# List of German films of 1931

This is a list of German films of 1931. It includes films produced in Germany and German-language films produced elsewhere for release in the German market, often by German subsidiaries of the Hollywood studios.

## A–K

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1914 | Richard Oswald | Albert Bassermann, Hermann Wlach, Reinhold Schünzel | Drama | |
| 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman | Robert Land | Henny Porten, Walter Rilla, Friedrich Kayßler | Drama | |
| The Adventurer of Tunis | Willi Wolff | Philipp Manning, Ellen Richter, Theo Shall | Adventure | |
| Alarm at Midnight | Johannes Meyer | Hans Stüwe, Otto Wallburg, Gerda Maurus | Thriller | |
| Ariane | Paul Czinner | Elisabeth Bergner, Rudolf Forster, Annemarie Steinsieck | Drama | |
| Ash Wednesday | Johannes Meyer | Karl Ludwig Diehl, Hans Stüwe, Claire Rommer | Drama | |
| The Battle of Bademunde | Philipp Lothar Mayring | Max Adalbert, Claire Rommer, Paul Wagner | Comedy | |
| The Beggar Student | Victor Janson | Jarmila Novotná, Fritz Schulz, Hans-Heinz Bollmann | Musical | |
| Berlin Alexanderplatz | Phil Jutzi | Heinrich George, Margarete Schlegel, Bernhard Minetti | Drama | based on the novel by Alfred Döblin published two years earlier |
| Between Night and Dawn | Gerhard Lamprecht | Aud Egede-Nissen, Oskar Homolka, Eduard von Winterstein | Drama | |
| The Big Attraction | Max Reichmann | Richard Tauber, Margo Lion, Marianne Winkelstern | Musical | |
| Bobby Gets Going | Harry Piel | Harry Piel, Annie Markart, Hilde Hildebrand | Action | |
| Bombs on Monte Carlo | Hanns Schwarz | Hans Albers, Heinz Rühmann, Anna Sten, Peter Lorre | Comedy | |
| The Bridegroom's Widow | Richard Eichberg | Mártha Eggerth, Georg Alexander, Fritz Kampers | Comedy | Co-production with UK |
| Calais-Dover | Anatole Litvak | Lilian Harvey, Andre Roanne, Armand Bernard | Comedy | Co-production with France |
| The Captain from Köpenick | Richard Oswald | Max Adalbert, Paul Wagner, Hermann Vallentin | Comedy | |
| The Case of Colonel Redl | Karl Anton | Theodor Loos, Lil Dagover, Otto Hartmann | Spy drama | Co-production with Czechoslovakia |
| Checkmate | Georg Asagaroff | Gerda Maurus, Hans Rehmann, Trude Berliner | Drama | |
| Circus Life | Heinz Paul | Liane Haid, Oscar Marion, Trude Berliner | Drama | |
| The Concert | Leo Mittler | Olga Chekhova, Oskar Karlweis, Ursula Grabley | Comedy | |
| A Crafty Youth | Erich Schönfelder | Julius Falkenstein, Sig Arno, Olly Gebauer | Comedy | |
| Danton | Hans Behrendt | Fritz Kortner, Lucie Mannheim, Gustaf Gründgens | Historical | |
| The Daredevil | Richard Eichberg | Hans Albers, Gerda Maurus, Mártha Eggerth | Crime | |
| Demon of the Sea | Michael Curtiz | William Dieterle, Lissy Arna, Anton Pointner | Drama | German-language version of Moby Dick |
| Die Fledermaus | Karel Lamac | Anny Ondra, Georg Alexander, Oskar Sima | Musical | Co-production with France |
| Different Morals | Gerhard Lamprecht | Walter Rilla, Elga Brink, Hilde Hildebrand | Comedy | |
| The Duke of Reichstadt | Viktor Tourjansky | Lien Deyers Grete Natzler, Alfred Abel | Historical | |
| Duty Is Duty | Carl Boese | Fritz Spira, Ralph Arthur Roberts, Maly Delschaft | Comedy | |
| Elisabeth of Austria | Adolf Trotz | Lil Dagover, Paul Otto, Charlotte Ander | Period Drama | |
| Emil and the Detectives | Gerhard Lamprecht | Rolf Wenkhaus, Käthe Haack, Fritz Rasp, Rudolf Biebrach | Family | based on a story by Erich Kästner |
| The Emperor's Sweetheart | Hans Tintner | Liane Haid, Walter Janssen, Wilhelm Bendow | Musical | |
| Errant Husbands | Carl Heinz Wolff | Max Adalbert, Hansi Arnstaedt, Henry Bender | Comedy | |
| Everyone Asks for Erika | Frederic Zelnik | Lya Mara, Alexander Murski, Walter Janssen | Comedy | |
| Express 13 | Alfred Zeisler | Charlotte Susa, Fee Malten, Alfred Beierle | Drama | |
| The Fate of Renate Langen | Rudolf Walther-Fein | Mady Christians, Francis Lederer | Drama | |
| The Firm Gets Married | Carl Wilhelm | Ralph Arthur Roberts, Charlotte Ander | Comedy | |
| The Forester's Daughter | Frederic Zelnik | Irene Eisinger, Paul Richter | Musical | |
| The Girl and the Boy | Wilhelm Thiele, Roger Le Bon | Lilian Harvey, Henri Garat | Comedy | French-language version |
| Gloria | Hans Behrendt | Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Helm, Fritz Kampers | Drama | |
| Grock | Carl Boese | Liane Haid, Betty Bird | Circus | |
| Headfirst into Happiness | Hans Steinhoff | Jenny Jugo, Fritz Schulz | Comedy | |
| Hell on Earth | Victor Trivas | Ernst Busch, Vladimir Sokoloff | War drama | |
| Her Grace Commands | Hanns Schwarz | Käthe von Nagy, Willy Fritsch | Romantic Comedy | French-language version also released |
| Her Majesty the Barmaid | Joe May | Käthe von Nagy, Francis Lederer | Comedy | |
| Hooray, It's a Boy! | Georg Jacoby | Lucie Englisch, Max Adalbert | Comedy | |
| I Go Out and You Stay Here | Hans Behrendt | Camilla Horn, Hermine Sterler | Comedy | |
| I'll Stay with You | Johannes Meyer | Jenny Jugo, Hermann Thimig | Comedy | |
| In der Nacht | Walter Ruttmann | | | |
| In the Employ of the Secret Service | Gustav Ucicky | Brigitte Helm, Willy Fritsch, Oskar Homolka | Spy drama | |
| Inquest | Robert Siodmak | Albert Bassermann, Gustav Fröhlich | Crime | |
| Kameradschaft (Comradeship) | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Ernst Busch | | Fr. title: La Tragédie de la mine |
| Der Kongreß tanzt (Congress Dances) | Erik Charell | Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, Conrad Veidt | Comedy | French-language version: Le Congrès s'amuse |

## L–Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Little Escapade | Reinhold Schünzel | Renate Müller, Hermann Thimig, Otto Wallburg | Comedy | |
| Louise, Queen of Prussia | Carl Froelich | Henny Porten, Gustaf Gründgens, Ekkehard Arendt | Historical | |
| The Love Express | Robert Wiene | Georg Alexander, Dina Gralla, Joseph Schmidt | Musical Comedy | |
| M | Fritz Lang | Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Gustaf Gründgens | Thriller | Remade as 1951 film |
| Madame Pompadour | Willi Wolff | Anny Ahlers, Kurt Gerron, Ida Wüst | Musical | |
| Mädchen in Uniform | Leontine Sagan | Hertha Thiele, Dorothea Wieck, Emilia Unda | Drama | Girls in Uniform |
| The Man in Search of His Murderer | Robert Siodmak | Heinz Rühmann, Lien Deyers, Hans Leibelt | Comedy | |
| The Man Who Murdered | Curtis Bernhardt | Conrad Veidt, Trude von Molo, Heinrich George | Crime | |
| Marriage with Limited Liability | Franz Wenzler | Charlotte Susa, Georg Alexander, Hans Moser | Comedy | Co-production with Austria |
| Mary | Alfred Hitchcock | Alfred Abel, Olga Chekhova, Paul Graetz | Crime | German version of Hitchcock's Murder! (1930) |
| Men Behind Bars | Pál Fejös | Heinrich George, Gustav Diessl, Egon von Jordan | Drama | Made in the US |
| The Merry Wives of Vienna | Géza von Bolváry | Willi Forst, Lee Parry, Paul Hörbiger | Musical comedy | |
| Moritz Makes His Fortune | Jaap Speyer | Sig Arno, Willy Prager, Viktor Schwanneke | Comedy | |
| Mountains on Fire | Karl Hartl, Luis Trenker | Lissy Arna, Luigi Serventi, Claus Clausen | War | |
| The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov | Erich Engels | Fritz Kortner, Anna Sten, Fritz Rasp | Drama | |
| My Cousin from Warsaw | Carl Boese | Liane Haid, Tala Birell, Fritz Schulz | Comedy | |
| My Heart Longs for Love | Eugen Thiele | Trude Berliner, Max Adalbert, Johannes Riemann | Musical | |
| My Leopold | Hans Steinhoff | Max Adalbert, Harald Paulsen, Camilla Spira | Comedy | |
| My Wife, the Impostor | Kurt Gerron | Heinz Rühmann, Käthe von Nagy | Comedy | |
| A Night at the Grand Hotel | Max Neufeld | Mártha Eggerth, Ulrich Bettac, Kurt Gerron | Drama | |
| The Night of Decision | Dimitri Buchowetzki | Conrad Veidt, Olga Chekhova, Trude Hesterberg | Drama | German-language version of an American film |
| The Night Without Pause | Andrew Marton, Franz Wenzler | Sig Arno, Camilla Horn | Comedy | |
| No Man's Land | Victor Trivas | Ernst Busch, Vladimir Sokoloff | War | |
| No More Love | Anatole Litvak | Lilian Harvey, Harry Liedtke | Musical comedy | |
| The Office Manager | Hans Behrendt | Felix Bressart, Hermann Thimig | Comedy | |
| Once I Loved a Girl in Vienna | Erich Schönfelder | Werner Fuetterer, Gretl Theimer | Comedy | |
| One Hour of Happiness | William Dieterle | Evelyn Holt, Harald Paulsen | Drama | |
| The Other Side | Heinz Paul | Conrad Veidt, Theodor Loos | War | |
| Panic in Chicago | Robert Wiene | Olga Chekhova, Hans Rehmann | Crime | |
| The Paw | Hans Steinhoff | Charlotte Susa, Hans Rehmann, Fritz Rasp | Thriller | Co-production with Italy |
| Peace of Mind | Max Obal | Fritz Kampers, Lucie Englisch | Comedy | |
| The Private Secretary | Wilhelm Thiele | Renate Müller, Hermann Thimig | Musical | |
| Reckless Youth | Leo Mittler | Camilla Horn, Walter Rilla | Drama | |
| Road to Rio | Manfred Noa | Maria Matray, Oskar Homolka | Crime | |
| Ronny | Reinhold Schünzel | Käthe von Nagy, Willy Fritsch | Musical comedy | |
| Queen of the Night | Fritz Wendhausen | Friedl Haerlin, Karl Ludwig Diehl | Musical | German-language version of a French film |
| The Sacred Flame | William Dieterle, Berthold Viertel | Gustav Fröhlich, Dita Parlo, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski | Drama | German-language version of an American film |
| Salto Mortale | E. A. Dupont | Anna Sten, Anton Walbrook | Drama | |
| The Secret of the Red Cat | Erich Schönfelder | Margot Landa, Ernö Verebes, Sig Arno | Comedy crime | |
| Shadows of the Underworld | Harry Piel | Harry Piel, Dary Holm, Elisabeth Pinajeff | Thriller | |
| Schubert's Dream of Spring | Richard Oswald | Gretl Theimer, Lucie Englisch | Musical | |
| The Scoundrel | Eugen Schüfftan, Franz Wenzler | Max Adalbert, Emilia Unda | Comedy | |
| Shooting Festival in Schilda | Adolf Trotz | Sig Arno, Fritz Kampers, Eugen Rex | Comedy | |
| The Soaring Maiden | Carl Boese | Lissy Arna, S. Z. Sakall | Comedy | |
| The Song of the Nations | Rudolf Meinert | Camilla Horn, Igo Sym, Betty Amann | Musical | |
| The Spanish Fly | Georg Jacoby | Betty Bird, Lizzi Waldmüller, Fritz Schulz | Comedy | |
| The Squeaker | Martin Frič, Karel Lamač | Lissy Arna, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Fritz Rasp | Mystery | |
| Storm in a Water Glass | Georg Jacoby | Hansi Niese, Renate Müller | Comedy | Co-production with Austria |
| A Storm Over Zakopane | Domenico Gambino, Adolf Trotz | Alfons Fryland Lilian Ellis | Drama | Produced in partnership with Poland |
| The Stranger | Fred Sauer | Gerda Maurus, Harry Hardt, Grete Natzler | Drama | Co-production with France |
| The Street Song | Lupu Pick | Ernst Busch, Hans Deppe | Musical | |
| Student Life in Merry Springtime | Heinz Paul | Anita Dorris, Fritz Alberti | Musical | |
| Such a Greyhound | Carl Heinz Wolff | Ralph Arthur Roberts, Max Adalbert, Lucie Englisch | Comedy | |
| Terror of the Garrison | Carl Boese | Felix Bressart, Lucie Englisch | Comedy | |
| That's All That Matters | Joe May | Nora Gregor, Harry Liedtke | Musical comedy | |
| The Theft of the Mona Lisa | Géza von Bolváry | Willi Forst, Trude von Molo, Gustaf Gründgens | Drama | |
| Three Days of Love | Heinz Hilpert | Hans Albers, Käthe Dorsch, Trude Berliner | Drama | |
| The Threepenny Opera | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Rudolf Forster, Lotte Lenya | Musical | A film of Bertolt Brecht; French version: L'Opéra de quat'sous |
| The Trunks of Mr. O.F. | Alexis Granowsky | Peter Lorre, Alfred Abel | Comedy | |
| The True Jacob | Hans Steinhoff | Ralph Arthur Roberts, Anny Ahlers | Comedy | |
| The Unfaithful Eckehart | Carl Boese | Ralph Arthur Roberts, Paul Hörbiger | Comedy | |
| The Unknown Guest | E. W. Emo | S.Z. Sakall, Lucie Englisch, Kurt Vespermann | Comedy | |
| Die verliebte Firma | Max Ophüls | | | |
| Venetian Nights | Pierre Billon, Robert Wiene | Florelle Roger Tréville | Musical | French-language version of The Love Express |
| Victoria and Her Hussar | Richard Oswald | Michael Bohnen, Iván Petrovich | Musical | |
| The Virtuous Sinner | Fritz Kortner | Max Pallenberg, Heinz Rühmann, Dolly Haas | Comedy | |
| A Waltz by Strauss | Conrad Wiene | Hans Junkermann, Gustav Fröhlich | Historical | |
| Weekend in Paradise | Robert Land | Trude Berliner, Claire Rommer | comedy | |
| When the Soldiers | Jacob Fleck, Luise Fleck | Otto Wallburg, Gretl Theimer, Ida Wüst | Comedy | |
| The White Ecstasy | Arnold Fanck | Leni Riefenstahl, Hannes Schneider | Adventure | |
| Who Takes Love Seriously? | Erich Engel | Max Hansen, Jenny Jugo | Romantic comedy | |
| Wibbel the Tailor | Paul Henckels | Paul Henckels, Wolfgang Zilzer | Comedy | |
| Without Meyer, No Celebration is Complete | Carl Boese | Sig Arno, Dina Gralla | Comedy | |
| Woman in the Jungle | Dimitri Buchowetzki | Charlotte Ander, Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur, Erich Ponto | Drama | MLV shot in Paris. |
| The Woman They Talk About | Victor Janson | Mady Christians, Hans Stüwe | Drama | |
| The Wrong Husband | Johannes Guter | Johannes Riemann, Maria Paudler | Comedy | |
| The Yellow House of King-Fu | Karl Grune | Charlotte Susa, Gustav Diessl, Karl Günther | Crime thriller | Co-production with France |
| Yorck | Gustav Ucicky | Werner Krauss, Gustaf Gründgens | Historical war | |

## Documentaries

| Title | Director | Genre |
| Bunte Tierwelt | Ulrich K. T. Schultz | documentary |
| Dienen will ich | Gertrud David | documentary |
| Geheimnisse im Pflanzenleben | Wilhelm Prager | documentary |
| Goldgräber in Rumänien | Ulrich K. T. Schultz, Johannes Guter | documentary |
| Am grossen Strom | Adolf Freiherr von Dungern | documentary |
| Himatschal – Der Thron der Götter | Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth | documentary |
| Im Auto durch zwei Welten | Clärenore Stinnes | documentary |
| Instinkt und Verstand | Felix Lampe | documentary |
| Das Kind und die Welt | Eberhard Frowein | documentary |
| Liebe im Strandkorb | Peter Schaeffers, Guenther Schwenn | documentary |
| Menschen im Busch | Friedrich Dalsheim, Gulla Pfeffer | documentary |
| Tanzendes Holz | Ulrich K. T. Schultz | documentary |
| Wunder der Tierwelt im Wasser | Felix Lampe | documentary |

## Short films

| Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
| Geisterschenke | Paul N. Peroff | Animation | |
| Die geknipste Frau | Paul N. Peroff | Animation | |
| Harlekin | Lotte Reiniger | Animation | |
| Ins dritte Reich | Alois Floroth, Karl Holtz | animated propaganda | Available online here |
| Liebesspiel | Oskar Fischinger | animation | |
| Melodie der Wellen | Hans Fischerkoesen | Animation | |
| Studie Nr. 7 | Oskar Fischinger | Animation | |
| Studie Nr. 8 | Oskar Fischinger | Animation | |
| Studie Nr. 9 | Oskar Fischinger | Animation | |