# List of German films of 1936

This is a list of the most notable films produced in the Cinema of Germany in 1936.

## A–L

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Abduction of the Sabine Women | Robert A. Stemmle | Max Gülstorff, Hilde Sessak, Ilse Petri | Comedy | |
| The Accusing Song | Georg Zoch | Louis Graveure, Gina Falckenberg, Walter Rilla | Drama | |
| Across the Desert | Johann Alexander Hübler-Kahla | Aruth Wartan, Franz Klebusch, Bertold Reissig | Adventure | |
| Augustus the Strong | Paul Wegener | Michael Bohnen, Lil Dagover, Marieluise Claudius | Historical | Co-production with Poland |
| Back in the Country | Carl Boese | Hilde Weissner, Hans Stüwe, Hermann Speelmans | Drama | |
| The Bashful Casanova | Karel Lamac | Paul Kemp, Fita Benkhoff, Charlott Daudert | Comedy | |
| The Beggar Student | Georg Jacoby | Marika Rökk, Fritz Kampers, Carola Höhn | Musical | |
| Boccaccio | Herbert Maisch | Gina Falckenberg, Willy Fritsch, Albrecht Schoenhals | Historical | |
| The Cabbie's Song | E.W. Emo | Paul Hörbiger, Gusti Huber, Erika Dannhoff | Historical | |
| The Call of the Jungle | Harry Piel | Harry Piel, Ursula Grabley, Gerda Maurus | Adventure | |
| The Castle in Flanders | Géza von Bolváry | Mártha Eggerth, Paul Hartmann, Hilde Weissner | Drama | |
| City of Anatol | Viktor Tourjansky | Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Horney, Rose Stradner | Drama | |
| The Court Concert | Douglas Sirk | Mártha Eggerth, Johannes Heesters, Kurt Meisel | Romantic comedy | |
| The Czar's Courier | Richard Eichberg | Anton Walbrook, Lucie Höflich, Maria Andergast | Historical | |
| Dinner Is Served | Hans H. Zerlett | Herbert Hübner, Gertrud de Lalsky, Hertha Guthmar | Comedy | |
| The Dreamer | Carl Froelich | Emil Jannings, Hilde Weissner, Harald Paulsen | Drama | |
| The Empress's Favourite | Werner Hochbaum | Olga Chekhova, Anton Pointner, Heinz von Cleve | Historical | |
| Escapade | Erich Waschneck | Renate Müller, Georg Alexander, Grethe Weiser | Comedy | |
| Family Parade | Fritz Wendhausen | Ernst Dumcke, Curd Jürgens, Walter Janssen | Comedy | |
| Ferryman Maria | Frank Wisbar | Sybille Schmitz, Peter Voß, Karl Platen | Horror | |
| Game on Board | Herbert Selpin | Viktor de Kowa, Susi Lanner, Carsta Löck | Crime comedy | |
| The Girl Irene | Reinhold Schünzel | Lil Dagover, Sabine Peters, Geraldine Katt | Drama | |
| Girls in White | Victor Janson | Maria Cebotari, Iván Petrovich, Hilde von Stolz | Musical | |
| Hilde and the Volkswagen | Heinz Paul | Ludwig Manfred Lommel, Grethe Weiser, Hilde Schneider | Comedy | |
| A Hoax | E.W. Emo | Paul Hörbiger, Trude Marlen, Hans Moser | Comedy | |
| Home Guardsman Bruggler | Werner Klingler | Franziska Kinz, Rolf Pinegger, Eduard Köck | War | |
| The Hour of Temptation | Paul Wegener | Gustav Fröhlich, Lída Baarová, Harald Paulsen | Mystery | |
| The Hunter of Fall | Hans Deppe | Paul Richter, Rolf Pinegger, Hans Adalbert Schlettow | Drama | |
| If We All Were Angels | Carl Froelich | Heinz Ruhmann, Leny Marenbach, Lotte Rausch | Comedy | |
| The Impossible Woman | Johannes Meyer | Dorothea Wieck, Gustav Fröhlich, Gina Falckenberg | Romance | |
| The Kaiser of California | Luis Trenker | Luis Trenker, Viktoria von Ballasko, Elise Aulinger | Western | |
| The Last Four on Santa Cruz | Werner Klingler | Hermann Speelmans, Irene von Meyendorff, Valéry Inkijinoff | Drama | |
| The Love of the Maharaja | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Gustav Diessl, Hilde von Stolz, Isa Miranda | Drama | |
| Love's Awakening | Herbert Maisch | Eugen Klöpfer, Karin Hardt, Walter Rilla | Drama | |
| Lucky Kids | Paul Martin | Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, Paul Kemp | Comedy | |

## M–Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Maria the Maid | Veit Harlan | Hilde Körber, Hilde Hildebrand, Alfred Abel | Drama | |
| Martha | Karl Anton | Hanna Ralph, Georg Alexander, Fritz Kampers | Musical | |
| Moscow-Shanghai | Paul Wegener | Pola Negri, Gustav Diessl, Susi Lanner | Drama | |
| Ninety Minute Stopover | Harry Piel | Harry Piel, Else von Möllendorff, Alexander Golling | Thriller | |
| The Night With the Emperor | Erich Engel | Jenny Jugo, Richard Romanowsky, Hans Zesch-Ballot | Comedy | |
| Orders Are Orders | Alwin Elling | Weiss Ferdl, Trude Hesterberg, Eric Helgar | Comedy | |
| Paul and Pauline | Heinz Paul | Ludwig Manfred Lommel, Trude Hesterberg, Erika Helmke | Comedy | |
| Port Arthur | Nicolas Farkas | Anton Walbrook, Karin Hardt, René Deltgen | Drama | Co-production with France |
| Savoy Hotel 217 | Gustav Ucicky | Hans Albers, Brigitte Horney, René Deltgen | Drama | |
| Scandal at the Fledermaus | Herbert Selpin | Viktor de Kowa, Maria Andergast, Adele Sandrock | Comedy | |
| Stjenka Rasin | Alexandre Volkoff | Wera Engels, Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Heinrich George | Drama | |
| A Strange Guest | Gerhard Lamprecht | Alfred Abel, Ilse Petri, Annemarie Steinsieck | Drama | |
| Street Music | Hans Deppe | Jessie Vihrog, Fritz Genschow, Hans Deppe | Comedy | |
| Stronger Than Regulations | Jürgen von Alten | Paul Hartmann, Manja Behrens, Karl Hellmer | Mystery | |
| Susanne in the Bath | Jürgen von Alten | Manja Behrens, Max Gülstorff, Ursula Herking | Comedy | |
| There Were Two Bachelors | Franz Seitz | Joe Stöckel, Adolf Gondrell, Manfred Koempel-Pilot | Comedy | |
| The Three Around Christine | Hans Deppe | Maria Andergast, Hans Söhnker, Fritz Kampers | Comedy | |
| Three Girls for Schubert | E.W. Emo | Paul Hörbiger, Maria Andergast, Gretl Theimer | Historical | |
| Thunder, Lightning and Sunshine | Erich Engels | Karl Valentin, Liesl Karlstadt, Ilse Petri | Comedy | |
| Tomfoolery | Willi Forst | Renate Müller, Jenny Jugo, Anton Walbrook | Comedy | |
| Uncle Bräsig | Erich Waschneck | Otto Wernicke, Heinrich Schroth, Elga Brink | Comedy | |
| Under Blazing Heavens | Gustav Ucicky | Hans Albers, Lotte Lang, René Deltgen | Adventure | |
| The Unknown | Frank Wisbar | Sybille Schmitz, Jean Galland, Edwin Jürgensen | Drama | |
| The Unsuspecting Angel | Franz Seitz | Joe Stöckel, Lucie Englisch, Erika Glässner | Comedy crime | |
| Victoria in Dover | Erich Engel | Jenny Jugo, Olga Limburg, Renée Stobrawa | Romantic comedy | |
| The Violet of Potsdamer Platz | Johann Alexander Hübler-Kahla | Rotraut Richter, Margarete Kupfer, Else Elster | Drama | |
| A Wedding Dream | Erich Engel | Ida Wüst, Inge List, Ferdinand Marian | Comedy | |
| When the Cock Crows | Carl Froelich | Heinrich George, Marianne Hoppe, Hans Brausewetter | Comedy | |
| Where the Lark Sings | Carl Lamac | Mártha Eggerth, Alfred Neugebauer, Lucie Englisch | Musical | Co-production with Hungary and Switzerland |
| Winter in the Woods | Fritz Peter Buch | Viktor Staal, Hansi Knoteck, Hans Zesch-Ballot | Drama | |
| A Woman of No Importance | Hans Steinhoff | Gustaf Gründgens, Käthe Dorsch, Marianne Hoppe | Drama | |

## Documentaries

| Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
| Auf großer Fahrt | Hans Adlerstein | documentary | |
| Bauernhochzeit am Tegernsee | Norman Dix | documentary | |
| Bremen | Otto von Bothmer | documentary | |
| Deutsche Vergangenheit wird lebendig | Johannes Guter | documentary | |
| Düsseldorf | Walter Ruttmann | documentary | |
| Ein Almbrunnen wird gebaut | Hans Ammann | documentary | |
| Erbkrank | Herbert Gerdes | Propaganda | Euthanasia propaganda film |
| Ewiger Wald | | documentary | |
| Ewige Wache | | documentary | |
| Der Fuehrer besichtigt die Leibstandarte - Auszug vom Reichsparteitag | | | Available at Internet Archive |
| Für Ehre, Freiheit, Frieden - Zeppeline im Wahlkampf | Richard Quaas, Hermann Stöß | documentary | |
| Das grosse Eis | Paul Kunhenn, Svend Noldan, Else Wegener | documentary | |
| Große Stadt im engen Tal | Ulrich Kayser | documentary | |
| Hatikvah | Georg Engel | documentary | |
| Die Heimat im Lied | Johannes Guter | documentary | |
| Hinein! | Gösta Nordhaus | documentary | |
| Im Trommelfeuer der Westfront | Charles Willy Kayser | documentary | |
| Jungbann 2 | Alfred Weidenmann | documentary | |
| Jugend der Welt. Der Film von den IV. Olympischen Winterspielen in Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Herbert Brieger, Carl Junghans | Documentary | 1936 Winter Olympics |
| Kampf um Brot | Ulrich Kayser | documentary | |
| Kaufmann, nicht Händler | Ernst Kochel | partly animated Documentary | propaganda film Available online here |
| Kopfjäger von Borneo | Baron Victor von Plessen | Documentary | Headhunters of Borneo; German-Dutch co-production |
| Lebende Werkzeuge | Hans Wilhelm | documentary | |
| Mädel im Landjahr | Hans Cürlis | documentary | |
| Nanga Parbat | Frank Leberecht | documentary | |
| Reichsparteitag der Ehre | | | Available at Internet Archive |
| Ruf in die Welt | Ulrich Kayser | documentary | |
| Schiff in Not | Walter Ruttmann | documentary | |
| Sport und Soldaten | Hans Wilhelm | documentary | |
| Die Stadt der sieben Türme | Johannes Guter | documentary | |
| Unser Brot, Arbeit und Wehr | | documentary | |
| Wintersonnenwende | Gerhard Huttula | documentary | |
| Zwischen Sahara und Nürburgring | Wolfgang Staudte | documentary | |

## Shorts

| Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
| Der blaue Punkt | Wolfgang Kaskeline | animation | |
| Bommerli | Richard Groschopp | animation | |
| Eine kleine Königstragödie | Richard Groschopp | animation | |
| En fargesymfoni i blått | | animation | Co-production with Norway |
| Graf Habenichts | Kurt Stordel | animation | |
| Puss in Boots | Lotte Reiniger | animation | |
| Silhouetten | Lotte Reiniger, Walter Reisch | Animation | Animated feature film |
| Das Schönheitsfleckchen | Carl Froelich, Rolf Hansen | | The Beauty Mark in Opticolor |
| Tischlein deck dich | Ferdinand Diehl | animation | |
| Vier Asse | George Pal | Animation | Four Aces |
| Zum Greifen nah | | | Almost Close Enough to Touch, experimental 3-D film |