# List of West German films of 1956

This is a list of feature films produced and distributed in West Germany in 1956.

## A–Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| As Long as the Roses Bloom | Hans Deppe | Hertha Feiler, Willy Fritsch, Gerhard Riedmann | Romance | |
| Ballerina | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Willy Birgel, Elisabeth Müller, Ivan Desny | Drama | |
| The Bath in the Barn | Paul Martin | Sonja Ziemann, Paul Klinger, Herta Staal | Comedy | Co-production with Austria |
| The Beautiful Master | Rudolf Schündler | Herta Staal, Walter Gross, Susi Nicoletti | Comedy | |
| Before Sundown | Gottfried Reinhardt | Hans Albers, Martin Held, Hannelore Schroth | Drama | Entered into the 6th Berlin International Film Festival and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film |
| The Beggar Student | Werner Jacobs | Gerhard Riedmann, Waltraut Haas, Elma Karlowa | Musical | |
| Beloved Corinna | Eduard von Borsody | Elisabeth Müller, Hannelore Schroth, Hans Söhnker | Drama | |
| Between Time and Eternity | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Lilli Palmer, Willy Birgel, Carlos Thompson | Drama | Co-production with Spain |
| Black Forest Melody | Géza von Bolváry | Carl Wery, Gardy Granass, Willy Fritsch | Comedy | |
| Bonjour Kathrin | Karl Anton | Caterina Valente, Peter Alexander, Dietmar Schönherr | Musical | |
| The Captain from Köpenick | Helmut Käutner | Heinz Rühmann, Hannelore Schroth, Martin Held | Comedy drama | |
| Charley's Aunt | Hans Quest | Heinz Rühmann, Claus Biederstaedt, Walter Giller | Comedy | |
| Devil in Silk | Rolf Hansen | Lilli Palmer, Curd Jürgens, Winnie Markus | Drama | |
| The First Day of Spring | Helmut Weiss | Luise Ullrich, Paul Dahlke, Ingeborg Schöner | Comedy | |
| Forest Liesel | Herbert B. Fredersdorf | Anita Gutwell, Rudolf Lenz, Rudolf Carl | Comedy drama | |
| Fruit in the Neighbour's Garden | Erich Engels | Oskar Sima, Grethe Weiser, Ursula Herking | Comedy | |
| Fruit Without Love | Ulrich Erfurth | Gertrud Kückelmann, Bernhard Wicki, Claus Holm | Drama | |
| The Girl from Flanders | Helmut Käutner | Maximilian Schell, Nicole Berger, Gert Fröbe | War drama | |
| The Golden Bridge | Paul Verhoeven | Ruth Leuwerik, Curd Jürgens, Paul Hubschmid | Drama | |
| A Heart Returns Home | Eugen York | Maximilian Schell, Maria Holst, Willy Birgel | Drama | |
| Holiday in Tyrol | Wolfgang Schleif | Hans Söhnker, Edith Mill, Michael Ande | Drama | |
| The Hunter from Roteck | Hermann Kugelstadt | Michael Cramer, Doris Kirchner, Oskar Sima | Drama | |
| Ich suche Dich | O. W. Fischer | O.W. Fischer, Anouk Aimée, Nadja Tiller | Drama | |
| I'll See You at Lake Constance | Hans Albin | Gretl Schörg, Lonny Kellner, Carola Höhn | Musical comedy | |
| In Hamburg When the Nights Are Long | Max Michel | Barbara Rütting, Erwin Strahl, Dorit Kreysler | Crime | |
| Kitty and the Great Big World | Alfred Weidenmann | Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, O.E. Hasse | Comedy | |
| Liane, Jungle Goddess | Eduard von Borsody | Marion Michael, Hardy Krüger, Reggie Nalder | Adventure | |
| Like Once Lili Marleen | Paul Verhoeven | Adrian Hoven, Marianne Hold, Claus Holm | Drama | |
| Love | Horst Hächler | Maria Schell, Raf Vallone, Eva Kotthaus | Drama | Co-production with Italy |
| Love, Summer and Music | Hubert Marischka | Joe Stöckel, Dorit Kreysler, Jutta Günther | Comedy | Co-production with Austria |
| Max and Moritz | Norbert Schultze | Harry Wüstenhagen, Kristian Schultze | Family | |
| Melody of the Heath | Ulrich Erfurth | Carsta Löck, Martin Benrath, Kurt Vespermann | Romance | |
| Michel Strogoff | Carmine Gallone | Curd Jürgens, Geneviève Page, Sylva Koscina | Adventure | Co-production with France |
| The Model Husband | Erik Ode | Harald Juhnke, Inge Egger, Theo Lingen | Comedy | |
| My Aunt, Your Aunt | Carl Boese | Theo Lingen, Hans Moser, Georg Thomalla | Comedy | |
| My Brother Joshua | Hans Deppe | Willy A. Kleinau, Ingrid Andree, Gunnar Möller | Drama | |
| My Father, the Actor | Robert Siodmak | O.W. Fischer, Hilde Krahl, Susanne von Almassy | Drama | |
| My Husband's Getting Married Today | Kurt Hoffmann | Liselotte Pulver, Johannes Heesters, Paul Hubschmid | Comedy | |
| My Sixteen Sons | Hans Domnick | Lil Dagover, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Else Reval | Drama | |
| Night of Decision | Falk Harnack | Carl Raddatz, Hilde Krahl, Albert Lieven | Drama | |
| Nina | Rudolf Jugert | Anouk Aimée, Karlheinz Böhm, Peter Carsten | Drama | |
| The Old Forester House | Harald Philipp | Paul Klinger, Anita Gutwell, Trude Hesterberg | Comedy drama | |
| Regine | Harald Braun | Johanna Matz, Erik Schumann, Horst Buchholz | Drama | |
| San Salvatore | Werner Jacobs | Dieter Borsche, Antje Weisgerber, Will Quadflieg | Drama | |
| Santa Lucia | Werner Jacobs | Vico Torriani, Eva Kerbler, Karin Dor | Musical, comedy | |
| Spy for Germany | Werner Klingler | Martin Held, Nadja Tiller, Viktor Staal | Thriller | |
| The Stolen Trousers | Géza von Cziffra | Susanne Cramer, Ruth Stephan, Peter Weck | Comedy | |
| The Story of Anastasia | Falk Harnack | Lilli Palmer, Ivan Desny, Dorothea Wieck | Drama | |
| Supreme Confession | Sergio Corbucci | Anna Maria Ferrero, Massimo Serato, Sonja Ziemann | Drama | Co-production with Italy |
| Teenage Wolfpack | Georg Tressler | Horst Buchholz, Karin Baal, Christian Doermer | Crime drama | |
| A Thousand Melodies | Hans Deppe | Bibi Johns, Gardy Granass, Martin Benrath | Musical | |
| Three Birch Trees on the Heath | Ulrich Erfurth | Margit Saad, Sonja Sutter, Helmuth Schneider | Drama | |
| Through the Forests and Through the Trees | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Eva Bartok, Peter Arens, Joe Stöckel | Comedy | |
| The Tour Guide of Lisbon | Hans Deppe | Vico Torriani, Inge Egger, Gunnar Möller | Comedy | |
| The Trapp Family | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Ruth Leuwerik, Hans Holt, Josef Meinrad | Comedy drama | |
| Two Bavarians in St. Pauli | Hermann Kugelstadt | Joe Stöckel, Beppo Brem, Lucie Englisch | Comedy | |
| Viele kamen vorbei [de] | Peter Pewas [de] | Christian Doermer, Harald Maresch [de], Frances Martin | Thriller | |
| The Vulture Wally | František Čáp | Barbara Rütting, Carl Möhner, Helga Neuner | Drama | |
| Where the Ancient Forests Rustle | Alfons Stummer | Willy Fritsch, Josefin Kipper, Carl Möhner | Drama | |
| Without You All Is Darkness | Curd Jürgens | Eva Bartok, René Deltgen, Ursula Grabley | Drama | |