# List of German films of 1939

This is a list of the most notable films produced in the Cinema of Germany in 1939.

## A–Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Alarm at Station III | Philipp Lothar Mayring | Gustav Fröhlich, Kirsten Heiberg, Jutta Freybe | Crime | |
| Asew | Phil Jutzi | Fritz Rasp, Olga Chekhova, Hilde von Stolz | Thriller | |
| Bachelor's Paradise | Kurt Hoffmann | Heinz Rühmann, Josef Sieber, Trude Marlen | Comedy | |
| Bel Ami | Willi Forst | Olga Chekhova | Period drama | |
| Between River and Steppe | Géza von Bolváry | Attila Hörbiger, Heidemarie Hatheyer, Margit Symo | Drama | Co-production with Hungary |
| Cadets | Karl Ritter | Mathias Wieman, Carsta Löck | War | Not put into general release until December 1941 |
| Central Rio | Erich Engels | Leny Marenbach, Camilla Horn, Iván Petrovich | Drama | |
| Congo Express | Eduard von Borsody | Marianne Hoppe, Willy Birgel, René Deltgen | Adventure | |
| The Curtain Falls | Georg Jacoby | Anneliese Uhlig, Elfie Mayerhofer, Hilde Sessak | Crime | |
| D III 88 | Herbert Maisch, Hans Bertram | Christian Kayßler, Otto Wernicke, Heinz Welzel, Hermann Braun, Adolf Fischer, Horst Birr | Drama | Film from the perspective of a veteran officer about the November Revolution |
| Detours to Happiness | Fritz Peter Buch | Lil Dagover, Ewald Balser, Viktor Staal | Drama | |
| Drei Unteroffiziere | Werner Hochbaum | Albert Hehn, Fritz Genschow | War drama | |
| Escape in the Dark | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Hertha Feiler, Joachim Gottschalk | Crime | |
| The False Step | Gustaf Gründgens | Marianne Hoppe, Karl Ludwig Diehl | Drama | |
| Gold in New Frisco | Paul Verhoeven | Hans Söhnker, Alexander Golling | Western | |
| The Governor | Viktor Tourjansky | Brigitte Horney, Willy Birgel, Hannelore Schroth | Drama | |
| The Green Emperor | Paul Mundorf | Gustav Diessl, Carola Höhn | Crime | |
| Hello Janine! | Carl Boese | Johannes Heesters, Rudi Godden | Musical | |
| Her First Experience | Josef von Báky | Ilse Werner, Johannes Riemann | Romance | |
| A Hopeless Case | Erich Engel | Jenny Jugo, Karl Ludwig Diehl | Comedy | |
| Hotel Sacher | Erich Engel | Sybille Schmitz, Willy Birgel, Wolf Albach-Retty | Drama | |
| I Am Sebastian Ott | Willi Forst | Willi Forst, Gustav Diessl, Trude Marlen | Crime | |
| In the Name of the People | Erich Engels | Rudolf Fernau, Fritz Kampers, Rolf Weih | Crime | |
| The Journey to Tilsit | Veit Harlan | Kristina Söderbaum, Philip Dorn, Anna Dammann | Drama | a.k.a. The Trip to Tilsit |
| Kitty and the World Conference | Helmut Käutner | Hannelore Schroth, Fritz Odemar, Christian Gollong | Comedy |
| The Leghorn Hat | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Heinz Rühmann, Herti Kirchner, Christl Mardayn | Comedy | |
| Legion Condor | Karl Ritter | Paul Hartmann, Albert Hehn | War | |
| Liberated Hands | Hans Schweikart | Brigitte Horney, Olga Chekhova | Drama | |
| Das Lied der Wüste | Paul Martin | Zarah Leander, Friedrich Domin, Gustav Knuth | Drama | Song of the Desert |
| The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky | Carl Froelich | Zarah Leander, Aribert Wäscher | Historical romance | |
| Linen from Ireland | Heinz Helbig | Irene von Meyendorff Friedl Haerlin | Comedy drama | A comic anti-Semitic film in which a Jew tries to import linen duty-free from Ireland |
| Madame Butterfly | Carmine Gallone | Maria Cebotari, Fosco Giachetti, Lucie Englisch | Drama | Co-production with Italy |
| Maria Ilona | Géza von Bolváry | Paula Wessely, Willy Birgel | Historical/Drama | |
| Marionette | Carmine Gallone | Beniamino Gigli, Carla Rust | Comedy | German/Italian co-production |
| Marriage in Small Doses | Johannes Meyer | Leny Marenbach, Johannes Riemann | Musical comedy | |
| Men Are That Way | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Hertha Feiler, Hans Söhnker | Drama | |
| The Merciful Lie | Werner Klingler | Hilde Krahl, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Ernst von Klipstein | Drama | |
| Midsummer Night's Fire | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Anna Dammann, Ernst von Klipstein, Gertrud Meyen | Drama | |
| Mistake of the Heart | Bernd Hofmann, Alfred Stöger | Paul Hartmann, Leny Marenbach, Käthe Dorsch | Drama | |
| A Mother's Love | Gustav Ucicky | Käthe Dorsch, Paul Hörbiger, Wolf Albach-Retty | Drama | Mutterliebe; propaganda film about family and race |
| New Year's Eve on Alexanderplatz | Richard Schneider-Edenkoben | Hannes Stelzer, Carl Raddatz, Jutta Freybe | Drama | |
| Opera Ball | Géza von Bolváry | Heli Finkenzeller, Fita Benkhoff | Musical | |
| Police Report | Rudolf van der Noss | Lola Müthel, Hans Zesch-Ballot, Erich Fiedler | Crime | |
| Renate in the Quartet | Paul Verhoeven | Käthe von Nagy, Hans Brausewetter | Musical comedy | |
| The Right to Love | Joe Stöckel | Magda Schneider, Anneliese Uhlig, Viktor Staal | Drama | |
| Robert and Bertram | Hans Heinz Zerlett | Rudi Godden, Kurt Seifert | Comedy | |
| Robert Koch | Hans Steinhoff | Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Viktoria von Ballasko | Biopic | |
| The Scoundrel | Hans Deppe | Hans Moser, Josefine Dora | Comedy | |
| Shoulder Arms | Jürgen von Alten | F.W. Schröder-Schrom, Rolf Moebius | Drama | |
| Sighs of Spain | Benito Perojo | Miguel Ligero, Estrellita Castro, Roberto Rey | Comedy | Co-production with Spain |
| The Singing Fool | Johannes Meyer | Beniamino Gigli, Kirsten Heiberg, Hilde Körber | Musical | Co-production with Italy |
| The Song of Aixa | Florián Rey | Imperio Argentina, Manuel Luna, José Prada | Drama | Spanish-language. Co-production with Spain |
| Stars of Variety | Josef von Báky | La Jana, Christl Mardayn, Karin Hardt | Drama | Co-production with Hungary |
| Target in the Clouds | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Albert Matterstock, Leny Marenbach | Drama | |
| Three Fathers for Anna | Carl Boese | Ilse Werner, Hans Stüwe | Comedy | |
| Three Wonderful Days | Fritz Kirchhoff | Gustav Waldau, Gina Falckenberg | Drama | |
| Twelve Minutes After Midnight | Johannes Guter | Geraldine Katt, Ursula Herking, René Deltgen | Crime comedy | |
| Uproar in Damascus | Gustav Ucicky | Brigitte Horney, Joachim Gottschalk | Thriller | |
| Water for Canitoga | Herbert Selpin | Hans Albers | western | Water for Canitoga; set in Canada |
| We Danced Around the World | Karl Anton | Irene von Meyendorff, Carola Höhn | Musical | |
| Who's Kissing Madeleine? | Victor Janson | Magda Schneider, Albert Matterstock | Comedy | |
| Wibbel the Tailor | Viktor de Kowa | Erich Ponto, Fita Benkhoff | Historical comedy | |
| A Woman Like You | Viktor Tourjansky | Brigitte Horney, Joachim Gottschalk | Romance | |
| Woman Without a Past | Nunzio Malasomma | Sybille Schmitz, Albrecht Schoenhals, Maria von Tasnady | Drama | |

## Documentaries

| Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
| Alpenkorps im Angriff | Gösta Nordhaus | documentary | |
| Arbeitskameraden - Sportkameraden | Hans Heinrich | documentary | |
| Deutsches Land in Afrika | Johannes Häussler | documentary | German Land in Africa; |
| Dschungel-Geheimnisse | Kurt Rupli | documentary | |
| Eger, eine alte deutsche Stadt | Rudolf Gutscher | documentary | |
| Fallschirmjäger | E.K. Beltzig | documentary | |
| Gautag der NSDAP Gau Mecklenburg | | documentary | |
| Glaube und Schönheit | E.K. Beltzig | documentary | Available online here |
| Guatemala | Hans Helfritz | documentary | |
| Die jüngsten der Luftwaffe | Kurt Rupli | documentary | |
| Können Tiere denken? | Fritz Heydenreich | documentary | |
| Nach Feierabend | Rudolf van der Noss | documentary | |
| Mexiko | Hans Helfritz | documentary | |
| Nach Feierabend | Rudolf van der Noss | documentary | |
| Parade - Hitler's 50 Geburstage | Kurt Rupli | documentary | |
| Im Reiche der Liliputaner | Ulrich K.T. Schultz | Documentary | |
| Rheinland | Johannes Guter | documentary | |
| Romancero marroquí | Enrique Domínguez Rodiño, Carlos Velo | documentary | |
| Salzburg, die Festspielstadt | Kurt Rupli | documentary | |
| Schicksalswende | Johannes Häussler, Walter Scheunemann | documentary | |
| Schiff 754 | Hans Heinrich | documentary | |
| Sinnvolle Zwecklosigkeiten | Fritz Heydenreich | documentary | |
| Sonne über dem Spessart - Aschaffenburg und seine Umgebung | Hans Heinrich | documentary | |
| Steinschlangen und Vogelmenschen | Hans Helfritz | documentary | |
| Walfänger in der Antarktis | Gerhard A. Donner | | Whaling Ship in the Antarctic; 55 minute documentary |
| Wegweiser zur Gesundheit | Curt A. Engel | documentary |
| Der Westwall | Fritz Hippler | | The West Wall; propaganda film about the Siegfried Line |
| Wir fahren nach Amerika | Kurt Engel | documentary |
| Das Wort aus Stein | Kurt Rupli | documentary | |

## Short films

| Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
| Elbefahrt | Rudolf Gutscher | short | |
| Tanz der Farben | Hans Fischerkoesen | animation | |
| Ein Lied verklingt | | | In Agfacolor |
| Wagen Nr. 1 kämpft sich seinen Weg | Gert Fröbe | | |