in Ischl | Hans Schott-Schöbinger | Elma Karlowa, Herta Staal, Hans von Borsody | Historical | Co-production with Austria |
| The Royal Waltz | Victor Tourjansky | Marianne Koch, Michael Cramer, Linda Geiser | Historical | |
| Sacred Lie | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Ulla Jacobsson, Karlheinz Böhm, Erwin Strahl | Drama | |
| Secrets of the City | Fritz Kortner | Paul Hörbiger, Adrian Hoven, Grethe Weiser | Drama | |
| Sergeant Borck | Gerhard Lamprecht | Gerhard Riedmann, Annemarie Düringer, Ingrid Andree | Crime mystery | |
| Silence in the Forest | Helmut Weiss | Rudolf Lenz, Sonja Sutter, Angelika Hauff | Drama | |
| Sky Without Stars | Helmut Käutner | Erik Schumann, Eva Kotthaus, Horst Buchholz | Drama | |
| Son Without a Home | Hans Deppe | Werner Krauss, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Josefin Kipper | Drama | |
| The Song of Kaprun | Anton Kutter | Waltraut Haas, Albert Lieven, Eduard Köck | Drama | Co-production with Austria |
| The Spanish Fly | Carl Boese | Joe Stöckel, Erika von Thellmann, Rudolf Platte | Comedy | |
| Special Delivery | John Brahm | Joseph Cotten, Eva Bartok, René Deltgen | Comedy | |
| Stopover in Orly | Jean Dréville | Dany Robin, Dieter Borsche, Heinz Rühmann | Romance | Co-production with France |
| Three Days Confined to Barracks | Georg Jacoby | Ernst Waldow, Grethe Weiser, Eva Probst | Comedy | |
| Three Girls from the Rhine | Georg Jacoby | Gardy Granass, Margit Saad, Fita Benkhoff | Comedy | |
| The Three from the Filling Station | Hans Wolff | Adrian Hoven, Walter Giller, Walter Müller | Musical | |
| Two Blue Eyes | Gustav Ucicky | Marianne Koch, Claus Holm, Helen Vita | Romance | |
| Verrat an Deutschland | Veit Harlan | Kristina Söderbaum, Paul Muller, Valéry Inkijinoff | Spy drama | |
| Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne | Hans Quest | Heinz Rühmann, Waltraut Haas, Sybil Werden | Comedy drama | |
| When the Alpine Roses Bloom | Hans Deppe, Richard Häussler | Hertha Feiler, Claus Holm, Marianne Hold | Drama | |
| Yes, Yes, Love in Tyrol | Géza von Bolváry | Gerhard Riedmann, Hans Moser, Doris Kirchner | Comedy | |
| You Can No Longer Remain Silent | Robert A. Stemmle | Heidemarie Hatheyer, Wilhelm Borchert, Werner Hinz | Drama | |
| Your Life Guards | Hans Deppe | Ingrid Andree, Gerhard Riedmann, Wolf Albach-Retty | Romance | |
| 08/15 at Home | Paul May | O.E. Hasse, Joachim Fuchsberger, Hans Christian Blech | War | |
| 08/15 – Part 2 | Paul May | O.E. Hasse, Joachim Fuchsberger, Hans Christian Blech | War | |

## Shorts, Documentaries and Animated films

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Cinderella | Fritz Genschow | Rita-Maria Nowotny, Renée Stobrawa, Werner Stock | Family | |
| Rumpelstiltskin | Herbert B. Fredersdorf | F.W. Schröder-Schrom, Harry Wüstenhagen, Wilhelm Grothe | Family | |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Erich Kobler | Elke Arendt [de], Addi Adametz [de] | Family | |
| Der Struwwelpeter | Fritz Genschow | Fredy Kaindl, Traude Höhnisch, Eric Canso | Family | Based on Struwwelpeter |