# List of East German films

This is a list, in year order, of the most notable films produced in the Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany and the socialist German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) from 1945 until German Reunification in October 1990.
The state owned East German film company DEFA produced about 800 feature films between 1946 and 1992. Besides DEFA, the state broadcaster DFF and the Deutsche Hochschule für Filmkunst (now the Filmuniversität Babelsberg) were the only other organizations in the GDR that produced feature films for cinematic release, although far fewer than DEFA. DEFA also produced about 750 animated movies and more than 2500 documentaries and short films.
DEFA feature films are accessible and licensable as part of DEFA's entire film heritage on the PROGRESS archive platform.
For an alphabetical list of articles on East German films see Category:East German films.

## 1945–1949 (the Soviet Sector of Germany)

Note that the German Democratic Republic formally came into existence in October 1949.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1946 |||||
| Allez Hopp | Hans Fritz Köllner | Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur, Babsi Schultz-Reckewell | Drama | |
| Berlin im Aufbau | Kurt Maetzig | | Documentary, short | |
| Dresden | Richard Groschopp | | Documentary, short | |
| Einheit SPD-KPD | Kurt Maetzig | | Documentary, short | |
| Die Fledermaus | Géza von Bolváry | Marte Harell, Johannes Heesters | Operetta | Based on Johann Strauss II's operetta Die Fledermaus; filmed in 1944 |
| Freies Land | Milo Harbich | Ursula Voß, Herbert Wilk | Drama | |
| Irgendwo in Berlin | Gerhard Lamprecht | Mady Rahl, Rotraut Richter | Drama | |
| Die Mörder sind unter uns | Wolfgang Staudte | Wilhelm Borchert, Hildegard Knef | Drama, Trümmerfilm | |
| Peter Voss, der Millionendieb | Karl Anton | Viktor de Kowa, Else von Möllendorff | Comedy, crime | Filmed between 1943 and 1945 |
| Potsdam baut auf | Joop Huisken | | Documentary, short | |
| 1947 |||||
| Ehe im Schatten | Kurt Maetzig | Paul Klinger, Ilse Steppat | Melodrama | Based on the life of German actor Joachim Gottschalk |
| Kein Platz für Liebe | Hans Deppe | Bruni Löbel, Heinz Lausch | Comedy | |
| Razzia | Werner Klingler | Paul Bildt, Agathe Poschmann | Crime | |
| Wozzeck | Georg C. Klaren | Kurt Meisel, Helga Zülch | Drama | |
| 1948 |||||
| 1-2-3 Corona | Hans Müller | Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Lutz Moik | Crime, drama | |
| Affaire Blum | Erich Engel | Hans Christian Blech, Ernst Waldow | Drama | Based on a 1926 murder trial of a German-Jewish industrialist in Magdeburg |
| Chemie und Liebe | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Hans Nielsen, Tilly Lauenstein | Comedy | |
| Grube Morgenrot | Erich Freund, Wolfgang Schleif | Claus Holm, Maria Rouvel | Drama | |
| Das kleine Hofkonzert | Paul Verhoeven | Elfie Mayerhofer, Hans Nielsen | Musical | Filmed in 1944 |
| Die seltsamen Abenteuer des Herrn Fridolin B. | Wolfgang Staudte | Axel von Ambesser, Ilse Petri | Comedy | |
| Straßenbekanntschaft | Peter Pewas | Gisela Trowe, Alice Treff | Drama | |
| Und wieder 48 | Gustav von Wangenheim | Inge von Wangenheim, Wilhelm Borchert | Drama | |
| 1949 |||||
| Der Biberpelz | Erich Engel | Fita Benkhoff, Werner Hinz | Comedy | Based on Gerhart Hauptmann's play The Beaver Coat |
| The Blue Swords | Wolfgang Schleif | Hans Quest, Ilse Steppat | Biography, drama | Fictionalized biography of Johann Friedrich Böttger |
| Die Brücke | Arthur Pohl | Karl Hellmer, Fritz Wagner | Drama | |
| Die Buntkarierten | Kurt Maetzig | Camilla Spira, Werner Hinz | Drama | |
| Figaros Hochzeit | Georg Wildhagen | Angelika Hauff, Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender | Musical | Based on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro |
| Das Mädchen Christine | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Wolfgang Lukschy, Petra Peters | Drama | |
| Quartet of Five | Gerhard Lamprecht | Claus Holm, Yvonne Merin | Comedy, romance | |
| Rotation | Wolfgang Staudte | Paul Esser, Irene Korb | Drama | Won a Golden Leopard at the 1954 Locarno Film Festival |
| Träum' nicht, Annette | Eberhard Klagemann, Helmut Weiss | Jenny Jugo, Max Eckard | Comedy | |
| Unser täglich Brot | Slatan Dudow | Viktoria von Ballasko, Paul Bildt | Drama | |

## 1950s

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1950 |||||
| Der Auftrag Höglers | Gustav von Wangenheim | Inge von Wangenheim, Fritz Tillmann | Drama | |
| Bürgermeister Anna | Hans Müller | Eva Rimski, Reinhard Kolldehoff | Comedy | |
| Familie Benthin | Slatan Dudow, Richard Groschopp, Kurt Maetzig | Maly Delschaft, Charlotte Ander | Crime, drama | |
| Für ein einiges, glückliches Vaterland | Gerhard Klein | | Documentary, short | |
| Immer bereit | Kurt Maetzig | | Documentary | |
| Die Jungen vom Kranichsee | Arthur Pohl | Gunnar Möller, Monika Siemer | Drama | |
| Der Kahn der fröhlichen Leute | Hans Heinrich | Petra Peters, Fritz Wagner | Comedy | Based on Jochen Klepper's book Der Kahn der fröhlichen Leute |
| Das kalte Herz | Paul Verhoeven | Lutz Moik, Hanna Rucker | Fantasy | |
| Maul- und Klauenseuche | Gerhard Klein | | Documentary | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | Georg Wildhagen | Sonja Ziemann, Camilla Spira | Comedy, musical | Based on William Shakespeare's play The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| Der Rat der Götter | Kurt Maetzig | Paul Bildt, Eva Pflug | Drama | Awarded a special honorary diploma at the 1950 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival |
| Saure Wochen – frohe Feste | Wolfgang Schleif | Marianne Prenzel, Blandine Ebinger | Comedy | |
| Secrets of Nature | Israel M. Berman, Boris Dolin | | Documentary, short | Compilation of English-language versions of three Soviet and one East German short documentary |
| Semmelweis – Retter der Mütter | Georg C. Klaren | Karl Paryla, Käthe Braun | Biography, drama | Fictionalized biography of Ignaz Semmelweis |
| Tiergestalt | Fritz Brunsch | | Documentary, short | |
| Der Weg nach oben | Andrew Thorndike | | Documentary | Won Best Documentary Film at the 1951 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival |
| 1951 |||||
| Aladin | Gerhard Klein | | Animation, short | Based on Aladdin |
| Das Beil von Wandsbek | Falk Harnack | Erwin Geschonneck, Käthe Braun | Drama | Based on Arnold Zweig's novel Das Beil von Wandsbek |
| Corinna Schmidt | Arthur Pohl | Trude Hesterberg, Willy Kleinoschegg | Drama | Based on Theodor Fontane's novel Frau Jenny Treibel |
| Die letzte Heuer | E. W. Fiedler, Hans Heinrich | Inge Keller, Hans Klering | Drama | |
| Die Meere rufen | Eduard Kubat | Hans Klering, Käte Alving | Drama | |
| Modell Bianka | Richard Groschopp | Gerda Falk, Fritz Wagner | Comedy | |
| Die Sonnenbrucks | Georg C. Klaren | Käte Alving, Ursula Burg | Drama | Based on Leon Kruczkowski's play Niemcy |
| Unter dem Rauschen deiner Wimpern | Gerhard Klein | | Animation | |
| Der Untertan | Wolfgang Staudte | Werner Peters, Paul Esser | Comedy, drama | Based on Heinrich Mann's novel Der Untertan |
| Youth Sports Festival | Andrew Thorndike, Dmitri Vasilyev | | Documentary, sports | |
| Zugverkehr unregelmäßig | Erich Freund | Claus Holm, Inge Keller | Crime | |
| 1952 |||||
| Bauern erfüllen den Plan | Heiner Carow | | Documentary, short | |
| Blaue Wimpel im Sommerwind | Herbert Ballmann | | Documentary | |
| Frauenschicksale | Slatan Dudow | Sonja Sutter, Lotte Loebinger | Drama | |
| Freundschaft siegt | Joris Ivens, Ivan Pyryev | | Documentary | |
| Karriere in Paris | Georg C. Klaren, Hans-Georg Rudolph | Günther Ballier, Helmut Bautzmann | Drama | Based on Honoré de Balzac's novel Père Goriot |
| Roman einer jungen Ehe | Kurt Maetzig | Yvonne Merin, Hans-Peter Thielen | Drama | |
| Schatten über den Inseln | Otto Meyer | Erwin Geschonneck, Fritz Diez | Drama | |
| Sein großer Sieg | Franz Barrenstein | Claus Holm, Eva Probst | Drama | |
| Das verurteilte Dorf | Martin Hellberg | Helga Göring, Günther Simon | Drama | Won a Peace Prize at the 1952 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival |
| Wilhelm Pieck – Das Leben unseres Präsidenten | Andrew Thorndike | | Documentary | |
| Wyscig pokoju – Warszawa-Berlin-Praga | Joris Ivens | | Documentary | East German-Polish co-production |
| 1953 |||||
| Anna Susanna | Richard Nicolas | Günther Simon, Peter Marx | Drama, crime | |
| Dorf im Herbst | Heiner Carow | | Documentary, short | |
| Geheimakten Solvay | Martin Hellberg | Wilhelm Koch-Hooge, Leny Marenbach | Thriller | |
| Die Geschichte vom kleinen Muck | Wolfgang Staudte | Thomas Schmidt, Johannes Maus | Children's, fantasy | Based on Wilhelm Hauff's fairy tale Little Muck |
| Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar | Egon Monk | Helene Weigel, Erwin Geschonneck | Drama | Live television production of Bertolt Brecht's play Señora Carrar's Rifles |
| Herren der Felder | Walter Beck | | Documentary | |
| Jacke wie Hose | Eduard Kubat | Irene Korb, Günther Simon | Comedy | |
| Das Kleine und das große Glück | Martin Hellberg | Bruno Atlas-Eising, Ilse Bastubbe | Drama, romance | |
| Ein Schritt weiter | Heiner Carow | | Documentary, short | |
| Die Störenfriede | Wolfgang Schleif | Edgar Bennert, Sonja Haacker | Children's | |
| Die Unbesiegbaren | Arthur Pohl | Alice Treff, Willy A. Kleinau | Historical drama | |
| Winterurlaub mit dem FDGB | Heiner Carow | | Documentary, short | |
| 1954 |||||
| Alarm im Zirkus | Gerhard Klein | Erwin Geschonneck, Uwe-Jens Pape | Crime | |
| Carola Lamberti – Eine vom Zirkus | Hans Müller | Henny Porten, Horst Naumann | Drama | |
| Die Entscheidung des Tilman Riemenschneider | Bodo von Schweykowski | | Biography | Fictionalized television biography about Tilman Riemenschneider |
| Ernst Thälmann – Sohn seiner Klasse | Kurt Maetzig | Günther Simon, Hans-Peter Minetti | Biography, drama | First of a two-part fictionalized biography of Ernst Thälmann; won a Peace Prize at the 1954 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival |
| Der Fall Dr. Wagner | Harald Mannl, Carl Balhaus (co-director) | Harald Mannl, Johanna Endemann | Crime | |
| Forschen und Schaffen. Folge VI | Heiner Carow | | Documentary | |
| Gefährliche Fracht | Gustav von Wangenheim | Karl Block, Walter Brandt | Adventure | Won a Peace Prize at the 1954 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival |
| Das geheimnisvolle Wrack | Herbert Ballmann | Kurt Ulrich, Wilfried Ortmann | Adventure | |
| Hexen | Helmut Spieß | Lothar Blumhagen, Albert Garbe | Comedy, drama | |
| Kein Hüsung | Arthur Pohl | Fredy Barten, Ilse Bastubbe | Drama | Based on Fritz Reuter's narrative poem Kein Hüsung |
| Leuchtfeuer | Wolfgang Staudte | Leonhard Ritter, Horst Naumann | Drama | East German-Swedish co-production |
| Das Lied der Ströme | Joop Huisken, Joris Ivens, Robert Ménégoz | | Documentary | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Max Jaap | | Documentary | Documentary about the life of Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Pole Poppenspäler | Arthur Pohl | Heliane Bei, Heinz Höpner | Children's, drama, fantasy | Based on Theodor Storm's novella Pole Poppenspäler |
| Die Sieben vom Rhein | Andrew Thorndike, Annelie Thorndike | | Documentary | |
| Ein Strom fließt durch Deutschland | Joachim Kunert | | Documentary | |
| Stärker als die Nacht | Slatan Dudow | Wilhelm Koch-Hooge, Helga Göring | Drama | |
| 1955 |||||
| 52 Wochen sind ein Jahr | Richard Groschopp | Hans Wehrl, Lotte Loebinger | Drama | |
| Die Dresdner Philharmoniker | Joachim Kunert | | Documentary | |
| Einmal ist keinmal | Konrad Wolf | Horst Drinda, Brigitte Krause | Comedy | |
| Ernst Thälmann – Führer seiner Klasse | Kurt Maetzig | Günther Simon, Hans-Peter Minetti | Biography, drama | Second of a two-part fictionalized biography of Ernst Thälmann; lead actor Günther Simon won Best Actor at the 1956 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for his appearance |
| Das Fräulein von Scuderi | Eugen York | Henny Porten, Willy A. Kleinau | Crime, drama | East German-Swedish co-production; based on E. T. A. Hoffmann's novella Mademoiselle de Scuderi |
| Hotelboy Ed Martin | Karlheinz Bieber [de], Ernst Kahler [de] | Ulrich Thein, Katharina Matz | Drama | Based on Albert Maltz's play Merry-Go-Round |
| Der Kleine Häwelmann | Rolf Cichon | | Animation, children's | Based on Theodor Storm's tale Der Kleine Häwelmann |
| Martins Tagebuch | Heiner Carow | | Documentary, short | Won a Golden Dove at the 1956 International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film |
| Mein Kind | Joris Ivens, Vladimir Pozner, Alfons Machalz | | Documentary, short | |
| Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder | Wolfgang Staudte | Helene Weigel, Simone Signoret | Drama | Based on Bertolt Brecht's play Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder; unfinished |
| Der Ochse von Kulm | Martin Hellberg | Thea Aichbichler, Ferdinand Anton | Comedy | |
| Ein Polterabend | Curt Bois | Fredy Barten, Barbara Berg | Comedy | |
| Rauschende Melodien | E. W. Fiedler | Erich Arnold, Jarmila Ksírová | Operetta | Based on Johann Strauss II's operetta Die Fledermaus |
| Robert Mayer – der Arzt aus Heilbronn | Helmut Spieß | Emil Stöhr, Gisela Uhlen | Biography, drama | Fictionalized biography of Julius Robert Mayer |
| Sommerliebe | Franz Barrenstein | Ricarda Benndorf, Maria Besendahl | Comedy | |
| Star mit fremden Federn | Harald Mannl | Werner Peters, Sonja Sutter | Comedy | |
| Der Teufel vom Mühlenberg | Herbert Ballmann | Eva Kotthaus, Hans-Peter Minetti | Fantasy | |
| Der Verschenkte Leutnant | Wolfgang Luderer | Friedrich Teitge | | Television film |
| Wer seine Frau lieb hat | Kurt Jung-Alsen | Albert Garbe, Leny Marenbach | Comedy | |
| Wohnkultur | Joe Münch-Harris | | Documentary, short | |
| 1956 |||||
| Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle | Gérard Philipe, Joris Ivens | Gérard Philipe, Jean Vilar | Adventure, comedy | French-East German co-production; based on Charles De Coster's novel The Legend of Thyl Ulenspiegel and Lamme Goedzak |
| Eine Berliner Romanze | Gerhard Klein | Annekathrin Bürger, Ulrich Thein | Drama, romance | |
| Besondere Kennzeichen: keine | Joachim Kunert | Erika Müller-Fürstenau, Christoph Engel | Drama | |
| Damals in Paris | Carl Balhaus | Gisela Trowe, Richard Lauffen | Drama | |
| Drei Mädchen im Endspiel | Kurt Jung-Alsen | Horst Naumann, Jochen Thomas | Comedy | |
| Du und mancher Kamerad | Andrew Thorndike, Annelie Thorndike | | Documentary | Banned in West Germany |
| Eisetüde | Rolf Losansky | | Short | |
| Die Fahrt nach Bamsdorf | Konrad Petzold | Erika Müller-Fürstenau, Charlotte Küter | Children's short | |
| Friedrich Schiller | Max Jaap | | Documentary | Documentary about the life of Friedrich Schiller |
| Genesung | Konrad Wolf | Karla Runkehl, Wolfgang Kieling | Drama, romance | |
| Der Hauptmann von Köln | Slatan Dudow | Rolf Ludwig, Erwin Geschonneck | Comedy | |
| Heimliche Ehen | Gustav von Wangenheim | Paul Heidemann, Gerd Michael Henneberg | Comedy | |
| Junges Gemüse | Günter Reisch | Herbert Richter, Angela Brunner | Comedy | |
| Mich dürstet | Karl Paryla | Edwin Marian, Isabell Carenato | Drama, war | Based on Walter Gorrish's short story Um Spaniens Freiheit |
| Die Millionen der Yvette | Martin Hellberg | Josephine Back, Wolf Kaiser | Drama | |
| Mit Oswald in der Oper | Gottfried Kolditz | Günther Haack, Werner Berndt | | |
| Der Richter von Zalamea | Martin Hellberg | Hans-Joachim Büttner, Gudrun Schmidt | Drama | Based on Pedro Calderón de la Barca's play The Mayor of Zalamea |
| Das Tapfere Schneiderlein | Helmut Spieß | Kurt Schmidtchen, Christel Bodenstein | Fantasy | Based on the German fairy tale The Brave Little Taylor |
| Der Teufelskreis | Carl Balhaus | Jochen Brockmann, Kurt Steingraf | Historical drama | |
| Thomas Müntzer | Martin Hellberg | Wolfgang Stumpf, Margarete Taudte | Biography, drama | Fictionalized biography of Thomas Müntzer |
| Das Traumschiff | Herbert Ballmann | Gisela Uhlen, Günther Simon | Children's | |
| Treffpunkt Aimée | Horst Reinecke | Renate Küster, Günther Simon | Crime | |
| Von nun ab, Herr Kunze | Gottfried Kolditz | Charlotte Brummerhoff, Norbert Christian | Short | |
| Zar und Zimmermann | Hans Müller | Willy A. Kleinau, Bert Fortell | Comedy, musical | Based on Albert Lortzing's opera Zar und Zimmermann |
| Zwischenfall in Benderath | János Veiczi | Uwe-Jens Pape, Inge Huber | Drama | |
| 1957 |||||
| Alter Kahn und junge Liebe | Hans Heinrich | Alfred Maack, Erika Dunkelmann | Romance | |
| An der Via Egnatia – Historisches und Heutiges über Stadt und Messe | Karl Gass | | Documentary, short | |
| Berlin – Ecke Schönhauser | Gerhard Klein | Ekkehard Schall, Ilse Pagé | Crime | |
| Betrogen bis zum jüngsten Tag | Kurt Jung-Alsen | Rudolf Ulrich, Wolfgang Kieling | Drama | Entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival |
| Bärenburger Schnurre | Ralf Kirsten | Paul Heidemann, Axel Dietrich | Children's | |
| Der Fackelträger | Johannes Knittel | Hermann Kiessner, Loni Michelis | Drama | |
| Fridericus Rex – elfter Teil | Frank Beyer | Paul R. Henker, Heinz Kammer | Short | |
| Gejagt bis zum Morgen | Joachim Hasler | Manja Behrens, Raimund Schelcher | Drama | Based on Ludwig Turek's novel Ein Prolet erzählt |
| Hellas ohne Götter | Karl Gass | | Documentary, short | |
| Katzgraben | Max Jaap, Manfred Wekwerth | Friedrich Gnaß, Angelika Hurwicz | Drama | Television film, based on the play Katzgraben by Erwin Strittmatter |
| Kindergymnastik | Rolf Losansky | | Short | |
| Lissy | Konrad Wolf | Sonja Sutter, Horst Drinda | Drama | Based on Franz Carl Weiskopf's novel Die Versuchung |
| Mazurka der Liebe | Hans Müller | Bert Fortell, Albert Garbe | Operetta | Based on Carl Millöcker's operetta Der Bettelstudent |
| Polonia-Ekspreß | Kurt Jung-Alsen | Alice Graf, Horst Schön | Drama | |
| Rivalen am Steuer | Ernst Wilhelm Fiedler | Johannes Arpe, Hermann Belitz | Romance, sports | |
| Schlösser und Katen | Kurt Maetzig | Raimund Schelcher, Erika Dunkelmann | Drama | |
| Die Schönste | Ernesto Remani | Willy A. Kleinau, Ursula Burg | Drama | Banned and not shown publicly until 2002 |
| Sheriff Teddy | Heiner Carow | Käte Alving, Rudolf Christoph | Children's | |
| Das singende, klingende Bäumchen | Francesco Stefani | Christel Bodenstein, Charles Hans Vogt | Children's | Purchased and shown as a television series in Great Britain by the BBC |
| Skimeister von morgen | Ralf Kirsten | Rainer Brettschneider, Eberhard Gast | Drama, sports | |
| Les Sorcières de Salem | Raymond Rouleau | Simone Signoret, Yves Montand | Historical drama | French-East German co-production; based on Arthur Miller's play The Crucible |
| Spielbank-Affäre | Arthur Pohl | Gertrud Kückelmann, Jan Hendriks | Crime | East German-Swedish co-production |
| Spur in die Nacht | Günter Reisch | Annekathrin Bürger, Kurt Dunkelmann | Drama | |
| Tanz in der Galerie | Gottfried Kolditz | Wolf Kaiser, Liselotte Köster | Short | |
| Tinko | Herbert Ballmann | Josef Sieber, Lisa Wehn | Drama | |
| Vergeßt mir meine Traudel nicht | Kurt Maetzig | Eva-Maria Hagen, Horst Kube | Comedy | |
| Die Windrose | Joris Ivens, Yannick Bellon, Alberto Cavalcanti, Sergei Gerasimov, Gillo Pontecorvo, Alex Viany | Yves Montand, Simone Signoret | Docudrama | |
| Wo Du hin gehst | Martin Hellberg | Wolfgang Stumpf, Gisela Trowe | Historical drama, romance | |
| Zwei Mütter | Frank Beyer | Françoise Spira, Helga Göring | Drama, war | |
| Zwischen Himmel und Erde | Karl Gass | | Documentary, short | |
| 1958 |||||
| Abenteuer in Bamsdorf | Konrad Petzold | Charlotte Küter, Bernd Kuss | Adventure, children's | |
| Sonnensucher | Konrad Wolf | Ulrike Germer, Günther Simon | Drama | Banned and not shown publicly until 1972 |
| Emilia Galotti | Martin Hellberg | Karin Hübner, Hans-Peter Thielen | Historical drama, romance | Based on Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's play Emilia Galotti |
| Die Feststellung | Herbert Fischer | William Adelt, Ilse Bastubbe | Drama | |
| Fiete im Netz | Siegfried Hartmann | Ulrike Brunn, Peter Festersen | Children's | |
| Geschichte vom armen Hassan | Gerhard Klein | Ekkehard Schall, Erwin Geschonneck | Children's | |
| Geschwader Fledermaus | Erich Engel | Wolfgang Heinz, Christine Laszar | Drama, war | |
| Insel der Rosen | Karl Gass | | Documentary, short | |
| Klotz am Bein | Frank Vogel | Horst Drinda, Christel Bodenstein | Comedy | |
| Das Lied der Matrosen | Kurt Maetzig, Günter Reisch | Hilmar Trate, Raimund Schelcher | Historical drama | Entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival |
| Der Lotterieschwede | Joachim Kunert | Erwin Geschonneck, Sonja Sutter | Drama | Based on Martin Andersen Nexø's novella Lotterisvensken |
| Meine Frau macht Musik | Hans Heinrich | Lore Fritsch, Günther Simon | Musical | |
| Les Misérables | Jean-Paul Le Chanois | Jean Gabin, Bernard Blier | Drama | French-East German-Italian co-production; based on Victor Hugo's novel Les Misérables |
| Die Mutter | Manfred Wekwerth | Helene Weigel, Fred Düren | Drama | Based on Maxim Gorky's novel Mother |
| Ein Mädchen von 16 ½ | Carl Balhaus | Nana Osten, Hartmut Reck | Drama | |
| Nur eine Frau | Carl Balhaus | Karla Runkehl, Rudolf Grabow | Biography, drama | Fictionalized biography of Louise Otto-Peters |
| Piloten, Propeller und Turbinen | Jürgen Thierlein | | Documentary, short | |
| Der Prozeß wird vertagt | Herbert Ballmann | Raimund Schelcher, Gerhard Bienert | Drama | |
| Reifender Sommer | Horst Reinecke | Willy A. Kleinau, Gisela Uhlen | Drama | |
| Rocník 21 | Václav Gajer | Eva Kotthaus, Luděk Munzar | Drama | |
| Sie kannten sich alle | Richard Groschopp | Horst Drinda, Sonja Sutter | Crime | |
| Tatort Berlin | Joachim Kunert | Hartmut Reck, Annegret Golding | Crime | |
| Tilman Riemenschneider | Helmut Spieß | Emil Stöhr, Gerd Michael Henneberg | Biography | Fictionalized biography of Tilman Riemenschneider |
| Unternehmen Teutonenschwert | Andrew Thorndike, Annelie Thorndike | | Documentary | |
| 1959 |||||
| 10 Jahre DDR in Filmdokumenten 1949–1959 | Bruno Kleberg | | Documentary | |
| Alte Liebe, Eine | Frank Beyer | Gisela May, Erich Franz | Drama | |
| Bevor der Blitz einschlägt | Richard Groschopp | Christine Lazar, Horst Drinda | Comedy | |
| Brücke zwischen gestern und morgen | Fred Mahr | Antje Ruge, Rudolf Ulrich | Drama | Television film |
| Claudia | Walter Beck | Maria Besendahl, Erich Fritze | Drama | |
| Die Dame und der Blinde | Hans-Erich Korbschmitt | Albert Hetterle, Inge Keller | | Television film |
| Das Feuerzeug | Siegfried Hartmann | Rolf Ludwig, Heinz Schubert | Fantasy | |
| Ehesache Lorenz | Joachim Kunert | Manja Behrens, Martin Flörchinger | Drama | |
| Erich Kubak | Karl Plintzner | Helga Göring, Hans-Edgar Stecher | Drama | |
| Im Sonderauftrag | Heinz Thiel | Hans-Peter Minetti, Rolf Ludwig | Adventure | |
| Zu jeder Stunde | Heinz Thiel | Rolf Stövesand, Erika Radtke | Drama | Released in 1960 |
| Kabale und Liebe | Martin Hellberg | Wolf Kaiser, Otto Mellies | Historical drama | Based on Friedrich Schiller's play Intrigue and Love |
| Kapitäne bleiben an Bord | Martin Hellberg | Johannes Arpe, Christel Bodenstein | Adventure | |
| Der Kleine Kuno | Kurt Jung-Alsen | Margit Schaumäker, Rudolf Ulrich | Children's | |
| Maibowle | Günter Reisch | Erich Franz, Albert Hetterle | Comedy | |
| Martin Andersen Nexö | Joachim Kunert | | Documentary, short | |
| Musterknaben | Johannes Knittel | Hartmut Reck, Rolf Herricht | Romantic comedy | |
| Natürlich die Nelli | Konrad Petzold | Evamaria Bath, Wolfgang Lippert | Children's | |
| Die Premiere fällt aus | Kurt Jung-Alsen | Christine Laszar, Hans Geissler | Crime | |
| Reportage 57 | János Veiczi | Annekathrin Bürger, Willi Schrade | Drama | |
| SAS 181 antwortet nicht | Carl Balhaus | Ulrich Thein, Otmar Richter | Adventure | |
| Senta auf Abwegen | Martin Hellberg | Günther Simon, Karin Buchali | | |
| Sie nannten ihn Amigo | Heiner Carow | Ernst-Georg Schwill, Angelica Hurwicz | Historical drama | |
| Simplon-Tunnel | Gottfried Kolditz | Johannes Arpe, Brigitte Krause | Drama | |
| Soldat und Sportler | Rolf Losansky | | Short | |
| Sterne | Konrad Wolf | Sasha Krusharska, Jürgen Frohriep | | Bulgarian-East German co-production; won the Special Jury Prize at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival |
| Die Stiere des Hidalgo | Karl Gass | | Documentary, short | |
| Der verlorene Ball | Kurt Weiler | Erika Dunkelmann, Uschi Wenske | Children's, short | |
| Verwirrung der Liebe | Slatan Dudow | Angelica Domröse, Annekathrin Bürger | Romantic comedy | |
| Vom mutigen Hans | Katja Georgi, Klaus Georgi | | Animation, short | |
| Ware für Katalonien | Richard Groschopp | Wilfried Ortmann, Fritz Diez | Crime | |
| Weißes Blut | Gottfried Kolditz | Christine Laszar, Jürgen Frohriep | Drama | |
| Wie die Wilden | Ruth Heucke-Langenscheidt | Jutta Auerbach, Brigitte Krause | | Television film |

## 1960s

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1960 |||||
| Daß ein gutes Deutschland blühe | Joop Huiske | | | |
| Die Flucht aus der Hölle | Hans-Erich Korbschmitt | | | |
| Fünf Patronenhülsen | Frank Beyer | | | |
| Five Days, Five Nights | Leo Arnschtam, Heinz Thiel | | | |
| Hatifa | Siegfried Hartmann | | | |
| Hochmut kommt vor dem Knall | Kurt Jung-Alsen | | | |
| Kein Ärger mit Cleopatra | Helmut Schneider | | | |
| Die schöne Lurette | Gottfried Kolditz | | | |
| Schritt für Schritt | János Veiczi | | | |
| Seilergasse 8 | Joachim Kunert | | | |
| Was wäre, wenn...? | Gerhard Klingenberg | | | |
| Wo der Zug nicht lange hält... | Joachim Hasler | | | |
| Ärzte | Lutz Köhlert | | | |
| Alwin der Letzte | Hubert Hoelzke | | | |
| Der Schweigende Stern | Kurt Maetzig | | science fiction | |
| 1961 |||||
| Das Kleid | Konrad Petzold | | | |
| Der Arzt von Bothenow | Johannes Knittel | | | |
| Der Fall Gleiwitz | Gerhard Klein | | | |
| Die Liebe und der Co-Pilot | Richard Groschopp | | | |
| Flitterwochen ohne Ehemann | Helmut Spieß | | | |
| Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder | Peter Palitzsch | | | Prize at the Locarno Festival |
| Professor Mamlock | Konrad Wolf | | | Entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival |
| Schneewittchen und die sieben Zwerge | Gottfried Kolditz | | | |
| Septemberliebe | Kurt Maetzig | | | |
| 1962 |||||
| Das verhexte Fischerdorf | Siegfried Hartmann | | | |
| Ach du fröhliche... | Günter Reisch | | | |
| Auf der Sonnenseite | Ralf Kirsten | | | |
| Christine und die Störche | Jirí Jahn | | | |
| Freispruch mangels Beweises | Richard Groschopp | | | |
| Das grüne Ungeheuer | Rudi Kurz | | | |
| Die Jagd nach dem Stiefel | Konrad Petzold | | | |
| Minna von Barnhelm | Martin Hellberg | | | |
| Rotkäppchen | Götz Friedrich | | | |
| Schaut auf diese Stadt | Karl Gass | | | |
| Revue um Mitternacht | Gottfried Kolditz | | Musical comedy | |
| 1963 |||||
| Beschreibung eines Sommers | Ralf Kirsten | | | |
| For Eyes Only | János Veiczi | | | |
| Frau Holle | Gottfried Kolditz | | | |
| Die Glatzkopfbande | Richard Groschopp | | | |
| Die Hochzeit von Länneken | Heiner Carow | | | |
| Geheimarchiv an der Elbe | Kurt Jung-Alsen | | | |
| Reserviert für den Tod | Heinz Thiel | | | |
| Karbid und Sauerampfer | Frank Beyer | | | |
| Nackt unter Wölfen | Frank Beyer | | | Entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival |
| Der Schwur des Soldaten Pooley | Kurt Jung-Alsen | | | |
| 1964 |||||
| Engel im Fegefeuer | Herrmann Zschoche | | | |
| Das Lied vom Trompeter | Konrad Petzold | | | |
| Geliebte weiße Maus | Gottfried Kolditz | | | |
| Der Geteilte Himmel | Konrad Wolf | | | |
| Die Goldene Gans | Siegfried Hartmann | | | |
| Viel Lärm um nichts | Martin Hellberg | | | |
| 1965 |||||
| Ohne Pass in fremden Betten | Vladimir Brebera | | | |
| Denk bloß nicht, ich heule | | | | |
| Der Reserveheld | Wolfgang Luderer | | | |
| Die antike Münze | Wladimir Jantschew | | | |
| Entlassen auf Bewährung | Richard Groschopp | | | |
| Karl Liebknecht – Solange Leben in mir ist. | Günter Reisch | Horst Schulze | | |
| Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt | Joachim Kunert | | | Entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Chronik eines Mordes | Joachim Hasler | | | |
| Das Kaninchen bin ich | Kurt Maetzig | | | |
| 1966 |||||
| Alfons Zitterbacke | Konrad Petzold | | | |
| Born in '45 | Jürgen Böttcher | | | Released 1990 |
| Elf Jahre alt | Winfried Junge | | | |
| Flucht ins Schweigen | Siegfried Hartmann | | | |
| Der Frühling braucht Zeit | Günter Stahnke | | | |
| Hands Up or I'll Shoot | Hans-Joachim Kasprzik | | | Released 2009 |
| Der lachende Mann – Bekenntnisse eines Mörders | Walter Heynowski | | | |
| Reise ins Ehebett | Joachim Hasler | | | |
| Spur der Steine | Frank Beyer | | | |
| Das Tal der sieben Monde | Gottfried Kolditz | | | |
| 1967 |||||
| Der tapfere Schulschwänzer | Winfried Junge | | | |
| Brot und Rosen | Horst E. Brandt, Heinz Thiel | | | Entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Chingachgook, die große Schlange | Richard Groschopp | | | |
| Die Fahne von Kriwoj Rog | Kurt Maetzig | | | |
| Frau Venus und ihr Teufel | Ralf Kirsten | | | |
| Frozen Flashes | János Veiczi | | | |
| Die Heiden von Kummerow und ihre lustigen Streiche | Werner Jacobs | | | Co-production with West Germany |
| Heißer Sommer | Joachim Hasler | | | |
| Heroin | Horst E. Brandt, Heinz Thiel | | | |
| Hochzeitsnacht im Regen | Horst Seemann | | | |
| Ein Lord am Alexanderplatz | Günter Reisch | | | |
| Das Mädchen auf dem Brett | Kurt Maetzig | | | |
| Meine Freundin Sybille | Wolfgang Luderer | | | |
| 1968 |||||
| Abschied | Egon Günther | | | |
| Hauptmann Florian von der Mühle | Werner W. Wallroth | | | |
| Käuzchenkuhle | Walter Beck | | | |
| Leben zu zweit | Herrmann Zschoche | | | |
| Das siebente Jahr | Frank Vogel | | | |
| Spur des Falken | Gottfried Kolditz | | | |
| Pilots in Pajamas | Walter Heynowski [de] Gerhard Scheumann [de] | | Documentary | |
| Mord am Montag | Hans Kratzert | Barbara Brylska, Horst Schulze, Helga Göring | Crime | |
| 1969 |||||
| Weil ich dich liebe... | Helmut Brandis, Hans Kratzert | | | |
| Weiße Wölfe | Konrad Petzold | | | |
| Weite Straßen – stille Liebe | Herrmann Zschoche | | | |
| Zeit zu leben | Horst Seemann | | | |
| Seine Hoheit – Genosse Prinz | Werner W. Wallrot | | | |
| Netzwerk | Ralf Kirsten | | | |
| Im Spannungsfeld | Siegfried Kühn | | | |
| Jungfer, Sie gefällt mir | Günter Reisch | | | |
| He, Du! | Rolf Römer | | | |
| Hart am Wind | Heinz Thiel | | | |
| Du bist min (Ein deutsches Tagebuch) | Andrew Thorndike, Annelie Thorndike | | Documentary | Entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival |

## 1970s

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1970 |||||
| Dr. med. Sommer II | Lothar Warneke | | | |
| Effi Briest | Wolfgang Luderer | | | |
| Goya (Der arge Weg der Erkenntnis) | Konrad Wolf | | | Entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Kennen Sie Urban? | Ingrid Reschke | | | |
| Tödlicher Irrtum | Konrad Petzold | | | |
| Wir kaufen eine Feuerwehr | Hans Kratzert | | | |
| Meine Stunde Null [de] | Joachim Hasler | | | |
| 1971 |||||
| Anflug Alpha 1 | János Veiczi | | | |
| Hut ab, wenn du küßt! | Rolf Losansky | | | |
| Zeit der Störche | Siegfried Kühn | | | |
| Osceola | Konrad Petzold | | | |
| Der Mann, der nach der Oma kam | Roland Oehme | | | |
| 1972 |||||
| Der Dritte | Egon Günther | | | |
| Karl Liebknecht – Trotz alledem! | Günter Reisch | Horst Schulze | | |
| Die Elixiere des Teufels | Ralf Kirsten | | | |
| Eolomea | Herrmann Zschoche | | | |
| Januskopf | Kurt Maetzig | | | |
| Laut und leise ist die Liebe | Helmut Dziuba | | | |
| Die Schlüssel | Egon Günther | | | |
| Florentiner 73 | Klaus Gendries | | | |
| Es ist eine alte Geschichte | Lothar Warneke | | | |
| Tecumseh | Hans Kratzert | Gojko Mitić, Annekathrin Bürger | Western | |
| 1973 |||||
| Apachen | Gottfried Kolditz | | | |
| Excerpts from the Life of a Good-For-Nothing [de] | Celino Bleiweiß [de] | Dean Reed, Anna Dymna, Hannelore Elsner, Monika Woytowicz, Gerry Wolff, Christel Bodenstein, Aimée Iacobescu | Comedy | |
| Reife Kirschen | Horst Seemann | | | Entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Three Wishes for Cinderella | Václav Vorlíček | Libuše Šafránková, Pavel Trávníček | fairy-tale | Czechoslovak-East German co-production |
| Wie füttert man einen Esel | Roland Oehme | | | |
| Wolz – Leben und Verklärung eines deutschen Anarchisten | Günter Reisch | | | |
| Unterm Birnbaum | Ralf Kirsten | | | |
| The Legend of Paul and Paula | Heiner Carow | | | |
| 1974 |||||
| Kit & Co [de] | Konrad Petzold | | | |
| Leben mit Uwe | Lothar Warneke | | | |
| Ulzana | Gottfried Kolditz | | | |
| Zum Beispiel Josef | Erwin Stranka | | | |
| Looping | Kurt Tetzlaff | | | |
| Für die Liebe noch zu mager? | Bernhard Stephan | | | |
| 1975 |||||
| Blood Brothers | Werner W. Wallroth | Dean Reed, Gojko Mitic | Western | |
| Jacob the Liar | Frank Beyer | Vlastimil Brodský | | Brodský won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at Berlin Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film |
| Die Moral der Banditen | Erwin Stranka | | | |
| Eine Pyramide für mich | Ralf Kirsten | | | |
| Between Day and Night | Horst E. Brandt | | | Entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival |
| 1976 |||||
| Unterwegs nach Atlantis | Siegfried Kühn | | | |
| Nelken in Aspik | Günter Reisch | | | |
| Liebesfallen | Werner W. Wallroth | | | |
| Die Leiden des jungen Werthers [de] | Egon Günther | | | |
| 1977 |||||
| The Incorrigible Barbara | Lothar Warneke | | | Entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Mama, I'm Alive | Konrad Wolf | | | Entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival |
| 1978 |||||
| Anton the Magician | Günter Reisch | | | Entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Sabine Wulff | Erwin Stranka | | | |
| Sieben Sommersprossen [de] | Herrmann Zschoche | | | |
| Ursula [de] | Egon Günther | Suzanne Stoll, Jörg Reichlin [de], Matthias Habich, Jutta Hoffmann | Drama | East German-Swiss co-production |
| Zünd an, es kommt die Feuerwehr | Rainer Simon | | | |
| Jörg Ratgeb – Painter | Bernhard Stephan | | | Entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival |
| 1979 |||||
| Feuer unter Deck [de] | Herrmann Zschoche | | | Produced 1977, released 1979 |

## 1980s

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1980 |||||
| Glück im Hinterhaus [de] | Herrmann Zschoche | | | |
| Jadup and Boel | Rainer Simon | | | Entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Levins Mühle | Horst Seemann | | | |
| Pugowitza | Jürgen Brauer | | | |
| Solo Sunny | Konrad Wolf, Wolfgang Kohlhaase | Renate Krößner | | Krößner won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at Berlin |
| Und nächstes Jahr am Balaton [de] | Herrmann Zschoche | | | |
| 1981 |||||
| Bürgschaft für ein Jahr | Herrmann Zschoche | Katrin Saß | | Saß won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at Berlin |
| Die fliegende Windmühle | Günter Rätz | | | |
| Mephisto | István Szabó | Klaus Maria Brandauer, Rolf Hoppe, Krystyna Janda, Karin Boyd | | Hungarian-East German-West German-Austrian co-production |
| Our Short Life | Lothar Warneke | | | Entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Sing, Cowboy Sing | Dean Reed | | | |
| 1982 |||||
| Die Gerechten von Kummerow | Wolfgang Luderer | | | |
| Insel der Schwäne [de] | Herrmann Zschoche | | | |
| Der lange Ritt zur Schule | Rolf Losansky | | | |
| Der Prinz hinter den sieben Meeren | Walter Beck | | | |
| Romance with Amelie | Ulrich Thein | | | Entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival |
| Sabine Kleist, 7 Jahre... | Helmut Dziuba | | | |
| Sonjas Rapport | Bernhard Stephan | | | |
| 1983 |||||
| Erscheinen Pflicht | Helmut Dziuba | | | |
| Moritz in der Litfaßsäule | Christa Kozik, Rolf Losansky | | | |
| The Turning Point | Frank Beyer | Sylvester Groth | | |
| Die vertauschte Königin | Dieter Scharfenberg | | | |
| Zille and Me | Werner W. Wallroth | | | Entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival |
| 1984 |||||
| Ab heute erwachsen | Gunther Scholz | | | |
| Bockshorn [de] | Frank Beyer | | | |
| Hälfte des Lebens [de] | Herrmann Zschoche | | | |
| Isabel auf der Treppe | Hannelore Unterberg | | | |
| Eine sonderbare Liebe | Lothar Warneke | | | |
| A Village Romeo and Juliet | Siegfried Kühn | | | |
| Wo andere schweigen | Ralf Kirsten | | | Entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Woman Doctors | Horst Seemann | Judy Winter | | |
| 1985 |||||
| Atkins | Helge Trimpert | | | |
| Ete und Ali | Peter Kahane | | | |
| Die Gänse von Bützow | Frank Vogel | | | |
| Grünstein's Clever Move [de] | Bernhard Wicki | Fred Düren, Klaus Schwarzkopf, Jörg Gudzuhn [de], Rolf Hoppe | Drama | West German-East German co-production |
| Der Haifischfütterer | Erwin Stranka | | | |
| Junge Leute in der Stadt | Karl Heinz Lotz | | | |
| The Woman and the Stranger | Rainer Simon | | | Won the Golden Bear at Berlin |
| 1986 |||||
| Fahrschule | Bernhard Stephan | | | |
| The House on the River | Roland Gräf | | | Entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival |
| So Many Dreams | Heiner Carow | | | Entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Wie die Alten sungen | Günter Reisch | | | |
| 1987 |||||
| Die Alleinseglerin [de] | Herrmann Zschoche | | | |
| Die Entfernung zwischen dir und mir und ihr | Micael Kann | | | |
| Sansibar oder der letzte Grund [de] | Bernhard Wicki | Peter Kremer, Michael Gwisdek, Peter Sodann | Drama | a.k.a. Flight to Afar. East German-West German co-production |
| Das Schulgespenst | Rolf Losansky | | | |
| Vernehmung der Zeugen | Gunther Scholz | | | Entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Vorspiel | Peter Kahane | | | |
| 1988 |||||
| Bear Ye One Another's Burden | Lothar Warneke | Manfred Möck, Jörg Pose | | Möck and Pose won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at Berlin |
| Fallada: The Last Chapter | Roland Gräf | | | Entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival |
| 1989 |||||
| Die Besteigung des Chimborazo [de] | Rainer Simon | Jan Josef Liefers | | East German-West German co-production |
| Ein brauchbarer Mann | Hans-Werner Honert | | | |
| The Break [de] | Frank Beyer | Götz George, Rolf Hoppe, Otto Sander | | East German-West German co-production |
| Coming Out | Heiner Carow | Matthias Freihof, Dirk Kummer, Dagmar Manzel | | Won the Silver Bear at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Grüne Hochzeit [de] | Herrmann Zschoche | | | |
| Pestalozzi's Mountain | Peter von Gunten | Gian Maria Volonté | | East German-Swiss co-production. Entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Treffen in Travers | Michael Gwisdek | Hermann Beyer, Corinna Harfouch, Uwe Kockisch | | Screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival |
| Zum Teufel mit Harbolla | Bodo Fürneisen | | Comedy | Set in 1956 |
| 1990 |||||
| Die Architekten | Peter Kahane | Kurt Naumann | | |
| Little Herr Friedemann | Peter Vogel [de] | Ulrich Mühe | Drama | |
| The Trace Leads to the Silver Lake | Günter Rätz [de] | — | Animated | |
| Verbotene Liebe | Helmut Dziuba | Julia Brendler, Hans-Peter Dahm | | |