# List of West German films of 1953

List of West German films of 1953. This was the fourth full year of film production since the formal partition of Germany into East and West in 1949. Major production centres were gathered in Hamburg, Munich and West Berlin. A number of co-productions were made between West Germany and Austria.

## A–L

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Anna Louise and Anton | Thomas Engel | Paul Klinger, Hertha Feiler, Sabine Eggerth | Comedy | Co-production with Austria |
| Arena of Death | Kurt Meisel | Richard Häussler, Katharina Mayberg, Friedl Hardt | Crime | Co-production with Austria |
| Arlette Conquers Paris | Viktor Tourjansky | Johanna Matz, Karlheinz Böhm, Karlheinz Böhm | Comedy | Co-production with France |
| As Long as You're Near Me | Harald Braun | Maria Schell, O.W. Fischer, Hardy Krüger | Drama | Entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival |
| Aunt Jutta from Calcutta | Karl Georg Külb | Viktor Staal, Ida Wüst, Ingrid Lutz | Comedy | |
| Ave Maria | Alfred Braun | Zarah Leander, Marianne Hold, Marianne Hold | Drama | |
| The Bachelor Trap | Fritz Böttger | Oskar Sima, Rudolf Platte, Maria Andergast | Comedy | |
| Beloved Life | Rolf Thiele | Ruth Leuwerik, Carl Raddatz, Albert Lieven | Drama | |
| The Bird Seller | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Ilse Werner, Wolf Albach-Retty, Eva Probst | Musical | |
| The Blue Hour | Veit Harlan | Kristina Söderbaum, Hans Nielsen, Kurt Kreuger | Comedy | |
| The Bogeyman | Carl Boese | Liselotte Pulver, Hans Reiser, Harald Paulsen | Comedy | |
| Captain Bay-Bay | Helmut Käutner | Hans Albers, Lotte Koch, Renate Mannhardt | Musical comedy | |
| The Chaplain of San Lorenzo | Gustav Ucicky | Willy Birgel, Dieter Borsche, Gertrud Kückelmann | Drama | |
| The Charming Young Lady | Georg Thomalla | Georg Thomalla, Herta Staal, Gisela Fackeldey | Musical | |
| Christina | Fritz Eichler | Barbara Rütting, Lutz Moik, Franziska Kinz | Drama | |
| Come Back | Alfred Braun | Winnie Markus, Rudolf Prack, Hans Stüwe | Drama | |
| The Cousin from Nowhere | Karl Anton | Vera Molnár, Gerhard Riedmann, Grethe Weiser | Musical | |
| The Dancing Heart | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Gertrud Kückelmann, Gunnar Möller, Herta Staal | Musical comedy | |
| Dark Clouds Over the Dachstein | Anton Kutter | Gisela Fackeldey, Marianne Koch, Eduard Köck | Drama | Co-production with Austria |
| The Daughter of the Regiment | Géza von Bolváry, Goffredo Alessandrini | Antonella Lualdi, Hannelore Schroth, Isa Barzizza | Comedy | Co-production with Italy |
| Diary of a Married Woman | Josef von Báky | Maria Schell, O.W. Fischer, Margarete Haagen | Comedy | |
| The Divorcée | George Jacoby | Marika Rökk, Johannes Heesters, Hans Nielsen | Musical | |
| Don't Forget Love | Paul Verhoeven | Luise Ullrich, Paul Dahlke, Will Quadflieg | Comedy | |
| Dreaming Lips | Josef von Báky | Maria Schell, O.W. Fischer, Philip Dorn | Drama | |
| Dutch Girl | Johann Alexander Hübler-Kahla | Sonja Ziemann, Gunnar Möller, Hans Moser | Musical comedy | |
| Elephant Fury | Harry Piel | Harry Piel, Dorothea Wieck, Hans Zesch-Ballot | Thriller | |
| The Empress of China | Steve Sekely | Grethe Weiser, Nadja Tiller, Ernst Waldow | Comedy | |
| Everything for Father | Karl Hartl | Johanna Matz, Curd Jürgens, Olga Chekhova | Comedy | |
| Fanfare of Marriage | Hans Grimm | Dieter Borsche, Georg Thomalla, Inge Egger | Comedy | |
| Father Is Being Stupid | Johannes Haussler | Otto Gebühr, Camilla Horn, Herbert Hübner | Comedy | |
| The Flower of Hawaii | Géza von Cziffra | Maria Litto, Rudolf Platte, Rudolf Platte | Musical | |
| Have Sunshine in Your Heart | Erich Waschneck | Carl Wery, Liselotte Pulver, Otto Gebühr | Drama | |
| Heartbroken on the Moselle | Kurt Hoffmann | Will Quadflieg, Elisabeth Müller, Renate Mannhardt | Romance | |
| A Heart Plays False | Rudolf Jugert | O.W. Fischer, Ruth Leuwerik, Carl Wery | Drama | |
| His Royal Highness | Harald Braun | Dieter Borsche, Ruth Leuwerik, Lil Dagover | Comedy | |
| Hit Parade | Erik Ode | Germaine Damar, Nadja Tiller, Walter Giller | Musical | |
| Hocuspocus | Kurt Hoffmann | Curt Goetz, Valerie von Martens, Hans Nielsen | Comedy | |
| Hooray, It's a Boy! | Ernst Marischka | Theo Lingen, Ingrid Lutz, Walter Müller | Comedy | |
| I and You | Alfred Weidenmann | Hardy Krüger, Liselotte Pulver, Doris Kirchner | Comedy | |
| The Immortal Vagabond | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Karlheinz Böhm, Hans Olden, Elise Aulinger | Comedy | |
| Jonny Saves Nebrador | Rudolf Jugert | Hans Albers, Margot Hielscher, Trude Hesterberg | Adventure | |
| Josef the Chaste | Carl Boese | Ludwig Schmitz, Waltraut Haas, Renate Mannhardt | Comedy | |
| Die Jungfrau auf dem Dach | Otto Preminger | Hardy Krüger, Johannes Heesters, Johanna Matz | Comedy | American production |
| Knall and Fall as Detectives | Hans Heinrich | Hans Richter, Rudolf Carl, Ingrid Lutz | Comedy | Co-production with Austria |
| Lady's Choice | E. W. Emo | Georg Thomalla, Grethe Weiser, Willy Fritsch | Comedy | |
| The Last Waltz | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Eva Bartok, Curd Jürgens, Christl Mardayn | Musical | |
| Lavender | Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Gretl Schörg, Karl Schönböck, Hans Holt | Comedy | Co-production with Austria |
| Life Begins at Seventeen | Paul Martin | Sonja Ziemann, Paul Hubschmid, Anne-Marie Blanc | Romance | |
| Little Red Riding Hood | Fritz Genschow | Werner Stock, Rita-Maria Nowottnick | Family | |
| Love's Awakening | Hans Heinrich | Winnie Markus, Ingrid Andree, Carl Esmond | Drama | |

## M–Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Mailman Mueller | John Reinhardt | Heinz Rühmann, Heli Finkenzeller, Wolfgang Condrus | Comedy | |
| Marriage for One Night | Viktor Tourjansky | Gustav Fröhlich, Hannelore Bollmann, Adrian Hoven | Comedy | |
| Marriage Strike | Joe Stöckel | Erich Auer, Lore Frisch, Elise Aulinger | Comedy | |
| Mask in Blue | Georg Jacoby | Marika Rökk, Paul Hubschmid, Wilfried Seyferth | Musical | |
| The Mill in the Black Forest | Hermann Kugelstadt | Edith Mill, Helmuth Schneider, Fritz Rasp | Drama | |
| The Monastery's Hunter | Harald Reinl | Marianne Koch, Paul Hartmann, Erich Auer | Historical drama | |
| Music by Night | Kurt Hoffmann | Paul Hubschmid, Gertrud Kückelmann, Curd Jürgens | Comedy | |
| A Musical War of Love | Karl Hartl | Marte Harell, Johannes Heesters, Paul Kemp | Comedy | |
| Must We Get Divorced? | Hans Schweikart | Hardy Krüger, Ruth Leuwerik, Tilda Thamar | Comedy | |
| The Night Without Morals | Ferdinand Dörfler | Claude Farell, Gustav Knuth, Lucie Englisch | Comedy | |
| No Way Back | Victor Vicas | Ivan Desny, Ruth Niehaus, René Deltgen | Drama | |
| Not Afraid of Big Animals | Ulrich Erfurth | Heinz Rühmann, Ingeborg Körner, Gustav Knuth | Comedy | |
| Once I Will Return | Géza von Bolváry | Paul Dahlke, Helene Stanley, Adelheid Seeck | Comedy | |
| Open Your Window | Anton Kutter | Peter Pasetti, Ilse Peternell, Hans Olden | Comedy | Co-production with Austria |
| The Poacher | Alfred Lehner | Renate Mannhardt, Wastl Witt, Marianne Schönauer | Drama | Co-production with Austria |
| The Postponed Wedding Night | Karl Georg Külb | Margot Hielscher, Theo Lingen, Viktor Staal | Comedy | |
| The Private Secretary | Paul Martin | Sonja Ziemann, Rudolf Prack, Paul Hörbiger | Comedy | |
| Prosecutor Corda | Karl Ritter | Paul Klinger, Eva Probst, Erika von Thellmann | Drama | |
| Red Roses, Red Lips, Red Wine | Paul Martin | Gardy Granass, John van Dreelen, Lil Dagover | Drama | |
| The Rose of Stamboul | Karl Anton | Inge Egger, Albert Lieven, Grethe Weiser | Musical | |
| Salto Mortale | Viktor Tourjansky | Margot Hielscher, Philip Dorn, Karlheinz Böhm | Drama | |
| Scandal at the Girls' School | Erich Kobler | Walter Giller, Marianne Koch, Günther Lüders | Comedy | |
| Secretly Still and Quiet | Hans Deppe | Gretl Schörg, Hans Nielsen, Theo Lingen | Comedy | |
| The Singing Hotel | Géza von Cziffra | Hans Söhnker, Rudolf Platte, Ursula Justin | Musical | |
| Southern Nights | Robert A. Stemmle | Margit Saad, Erwin Strahl, Waltraut Haas | Musical | |
| Stars Over Colombo | Veit Harlan | Kristina Söderbaum, Willy Birgel, Adrian Hoven | Adventure | |
| Street Serenade | Werner Jacobs | Vico Torriani, Sybil Werden, Otto Gebühr | Musical comedy | |
| The Stronger Woman | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Gertrud Kückelmann, Antje Weisgerber, Hans Söhnker | Drama | |
| Such a Charade | Erik Ode | Josefin Kipper, Joachim Brennecke, Heli Finkenzeller | Comedy | |
| They Call It Love | John Reinhardt | Winnie Markus, Curd Jürgens, Richard Häussler | Comedy | |
| To Be Without Worries | Georg Marischka | Hans Moser, Nadja Tiller, Walter Müller | Historical comedy | Co-production with Austria |
| The Uncle from America | Carl Boese | Hans Moser, Georg Thomalla, Grethe Weiser | Comedy | |
| Under the Stars of Capri | Otto Linnekogel | Hanna Rucker, Helmuth Schneider, Wera Frydtberg | Romantic comedy | |
| The Village Under the Sky | Richard Häussler | Inge Egger, Robert Freitag, Renate Mannhardt | Drama | |
| Wedding in Transit | Paul Verhoeven | Karlheinz Böhm, Gardy Granass, Gert Fröbe | Comedy | |
| We'll Talk About Love Later | Karl Anton | Gustav Fröhlich, Maria Holst, Liselotte Pulver | Comedy | |
| When the White Lilacs Bloom Again | Hans Deppe | Willy Fritsch, Magda Schneider, Romy Schneider | Drama | |
| When The Village Music Plays on Sunday Nights | Rudolf Schündler | Rudolf Prack, Ingeborg Körner, Walter Müller | Romance | |
| Young Heart Full of Love | Paul May | Hans Brenner, Lore Frisch, Heinrich Gretler | Drama | |
| Your Heart Is My Homeland | Richard Häussler | Inge Egger, Erwin Strahl, Viktor Staal | Drama | Co-production with Austria |