# List of German films of 1945–1949

This is a list of the most notable films produced in Cinema of Germany between 1945 and 1959.
For an alphabetical list of articles on West German films see Category:West German films.
Missing films may be Austrian productions.

## 1946

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Allez Hopp | Hans Fritz Köllner | Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur, Hilde Körber | Drama | |
| Die Fledermaus | Géza von Bolváry | Marte Harell, Johannes Heesters | Comedy | filmed before 1945 |
| Free Land | Milo Harbich | Fritz Wagner, Herbert Wilk | Drama | |
| Murderers Among Us | Wolfgang Staudte | Wilhelm Borchert, Hildegard Knef | Drama | |
| Peter Voss, Thief of Millions | Karl Anton | Viktor de Kowa, Else von Möllendorff | Comedy crime | filmed before 1945 |
| Somewhere in Berlin | Gerhard Lamprecht | Mady Rahl, Rotraut Richter | Drama | |
| Tell the Truth | Helmut Weiss | Gustav Fröhlich, Mady Rahl | Comedy | |
| Under the Bridges | Helmut Käutner | Hannelore Schroth, Carl Raddatz | Drama | filmed before 1945 |

## 1947

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| And the Heavens Above Us | Josef von Báky | Hans Albers, Lotte Koch, Annemarie Hase | Drama | |
| And If We Should Meet Again | Hans Müller | Paul Dahlke, Käthe Haack, Willi Rose | Drama | |
| Between Yesterday and Tomorrow | Harald Braun | Winnie Markus, Hildegard Knef, Sybille Schmitz | Drama | |
| Ghost in the Castle | Hans H. Zerlett | Margot Hielscher, Fritz Odemar, Sonja Ziemann | Comedy | |
| In Those Days | Helmut Käutner | Winnie Markus, Carl Raddatz, Erwin Geschonneck | Drama | |
| King of Hearts | Helmut Weiss | Hans Nielsen, Sonja Ziemann, Georg Thomalla | Comedy | |
| Marriage in the Shadows | Kurt Maetzig | Paul Klinger, Ilse Steppat, Claus Holm | Drama | |
| The Millionaire | Robert A. Stemmle | Hans Moser, Annie Rosar, Hans Holt | Comedy | |
| No Place for Love | Hans Deppe | Bruni Löbel, Heinz Lausch, Ernst Legal | Romance | |
| Quax in Africa | Helmut Weiss | Heinz Rühmann, Hertha Feiler, Karin Himboldt | Comedy | filmed before 1945 |
| Raid | Werner Klingler | Paul Bildt, Agathe Poschmann Claus Holm | Crime | |
| Wozzeck | Georg C. Klaren | Kurt Meisel Paul Henckels, Arno Paulsen | Drama | |

## 1948

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1-2-3 Corona | Hans Müller | Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Lutz Moik, Walter Werner | Drama | |
| An Everyday Story | Günther Rittau | Gustav Fröhlich, Marianne Simson, Karl Schönböck | Drama | |
| Anni | Max Neufeld | Elfie Mayerhofer, Siegfried Breuer, Josef Meinrad | Romance | Co-production with Austria |
| The Berliner | Robert A. Stemmle | Gert Fröbe, Tatjana Sais, Aribert Wäscher | Comedy | |
| Blocked Signals | Johannes Meyer | Heinz Engelmann, Wolfgang Lukschy, Walter Franck | Thriller | |
| Blum Affair | Erich Engel | Hans Christian Blech, Ernst Waldow, Karin Evans | Drama | |
| Chemistry and Love | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Hans Nielsen, Tilly Lauenstein, Ralph Lothar | Comedy | |
| The Court Concert | Paul Verhoeven | Elfie Mayerhofer, Hans Nielsen, Erich Ponto | Musical | filmed before 1945 |
| Everything Will Be Better in the Morning | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Ellen Schwanneke, Jakob Tiedtke, Grethe Weiser | Comedy | |
| Film Without a Title | Rudolf Jugert | Hans Söhnker, Hildegard Knef, Willy Fritsch | Comedy | |
| Gaspary's Sons | Rolf Meyer | Lil Dagover, Hans Stüwe, Inge Landgut | Drama | |
| Germany, Year Zero | Roberto Rossellini | Ernst Pittschau, Franz-Otto Krüger | Drama | Co-production with Italy |
| Insolent and in Love | Hans Schweikart | Johannes Heesters, Charlott Daudert, Gabriele Reismüller | Comedy | |
| In the Temple of Venus | Hans H. Zerlett | Olga Chekhova, Willy Birgel, Olly Holzmann | Drama | |
| Journey to Happiness | Erich Engel | Käthe Dorsch, Rudolf Forster, Hildegard Knef | Drama | Filmed in 1944 |
| Long Is the Road | Herbert B. Fredersdorf | Bettina Moissi, Otto Wernicke, Paul Dahlke | Drama | |
| The Lost Face | Kurt Hoffmann | Marianne Hoppe, Gustav Fröhlich, Richard Häussler | Drama | |
| Morituri | Eugen York | Lotte Koch, Winnie Markus, Walter Richter | War drama | |
| Nora's Ark | Werner Klingler | Willy Maertens, Harry Meyen, Hans Billian | Drama | |
| The Original Sin | Helmut Käutner | Bettina Moissi, Bobby Todd, Arno Assmann | Comedy | |
| Paths in Twilight | Gustav Fröhlich | Gustav Fröhlich, Sonja Ziemann, Benno Sterzenbach | Drama | |
| Street Acquaintances | Peter Pewas | Gisela Trowe, Alice Treff, Harry Hindemith | Drama | |
| Thank You, I'm Fine | Erich Waschneck | Ernst von Klipstein, Karin Hardt, Sonja Ziemann | Comedy | |
| The Time with You | George Hurdalek | Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Heinz Klingenberg, Gisela Trowe | Drama | |

## 1949

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| After the Rain Comes Sunshine | Erich Kobler | Sonja Ziemann, Gert Fröbe, Rudolf Platte | Comedy | |
| Amico | Gerhard T. Buchholz | Otto Wernicke, Kirsten Heiberg, Margarete Haagen | Comedy | |
| Anonymous Letters | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Käthe Haack, Tilly Lauenstein, O.E. Hasse | Drama | |
| The Appeal to Conscience | Karl Anton | Karl Ludwig Diehl, Werner Hinz, Gustav Diessl | Mystery | |
| Artists' Blood | Wolfgang Wehrum | Hans Richter, Dorit Kreysler, Karin Jacobsen | Comedy | |
| The Blue Straw Hat | Viktor Tourjansky | Margot Hielscher, Karl Schönböck, Mady Rahl | Comedy | |
| The Cuckoos | Hans Deppe | Ina Halley, Rainer Penkert, Carsta Löck | Comedy drama | |
| Dangerous Guests | Géza von Cziffra | Wolf Albach-Retty, Vera Molnár | Comedy | |
| Derby | Roger von Norman | Hannelore Schroth, Willy Fritsch | Sports | |
| Don't Play with Love | Hans Deppe | Lil Dagover, Bruni Löbel | Comedy | |
| Encounter with Werther | Karl Heinz Stroux | Horst Caspar, Heidemarie Hatheyer, Paul Klinger | Drama | |
| Friday the Thirteenth | Erich Engels | Fritz Kampers, Angelika Hauff | Comedy crime | |
| Girls Behind Bars | Alfred Braun | Petra Peters, Richard Häussler | Drama | |
| The Great Mandarin | Karl Heinz Stroux | Paul Wegener, Carsta Löck, Käthe Haack | Comedy | |
| A Heart Beats for You | Joe Stöckel | Rudolf Prack, Annelies Reinhold | Romance | |
| Hello, Fraulein! | Rudolf Jugert | Peter van Eyck, Hans Söhnker, Margot Hielscher | Musical | |
| How Do We Tell Our Children? | Hans Deppe | Leny Marenbach, Mathias Wieman | Comedy | |
| I'll Make You Happy | Sándor Szlatinay | Heinz Rühmann, Hertha Feiler, Dorit Kreysler | Comedy | |
| I'll Never Forget That Night | Johannes Meyer | Gustav Fröhlich, Winnie Markus | Comedy | |
| Keepers of the Night | Harald Braun | Luise Ullrich, Hans Nielsen, René Deltgen, Dieter Borsche | Drama | |
| The Last Illusion | Josef von Báky | Fritz Kortner, Johanna Hofer | Drama | |
| The Last Night | Eugen York | Sybille Schmitz, Karl John | Drama | |
| Law of Love | Hans Schweikart | Hilde Krahl, Paul Hubschmid, Ferdinand Marian | Historical drama | Filmed before 1945 |
| Love '47 | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Hilde Krahl, Karl John, Grethe Weiser, Erich Ponto | Drama | |
| Madonna in Chains | Gerhard Lamprecht | Lotte Koch, Karin Hardt | Drama | |
| Martina | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Jeanette Schultze, Cornell Borchers | Drama | |
| Mountain Crystal | Harald Reinl | Franz Eichberger, Hans Renz | Drama | a.k.a. Rock Crystal. Co-production with Austria |
| The Murder Trial of Doctor Jordan | Erich Engels | Rudolf Fernau, Maria Holst | Crime | |
| My Wife's Friends | Hans Deppe | Sonja Ziemann, Grethe Weiser, Gerda Maurus | Comedy | |
| Night of the Twelve | Hans Schweikart | Rudolf Fernau, Ferdinand Marian | Crime | |
| Nights on the Nile | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Sonja Ziemann, Wolfgang Lukschy | Musical comedy | |
| Nothing But Coincidence | E. W. Emo | Theo Lingen, Sonja Ziemann | Comedy | |
| The Prisoner | Gustav Fröhlich | Paul Dahlke, Richard Häussler | Adventure | |
| Search for Majora | Hermann Pfeiffer | Lotte Koch, Camilla Horn | Crime | |
| Second Hand Destiny | Wolfgang Staudte | Erich Ponto, Marianne Hoppe | Drama | |
| The Secret of the Red Cat | Helmut Weiss | Heinz Rühmann, Gustav Knuth, Angelika Hauff | Comedy crime | |
| The Trip to Marrakesh | Richard Eichberg | Luise Ullrich, Maria Holst | Drama | |
| Tromba | Helmut Weiss | René Deltgen, Angelika Hauff, Gustav Knuth, Grethe Weiser | Crime | |
| Trouble Backstairs | Erich Kobler | Paul Dahlke, Fita Benkhoff | Comedy | |
| Twelve Hearts for Charly | Fritz Andelfinger, Elly Rauch | Willy Fritsch, Heli Finkenzeller | Musical comedy | |
| Where the Trains Go | Boleslaw Barlog | Heidemarie Hatheyer, Carl Raddatz, Gunnar Möller | Drama | |