# List of West German films of 1952

List of West German films of 1952. This was the third 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–L

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| All Clues Lead to Berlin | Franz Cap | Kurt Meisel, Hans Nielsen, Barbara Rütting | Thriller | |
| Alraune | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Hildegard Knef, Erich von Stroheim, Karlheinz Böhm | Horror, sci-fi | |
| Ambassadors of Music | Hermann Stöß | Hilde Körber, Werner Finck, Karla Höcker | Musical documentary | |
| At the Well in Front of the Gate | Hans Wolff | Sonja Ziemann, Hans Stüwe, Willy Fritsch | Romance | |
| Beautiful Night | Ralph Baum | Ingrid Lutz, Rudolf Platte, Hubert von Meyerinck | Musical comedy | Co-production with France |
| Behind Monastery Walls | Harald Reinl | Olga Chekhova, Philip Dorn, Dorothea Wieck | Drama | |
| Big City Secret | Leo de Laforgue | Ingrid Lutz, Fritz Wagner, Alfred Schieske | Crime | |
| The Blue and White Lion | Werner Jacobs | Wastl Witt, Elise Aulinger, Lore Frisch | Comedy | |
| Captive Soul | Hans Wolff | Adrian Hoven, Anne-Marie Blanc, Attila Hörbiger | Drama | |
| Carnival in White | Hans Albin, Harry R. Sokal | Adrian Hoven, Hannelore Bollmann, Lucie Englisch | Comedy | |
| The Chaste Libertine | Carl Boese | Georg Thomalla, Grethe Weiser, Marianne Koch | Comedy | |
| The Colourful Dream | Géza von Cziffra | Vera Molnar, Josef Meinrad, Ursula Grabley | Musical | |
| The Crucifix Carver of Ammergau | Harald Reinl | Erich Auer, Elise Aulinger, Ingeborg Cornelius | Drama | |
| Cuba Cabana | Fritz Peter Buch | Zarah Leander, O.W. Fischer, Paul Hartmann | Drama, Musical | |
| Dancing Stars | Géza von Cziffra | Germaine Damar, Georg Thomalla, Axel von Ambesser | Musical | |
| The Day Before the Wedding | Rolf Thiele | Paul Dahlke, Elisabeth Müller, Käthe Haack | Comedy | |
| Desires | Rolf Hansen | Heidemarie Hatheyer, O.W. Fischer, René Deltgen | Drama | |
| Don't Ask My Heart | Paul Martin | Willy Birgel, Heidemarie Hatheyer, Maria Holst | Drama | |
| The Exchange | Karl Anton | Viktor Staal, Carola Höhn, Gertrud Kückelmann | Comedy | |
| Father Needs a Wife | Harald Braun | Dieter Borsche, Ruth Leuwerik, Bruni Löbel | Comedy | |
| Fight of the Tertia | Erik Ode | Brigitte Rau, Wolfgang Jansen, Hans Stiebner | Family | |
| The Forester's Daughter | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Johanna Matz, Karl Schönböck, Käthe von Nagy | Musical | |
| Fritz and Friederike | Géza von Bolváry | Liselotte Pulver, Albert Lieven, Erika von Thellmann | Comedy | |
| The Great Temptation | Rolf Hansen | Dieter Borsche, Ruth Leuwerik, Renate Mannhardt | Drama | |
| Heimat Bells | Hermann Kugelstadt | Hansi Knoteck, Armin Dahlen, Renate Mannhardt | Drama | |
| Holiday From Myself | Hans Deppe | Rudolf Prack, Marianne Hold, Willy Fritsch | Comedy | |
| Homesick for You | Robert A. Stemmle | Margot Hielscher, Peter Pasetti, Josefin Kipper | Musical | |
| House of Life | Karl Hartl | Gustav Fröhlich, Cornell Borchers, Viktor Staal | Drama | |
| I Can't Marry Them All | Hans Wolff | Sonja Ziemann, Adrian Hoven, Hardy Krüger | Musical | |
| I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg | Ernst Neubach | Adrian Hoven, Paul Hörbiger, Eva Probst | Musical | |
| Illusion in a Minor Key | Rudolf Jugert | Hildegard Knef, Sybille Schmitz, Hardy Krüger | Drama | |
| The Imaginary Invalid | Hans H. König | Joe Stöckel, Inge Egger, Oskar Sima | Comedy | |
| I'm Waiting for You | Volker von Collande | Hanna Rucker, Joachim Brennecke, Anne-Marie Blanc | Drama | |
| Klettermaxe | Kurt Hoffmann | Liselotte Pulver, Albert Lieven, Charlott Daudert | Crime comedy | |
| Knall and Fall as Imposters | Ulrich Bettac, Hubert Marischka | Hans Richter, Rudolf Carl, Curd Jürgens | Comedy | Co-production with Austria |
| The Land of Smiles | Hans Deppe, Erik Ode | Mártha Eggerth, Jan Kiepura, Paul Hörbiger | Musical | |

## M–Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Merry Vineyard | Erich Engel | Gustav Knuth, Camilla Spira, Eva-Ingeborg Scholz | Comedy | |
| Mikosch Comes In | Johann Alexander Hübler-Kahla | Georg Thomalla, Willy Fritsch, Paul Hörbiger | Comedy | |
| The Mistress of Treves | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Rossano Brazzi, Anne Vernon, Enzo Fiermonte | Historical | Co-production with Italy |
| Monks, Girls and Hungarian Soldiers | Ferdinand Dörfler | Joe Stöckel, Paul Hartmann, Petra Peters | Historical comedy | |
| My Name is Niki | Rudolf Jugert | Paul Hörbiger, Aglaja Schmid, Hardy Krüger | Comedy drama | |
| My Wife Is Being Stupid | Géza von Bolváry | Inge Egger, Hans Holt, Marina Ried | Comedy | |
| Nights on the Road | Rudolf Jugert | Hans Albers, Hildegard Knef, Lucie Mannheim | Crime | |
| No Greater Love | Harald Braun | Hilde Krahl, Dieter Borsche, Werner Hinz | Drama | |
| Oh, You Dear Fridolin | Peter Hamel | Hans Reiser, Ingrid Andree, Otto Gebühr | Comedy | |
| Once on the Rhine | Helmut Weiss | Maria Paudler, Paul Henckels, Albert Florath | Comedy | |
| Palace Hotel | Emil Berna, Leonard Steckel | Paul Hubschmid, Claude Farell, Anne-Marie Blanc | Drama | Co-production with Switzerland |
| Pension Schöller | Georg Jacoby | Camilla Spira, Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Joachim Brennecke | Comedy | |
| Poison in the Zoo | Hans Müller, Wolfgang Staudte | Irene von Meyendorff, Carl Raddatz, Petra Peters | Thriller | |
| The Prince of Pappenheim | Hans Deppe | Viktor de Kowa, Hannelore Schroth, Georg Thomalla | Comedy | |
| Queen of the Arena | Rolf Meyer | Maria Litto, Hans Söhnker, Grethe Weiser | Musical drama | |
| Rose of the Mountain | Hubert Marischka | Marte Harell, Grethe Weiser, Waltraut Haas | Musical comedy | |
| Roses Bloom on the Moorland | Hans H. König | Ruth Niehaus, Hermann Schomberg, Gisela von Collande | Drama | |
| The Secret of the Mountain Lake | Jean Dréville | Lil Dagover, Marcelle Géniat, Michel Barbey | Drama | Co-production with Switzerland |
| The Sergeant's Daughter | George Hurdalek | Johanna Matz, Jan Hendriks, Paul Hartmann | Drama | |
| Shooting Stars | Hans Müller | Rudolf Prack, Ilse Steppat, Paul Dahlke | Drama | |
| That Can Happen to Anyone | Paul Verhoeven | Heinz Rühmann, Ingrid Lutz, Gustav Knuth | Comedy | |
| The Thief of Bagdad | Karel Lamač | Sonja Ziemann, Rudolf Prack, Theo Lingen, Paul Kemp | Comedy | |
| A Thousand Red Roses Bloom | Alfred Braun | Rudolf Prack, Winnie Markus, Maria Holst | Drama | |
| Three Days of Fear | Erich Waschneck | Rudolf Platte, Camilla Spira, Cornelia Froboess | Comedy | |
| Towers of Silence | Hans Bertram | Philip Dorn, Gisela Uhlen, Carl Raddatz | Adventure | |
| Toxi | Robert A. Stemmle | Paul Bildt, Johanna Hofer, Elfie Fiegert | Drama | |
| Turtledove General Delivery | Gerhard T. Buchholz | Horst Niendorf, Barbara Rütting, Wolfgang Jansen | Comedy | |
| Two People | Paul May | Edith Mill, Helmuth Schneider, Gustav Waldau | Historical drama | |
| Under the Thousand Lanterns | Erich Engel | Michel Auclair, Hanna Rucker, René Deltgen | Crime drama | West German-French co-production. Entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival |
| Until We Meet Again | Gustav Ucicky | Maria Schell, O.W. Fischer, Karl Ludwig Diehl | Drama | |
| A Very Big Child | Paul Verhoeven | Georg Thomalla, Angelika Hauff, Gardy Granass | Comedy | |
| Weekend in Paradise | Kurt Hoffmann | Paul Dahlke, Carola Höhn, Carsta Löck | Comedy | |
| We're Dancing on the Rainbow | Carmine Gallone, Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Inge Egger, Isa Barzizza, Karl Schönböck | Musical | Co-production with Italy |
| When the Heath Dreams at Night | Paul Martin | Rudolf Prack, Viktor Staal, Fita Benkhoff | Drama | |
| The White Adventure | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Joe Stöckel, Lucie Englisch, Adrian Hoven | Comedy | |
| The White Horse Inn | Willi Forst | Johanna Matz, Johannes Heesters, Rudolf Forster | Musical | |
| You Only Live Once | Ernst Neubach | Theo Lingen, Marina Ried, Rudolf Platte | Comedy | |