# List of German films of 1938

This is a list of the most notable films produced in the Cinema of Germany in 1938.

## A–Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Adrienne Lecouvreur | Marcel L'Herbier | Yvonne Printemps, Pierre Fresnay, Junie Astor | Historical | Co-production with France. |
| After Midnight | Carl Hoffmann | Gina Falckenberg, René Deltgen, Alexander Engel | Drama | Co-production with France |
| Anna Favetti | Erich Waschneck | Brigitte Horney, Mathias Wieman, Gina Falckenberg | Drama | |
| Between the Parents | Hans Hinrich | Willy Fritsch, Jutta Freybe, Gusti Huber | Drama | |
| The Blue Fox | Viktor Tourjansky | Zarah Leander, Willy Birgel, Paul Hörbiger | Comedy | |
| By a Silken Thread | Robert A. Stemmle | Willy Fritsch, Käthe von Nagy, Carl Kuhlmann | Drama | |
| Capriccio | Karl Ritter | Lilian Harvey, Viktor Staal, Paul Kemp | Comedy | |
| Carmen, The Girl from Triana | Florián Rey | Imperio Argentina, Rafael Rivelles, Manuel Luna | Musical | Co-production with Spain |
| Comrades at Sea | Heinz Paul | Theodor Loos, Carola Höhn, Julius Brandt | War | |
| Coral Reefs | Maurice Gleize | Jean Gabin, Michèle Morgan, Pierre Renoir | Drama | French-language film. Made by UFA's French subsidiary. |
| Covered Tracks | Veit Harlan | Kristina Söderbaum, Philip Dorn, Charlotte Schultz | Mystery drama | |
| Dance on the Volcano | Hans Steinhoff | Gustaf Gründgens, Sybille Schmitz, Gisela Uhlen | Historical | |
| The Deruga Case | Fritz Peter Buch | Willy Birgel, Geraldine Katt, Dagny Servaes | Crime | |
| Faded Melody | Viktor Tourjansky | Brigitte Horney, Willy Birgel, Carl Raddatz | Drama | |
| Five Million Look for an Heir | Carl Boese | Heinz Rühmann, Leny Marenbach, Oskar Sima | Comedy | |
| Fools in the Snow | Hans Deppe | Anny Ondra, Paul Klinger, Gisela Schlüter | Comedy | |
| Frau Sixta | Gustav Ucicky | Gustav Fröhlich, Franziska Kinz, Ilse Werner | Drama | |
| Freight from Baltimore | Hans Hinrich | Hilde Weissner, Attila Hörbiger, Hans Zesch-Ballot | Drama | |
| The Four Companions | Carl Froelich | Ingrid Bergman, Sabine Peters, Carsta Löck | Drama | |
| Gastspiel im Paradies | Karl Hartl | Hilde Krahl, Albert Matterstock, Georg Alexander | Comedy | |
| The Girl of Last Night | Peter Paul Brauer | Willy Fritsch, Georg Alexander, Ingeborg von Kusserow | Comedy | |
| A Girl Goes Ashore | Werner Hochbaum | Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Günther Lüders, Erika Glässner | Drama | |
| The Great and the Little Love | Josef von Báky | Jenny Jugo, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudi Godden | Comedy | |
| I Love You | Herbert Selpin | Viktor de Kowa, Luise Ullrich, Olga Limburg | Comedy | |
| The Impossible Mister Pitt | Harry Piel | Harry Piel, Willi Schur, Hilde Weissner | Thriller | |
| The Indian Tomb | Richard Eichberg | Philip Dorn, La Jana, Theo Lingen | Adventure | |
| Jugend | Veit Harlan | Kristina Söderbaum, Eugen Klöpfer, Hermann Braun | Drama | Title translation: "Youth." |
| Little County Court | Alwin Elling | Hans Moser, Ida Wüst, Lucie Englisch | Comedy | |
| Love Letters from Engadin | Luis Trenker | Luis Trenker, Carla Rust, Erika von Thellmann | Comedy | |
| The Man Who Couldn't Say No | Mario Camerini | Karl Ludwig Diehl, Karin Hardt, Leo Slezak | Comedy | |
| The Marriage Swindler | Herbert Selpin | Viktoria von Ballasko, Kurt Waitzmann, Hilde Körber | Comedy | |
| Men, Animals and Sensations | Harry Piel | Harry Piel, Ruth Eweler, Elisabeth Wendt | Drama |
| Monika | Heinz Helbig | Maria Andergast, Iván Petrovich, Theodor Loos | Drama | |
| The Mountain Calls | Luis Trenker | Luis Trenker, Heidemarie Hatheyer, Peter Elsholtz | Drama | |
| The Muzzle | Erich Engel | Ralph Arthur Roberts, Hilde Weissner, Charlotte Schellhorn | Comedy | |
| The Mystery of Betty Bonn | Robert A. Stemmle | Maria Andergast, Theodor Loos, Hans Nielsen | Adventure | |
| Nanon | Herbert Maisch | Johannes Heesters, Dagny Servaes | Musical | |
| Napoleon Is to Blame for Everything | Curt Goetz | Valerie von Martens, Kirsten Heiberg | Comedy | |
| A Night in May | Georg Jacoby | Marika Rökk, Viktor Staal | Comedy | |
| The Night of Decision | Nunzio Malasomma | Pola Negri, Hans Zesch-Ballot, Sabine Peters | Drama | |
| Nights in Andalusia | Herbert Maisch | Imperio Argentina,Friedrich Benfer, Karl Klüsner | Musical | |
| People Who Travel | Jacques Feyder | Françoise Rosay, André Brulé, Marie Glory | Drama | French-language version of Travelling People |
| Pour le Mérite | Karl Ritter | Paul Hartmann, Albert Hehn, Paul Otto | Drama | In praise of war veterans rejecting the Weimar Republic. |
| A Prussian Love Story | Paul Martin | Lída Baarová, Willy Fritsch, Harry Liedtke | Historical | |
| Red Orchids | Nunzio Malasomma | Olga Chekhova, Albrecht Schoenhals, Camilla Horn | Crime | |
| The Roundabouts of Handsome Karl | Carl Froelich | Heinz Rühmann, Karin Hardt | Comedy | |
| Secret Code LB 17 | Viktor Tourjansky | Willy Birgel, Hilde Weissner | Thriller | |
| The Secret Lie | Nunzio Malasomma | Pola Negri, Hermann Braun | Drama | |
| Sergeant Berry | Herbert Selpin | Hans Albers, Alexander Golling | Western | |
| So You Don't Know Korff Yet? | Fritz Holl | Heinz Rühmann, Victor Janson, Fritz Rasp | Comedy | |
| S.O.S. Sahara | Jacques de Baroncelli | Charles Vanel, Jean-Pierre Aumont | Drama | French-language film. Made by UFA's French subsidiary. |
| The Stars Shine | Hans H. Zerlett | La Jana, Vera Bergman, Carla Rust | Musical revue | |
| Storms in May | Hans Deppe | Viktor Staal, Hansi Knoteck | Drama | |
| The Strange Monsieur Victor | Jean Grémillon | Raimu, Madeleine Renaud, Pierre Blanchar | Drama | French-language film. Made by UFA's French subsidiary. |
| Travelling People | Jacques Feyder | Hans Albers, Françoise Rosay | Drama | A separate French-language version was also made |
| Thirteen Chairs | E.W. Emo | Heinz Rühmann, Hans Moser, Inge List | Comedy | |
| Triad | Hans Hinrich | Lil Dagover, Paul Hartmann | Drama | |
| Was tun, Sybille? | Peter Paul Brauer | Jutta Freybe, Ingeborg von Kusserow, Hans Leibelt | Drama | Title translation: "What to Do Sybil?" |
| The Woman at the Crossroads | Josef von Báky | Ewald Balser, Magda Schneider, Karin Hardt | Drama | |
| Urlaub auf Ehrenwort | Karl Ritter | | | Leave on Parole |
| You and I | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Brigitte Horney, Joachim Gottschalk | Romance | |
| Yvette | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Käthe Dorsch, Ruth Hellberg | Drama | |

## Documentaries

| Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
| Aus der Heimat des Freischütz | Rudolf Gutscher | documentary | |
| Die Bauten Adolf Hitlers | Walter Hege | documentary | Adolf Hitlers Constructions; |
| Der Bienenstaat | Ulrich K.T. Schultz, Wolfram Junghans | Documentary | |
| Deutsche Weihnacht | Max Zehenthofer | Documentary | |
| España heroica | Paul Laven | documentary | Heroic Spain; about Spanish Civil War |
| Eine Fahrt zur Zugspitze | Norman Dix | Documentary | |
| Franz Schubert und seine Heimat | Norman Dix | Documentary | |
| Gestern und heute | Hans Steinhoff | Montage documentary | Yesterday and today |
| Der größte Fahrstuhl der Welt | Kurt Stefan | Documentary | |
| Die große Zeit | Carl Junghans, Gert Stegemann | Documentary | |
| Großstadt-Typen | Leo de Laforgue | Documentary | |
| Henkel - Ein deutsches Werk in seiner Arbeit | Walter Ruttmann | documentary | |
| Im Dienste der Menschheit | Walter Ruttmann | documentary | |
| Im Zeichen des Vertrauens. Ein Beyer-Film | Walter Ruttmann | documentary | |
| Jagd auf Raubfische | Hans Helfritz | Documentary | |
| Libellen | Ulrich K.T. Schultz, Wolfram Junghans | Documentary | |
| Michelangelo | Curt Oertel | Documentary | Shown at the 1938 Venice Film Festival |
| München | Ulrich Kayser | Documentary | |
| Münchener Oktoberfest | Max Grix | Documentary | |
| Münster, Westfalens schöne Hauptstadt | | Documentary | |
| Natur und Technik | Ulrich K.T. Schultz | Documentary | |
| NS-Kampfspiele 1937 | Geza von Kolb | Documentary | |
| Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker | Leni Riefenstahl | | Olympics, Part 1 - Celebration of the People; documentary of 1936 Summer Olympics. Shows Opening Ceremonies, Jesse Owens race, marathons |
| Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit | Leni Riefenstahl | | Olympics, Part 2 - Celebration of Beauty; includes field hockey, soccer, bicycling, equestrian, aquatic and gymnastic events, the Pentathlon, the Decathlon and Closing Ceremonies. |
| Rätsel der Urwaldhölle | O. Schulz-Kampthenkel | Documentary | |
| Riemenschneider - Der Meister von Würzburg | Walter Hege | | documentary |
| Schiff ohne Klassen - Die Wilhelm Gustloff | | Documentary | Documentary about the Wilhelm Gustloff; |
| Sehnsuchtsland unserer Jugend | Hans Helfritz | Documentary | |
| Stammgäste an der Nordsee | Ulrich K.T. Schultz | Documentary | |
| Vögel über Haff und Wiesen | Heinz Sielmann | Documentary | |
| Was du ererbt | Herbert Gerdes | Documentary | |
| Winterreise durch Südmandschurien | Arnold Fanck | Documentary | |
| Wort und Tat | Fritz Hippler | documentary | Words and Deeds; displays the progress of Germany under Hitler by a series of montages |

## Short films

| Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
| Hänschen Klein | Arnold Fanck | short | |
| Kaiserbauten in Fernost | Arnold Fanck | short | |
| Katharine | Elly Heuss-Knapp, Rudi Klemm | animation | |
| Et orientalsk kunststykke | | animation | co-produced with Norway |
| En sigarett - en drøm | Hans Fischerkoesen | animation | co-produced with Norway |
| Silah basina | | animation | |
| Sjakk matt | Hans Fischerkoesen | animation | co-produced with Norway |
| Tenor | | animation | co-produced with Norway |
| Im Zeichen des Vertrauens. Ein Beyer-Film | Walter Ruttmann | | |
| Zum guten Tropfen | | animation | |