# List of West German films of 1959

List of West German films of 1959. Feature films produced and distributed in West Germany in 1959.

## A–Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Abschied von den Wolken | Gottfried Reinhardt | O. W. Fischer, Peter van Eyck, Sonja Ziemann, Horst Frank, Linda Christian | Drama, Adventure | a.k.a. Rebel Flight to Cuba |
| Adorable Arabella | Axel von Ambesser | Johanna von Koczian, Carlos Thompson, Hilde Hildebrand | Comedy | |
| Alle lieben Peter [de] | Wolfgang Becker | Peter Kraus | Comedy | |
| And That on Monday Morning | Luigi Comencini | O. W. Fischer, Ulla Jacobsson, Vera Tschechowa | Comedy | Entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival |
| The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp | Kurt Hoffmann | Ullrich Haupt, Matthias Fuchs, Tatjana Sais | Comedy | |
| As the Sea Rages | Horst Hächler | Maria Schell, Cliff Robertson, Cameron Mitchell | Drama | West German-American-Yugoslav co-production |
| The Beautiful Adventure | Kurt Hoffmann | Liselotte Pulver, Bruni Löbel, Robert Graf | Comedy | |
| Bei der blonden Kathrein [de] | Hans Quest | Marianne Hold, Gerhard Riedmann | Comedy | |
| Besuch aus heiterem Himmel [de] | Ferdinand Dörfler | Johannes Heesters | Comedy | |
| The Big Knife | Franz Josef Wild [de] | Paul Hubschmid, Maria Holst, Maria Sebaldt, Ann Smyrner | Drama | |
| The Black Chapel | Ralph Habib | Peter van Eyck, Dawn Addams, Gino Cervi, Werner Peters | War drama | French-West German-Italian co-production |
| The Blue Moth | Wolfgang Schleif | Zarah Leander, Christian Wolff, Paul Hartmann | Drama | |
| Die Brücke | Bernhard Wicki | Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz, Volker Lechtenbrink | Anti-war film | a.k.a. The Bridge |
| The Buddenbrooks | Alfred Weidenmann | Hansjörg Felmy, Liselotte Pulver, Nadja Tiller, Hanns Lothar, Lil Dagover, Werner Hinz | Drama | |
| The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial | Hanns Farenburg [de] | Rudolf Fernau, Heinz Reincke, Werner Bruhns [de], Günther Schramm | Drama, War | a.k.a. Die Caine war ihr Schicksal |
| Clavigo | Werner Völger [de] | Helmuth Lohner, Ulla Jacobsson | Drama | |
| Court Martial | Kurt Meisel | Karlheinz Böhm, Hans Nielsen | War drama | Entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival |
| Crime After School | Alfred Vohrer | Peter van Eyck, Christian Wolff, Heidi Brühl | Drama | a.k.a. The Young Go Wild |
| The Day the Rains Came | Gerd Oswald | Mario Adorf, Gert Fröbe, Elke Sommer, Christian Wolff | Crime drama | |
| The Death Ship | Georg Tressler | Horst Buchholz, Elke Sommer, Mario Adorf | Drama, Adventure | |
| Dial M for Murder [de] | Rainer Wolffhardt [de] | Eva Maria Meineke, Heinz Drache, Charles Régnier, Siegfried Lowitz, Herbert Tiede | Thriller | |
| The Domestic Tyrant | Hans Deppe | Heinz Erhardt, Grethe Weiser, Peter Vogel | Comedy | |
| Dorothea Angermann | Robert Siodmak | Ruth Leuwerik, Bert Sotlar | Drama | |
| Every Day Isn't Sunday | Helmut Weiss | Paul Hubschmid, Elisabeth Müller | Comedy | |
| For the First Time | Rudolph Maté | Mario Lanza, Johanna von Koczian, Zsa Zsa Gabor | Musical | Co-production with the US |
| Der Frosch mit der Maske | Harald Reinl | Joachim Fuchsberger, Siegfried Lowitz, Fritz Rasp, Eddi Arent | Mystery thriller | a.k.a. Face of the Frog a.k.a. The Fellowship of the Frog. Based on Edgar Wallace |
| Girls for the Mambo-Bar | Wolfgang Gluck | Kai Fischer, Gerlinde Locker | Crime | |
| The Goose of Sedan | Helmut Käutner | Hardy Krüger, Jean Richard, Dany Carrel, Theo Lingen | War comedy | Co-production with France |
| The Head | Victor Trivas | Horst Frank, Michel Simon | Horror | |
| Here I Am, Here I Stay | Werner Jacobs | Caterina Valente, Hans Holt | Musical | |
| Hunting Party | Hermann Kugelstadt | Wolf Albach-Retty, Willy Fritsch | Drama | |
| The Ideal Woman | Josef von Báky | Ruth Leuwerik, Martin Benrath | Comedy | |
| The Indian Tomb | Fritz Lang | Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid | Adventure | West German-French-Italian co-production |
| Jacqueline | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Johanna von Koczian, Walther Reyer, Götz George | Comedy | |
| Jons und Erdme | Victor Vicas | Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Carl Raddatz, Karin Baal, Gert Fröbe | Drama | West German-Italian co-production |
| Konto ausgeglichen | Franz Peter Wirth | Wolfgang Preiss, Margot Trooger, Herbert Tiede | Crime | a.k.a. The Embezzler a.k.a. Money and the Woman |
| Labyrinth | Rolf Thiele | Nadja Tiller, Peter van Eyck, Amedeo Nazzari | Drama | Co-production with Italy |
| La Paloma | Paul Martin | Bibi Johns, Karlheinz Böhm | Musical | |
| The Lower Depths | Paul Verhoeven | Mario Adorf, Pinkas Braun, Margot Trooger | Drama | a.k.a. Nachtasyl |
| The Man Who Sold Himself | Josef von Báky | Hildegard Knef, Hansjörg Felmy | Crime | |
| The Man Who Walked Through the Wall | Ladislao Vajda | Heinz Rühmann, Nicole Courcel | Fantasy, Comedy | |
| Mandolins and Moonlight | Hans Deppe | Claus Biederstaedt, Johanna König | Musical | |
| Marili | Josef von Báky | Sabine Sinjen, Paul Hubschmid, Helmuth Lohner | Comedy | |
| Menschen im Hotel | Gottfried Reinhardt | Michèle Morgan, O. W. Fischer, Heinz Rühmann, Gert Fröbe, Sonja Ziemann | Drama | West German-French co-production |
| Nick Knatterton’s Adventure | Hans Quest | Karl Lieffen, Gert Fröbe, Günter Pfitzmann | Comedy | |
| Nocturno im Grand Hotel | Fritz Schröder-Jahn [de] | Johannes Heesters, Mady Rahl, Gisela Schlüter | Crime comedy | |
| Of Course, the Motorists | Erich Engels | Heinz Erhardt, Maria Perschy, Erik Schumann | Comedy | |
| Old Heidelberg | Ernst Marischka | Christian Wolff, Gert Fröbe, Sabine Sinjen | Romance | |
| Paprika | Kurt Wilhelm [de] | Violetta Ferrari, Waltraut Haas | Comedy | |
| Paradise for Sailors | Harald Reinl | Margit Saad, Boy Gobert, Mara Lane | Comedy | |
| The Patriot | Rudolph Cartier | Albert Lieven, Jochen Brockmann [de], Ellen Schwiers | Drama | |
| People in the Net | Franz Peter Wirth | Hansjörg Felmy, Johanna von Koczian | Cold War spy drama | a.k.a. Unwilling Agent |
| Peter Shoots Down the Bird | Géza von Cziffra | Peter Alexander, Germaine Damar, Maria Sebaldt | Comedy | |
| Peter Voss, Hero of the Day | Georg Marischka | O. W. Fischer, Linda Christian, Walter Giller | Adventure, Comedy | |
| Raskolnikov | Franz Peter Wirth | Hartmut Reck, Paul Verhoeven, Solveig Thomas [de] | Crime drama | a.k.a. Crime and Punishment |
| The Rats | John Olden [de] | Ingrid Andree, Gisela von Collande, Walter Richter, Elisabeth Flickenschildt | Drama | |
| The Rest Is Silence | Helmut Käutner | Hardy Krüger, Peter van Eyck | Drama | Entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Rommel Calls Cairo | Wolfgang Schleif | Adrian Hoven, Elisabeth Müller, Peter van Eyck | War | |
| Roses for the Prosecutor | Wolfgang Staudte | Martin Held, Walter Giller | Comedy | |
| Ruf ohne Echo | Rainer Wolffhardt [de] | Horst Tappert, Hans Christian Blech, Gisela Trowe, Herbert Fleischmann, Walter Buschhoff | Drama | a.k.a. Saints in Hell |
| The Scarlet Baroness | Rudolf Jugert | Dawn Addams, Joachim Fuchsberger, Wera Frydtberg | War, Spy thriller | |
| Die sechste Frau | Ulrich Erfurth | Hannelore Schroth, Hermann Schomberg, Ullrich Haupt, Maximilian Schell, Brigitte Grothum, Inge Meysel | Comedy | |
| Serengeti Shall Not Die | Bernhard Grzimek | | Documentary | |
| The Shepherd from Trutzberg | Eduard von Borsody | Heidi Brühl, Hans von Borsody | Historical romance | |
| Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? | Frank Wisbar | Joachim Hansen, Wilhelm Borchert, Wolfgang Preiss, Günter Pfitzmann, Sonja Ziemann | War | |
| A Summer You Will Never Forget | Werner Jacobs | Claus Biederstaedt, Karin Dor | Drama | |
| That's No Way to Land a Man | Hans Deppe | Grethe Weiser, Karin Dor | Comedy | |
| The Tiger of Eschnapur | Fritz Lang | Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid | Adventure | West German-French-Italian co-production |
| The Treasure of San Teresa | Alvin Rakoff | Eddie Constantine, Dawn Addams, Marius Goring, Christopher Lee | Thriller | Co-production with the UK |
| Triplets on Board | Hans Müller | Heinz Erhardt, Ann Smyrner | Comedy | |
| Two Times Adam, One Time Eve | Franz M. Lang | Heidi Brühl, Matthias Fuchs, Brigitte Grothum | Comedy | |
| The Visit | Ludwig Cremer [de] | Elisabeth Flickenschildt | Drama | a.k.a. Der Besuch der alten Dame |
| What a Woman Dreams of in Springtime | Erik Ode, Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Rudolf Prack, Winnie Markus, Ivan Desny | Comedy | |