# List of German films of 1921

This is a list of the most notable films produced in the Cinema of Germany in 1921.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1921 |||||
| The Adventure of Doctor Kircheisen | Rudolf Biebrach | Lotte Neumann, Hermann Thimig | Drama | |
| The Adventuress of Monte Carlo | Adolf Gärtner | Ellen Richter, Anton Pointner, Eduard von Winterstein | Adventure | Released in three parts |
| Am Nil | Julius Pinschewer | | Animation | |
| The Amazon | Richard Löwenbein | Eva May, Rudolf Forster, Olga Engl | Silent | |
| The Asian Sun | Edmund Heuberger | Victor Varconi, Colette Corder | Silent | |
| The Black Panther | Johannes Guter | Xenia Desni, Eugen Burg | Silent | |
| The Black Spider | Siegfried Philippi | Olga Engl, Hugo Flink | Horror | |
| The Blockhead | Lupu Pick | Max Adalbert, Eugen Rex | Silent | |
| The Brothers Karamazov | Carl Froelich Dimitri Buchowetzki | Fritz Kortner, Emil Jannings | Drama | |
| The Bull of Olivera | Erich Schönfelder | Emil Jannings, Carl Ebert | Historical | |
| Bummel-Petrus | Leopold Blonder | | Animation | |
| The Buried Self | Léo Lasko | Frederic Zelnik, Wilhelm Diegelmann | Drama | |
| Burning Country | Heinz Herald | Ernst Deutsch, Kurt Vespermann | Adventure | |
| Camera Obscura | Max Obal | Ernst Reicher, Alexander Granach | Mystery | |
| Children of Darkness | E. A. Dupont | Grit Hegesa, Hans Mierendorff, Sybil Smolova | Drama | Released in two parts |
| Circus of Life | Johannes Guter | Werner Krauss, Lydia Potechina, Rudolf Klein-Rogge | Drama | |
| The Convict of Cayenne | Léo Lasko | Frederic Zelnik, Loni Nest | Drama | |
| Count Varenne's Lover | Frederic Zelnik | Lya Mara, Johannes Riemann | Comedy | |
| Country Roads and the Big City | Carl Wilhelm | Fritz Kortner, Conrad Veidt | Silent | |
| The Courier from Lisbon | Ismar Stern | Heinrich Peer, Gustav Botz | Crime | |
| The Dance of Love and Happiness | Willy Zeyn | Werner Krauss, Olga Limburg, Hugo Flink | Silent | |
| Danton | Dimitri Buchowetzki | Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss | Historical | |
| A Debt of Honour | Paul L. Stein | Olaf Fønss, Gertrude Welcker | Drama | |
| Desire | F. W. Murnau | Conrad Veidt, Gussy Holl | Drama | |
| Destiny | Fritz Lang | Lil Dagover, Walter Janssen, Rudolf Klein-Rogge | Drama | |
| The Devil's Chains | Léo Lasko | Ressel Orla, Margarete Kupfer | Drama | |
| Driving Force | Zoltán Nagy | Lya De Putti, Fern Andra | Silent | |
| The Drums of Asia | Uwe Jens Krafft | Rudolf Lettinger, Käthe Haack, Arnold Marlé | Silent | |
| The Eternal Curse | Fritz Wendhausen | Charlotte Schultz, Rudolf Forster, Karl Etlinger | Drama | |
| The Eternal Struggle | Paul L. Stein | Lotte Neumann, Alfons Fryland, Harry Hardt | Drama | |
| Evelyn's Love Adventures | Richard Eichberg | Lee Parry, Aruth Wartan | Thriller | |
| The Experiment of Professor Mithrany | Dimitri Buchowetzki | Max Landa, Hanni Weisse, Margit Barnay | Silent | |
| The Fateful Day | Adolf E. Licho | Mady Christians, Ilka Grüning | Silent | |
| Four Around a Woman | Fritz Lang | Hermann Böttcher, Carola Toelle | Crime drama | |
| The Girl from Piccadilly | Frederic Zelnik | Lya Mara, Erich Kaiser-Titz | Silent | |
| The Golden Plague | Louis Ralph, Richard Oswald | Anita Berber, Paul Bildt, Hans Adalbert Schlettow | Thriller | |
| The Graveyard of the Living | Gerhard Lamprecht | Guido Herzfeld, Hanni Weisse | Silent | |
| Hamlet | Svend Gade, Heinz Schall | Asta Nielsen, Eduard von Winterstein | Drama | |
| Hannerl and Her Lovers | Felix Basch | Felix Basch, Ernst Deutsch | Comedy | |
| Hashish, the Paradise of Hell | Reinhard Bruck | Tilla Durieux, Fritz Kortner, Paul Hartmann | Drama | |
| The Haunted Castle | F. W. Murnau | Paul Hartmann, Olga Chekhova | Mystery | |
| Hazard | Frederik Larsen | Carola Toelle, Anton Edthofer | Drama | |
| Hintertreppe (The Rear Staircase) | Leopold Jessner, Paul Leni | | | |
| The House of Torment | Carl Wilhelm | Ressel Orla, Fritz Kortner, Rudolf Klein-Rhoden | Drama | |
| The House on the Moon | Karlheinz Martin | Fritz Kortner, Paul Graetz | Science fiction | |
| The Hunt for the Truth | Karl Grune | Erika Glässner, Fritz Kortner, Rudolf Forster | Drama | |
| Ilona | Robert Dinesen | Lya De Putti, Arnold Korff | Silent | |
| Im Kampf mit dem Berge [de] | Arnold Fanck | | | |
| Impostor | Werner Funck | Paul Hartmann, Olga Chekhova | Silent | |
| Das indische Grabmal: Die Sendung des Yoghi (The Indian Tomb: Part I: the Mission of the Yogi) | Joe May | | | |
| The Inheritance of Tordis | Robert Dinesen | Ica von Lenkeffy, Paul Hartmann | Drama | |
| Island of the Dead | Carl Froelich | Lil Dagover, Bernhard Goetzke, Walter Janssen | Drama | |
| The Island of the Lost | Urban Gad | Alf Blütecher, Hanni Weisse, Erich Kaiser-Titz | Sci-fi | |
| Jiu-Jitsu – Die unsichtbare Waffe | Georg Etzien, Erich Rahn | | Documentary | |
| Journey into the Night | F. W. Murnau | Olaf Fønss, Erna Morena, Conrad Veidt | Drama | |
| Kean | Rudolf Biebrach | Heinrich George, Carola Toelle | Historical | |
| Lady Godiva | Hubert Moest | Hedda Vernon, Eduard von Winterstein | Historical | |
| Lady Hamilton | Richard Oswald | Liane Haid, Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss | Historical | |
| The Last Hour | Dimitri Buchowetzki | Reinhold Schünzel, Charlotte Ander, Maria Orska | Silent | |
| The Last Witness | Adolf Gärtner | Albert Bassermann, Elsa Bassermann, Olga Engl | Silent | |
| Die lebende Puppenstube | Leopold Blonder | | Animation | |
| The Living Propeller | Richard Eichberg | Lee Parry, Aruth Wartan | Drama | |
| Lotte Lore | Franz Eckstein | Erna Morena, Alfred Abel, Margarete Schlegel | Historical | |
| The Love Affairs of Hector Dalmore | Richard Oswald | Conrad Veidt, Erna Morena, Lya De Putti | Drama | |
| Love and Passion | Martin Hartwig | Conrad Veidt, Maria Zelenka | Drama | |
| The Love Corridor | Urban Gad | Adolphe Engers, Erika Glässner | Comedy | |
| The Maharaja's Favourite Wife | Max Mack | Gunnar Tolnæs, Fritz Kortner, Erna Morena | Adventure | |
| Man Overboard | Karl Grune | Grit Hegesa, Erich Kaiser-Titz, Alfred Abel | Drama | |
| Memoirs of a Film Actress | Frederic Zelnik | Lya Mara, Ernst Hofmann | Silent | |
| Miss Beryll | Frederic Zelnik | Lya Mara, Erich Kaiser-Titz | Silent | |
| Mit der Jungfraubahn in die Regionen ewigen Eises | Arnold Fanck | | Documentary | |
| Monte Carlo | Fred Sauer | Frederic Zelnik, Ressel Orla | Silent | |
| Moritz, der Träumer – Wie sich Moritz die Erschaffung der Welt vorstellt | Leopold Blonder | | Animation | |
| Mosaik | Hans Cürlis | | documentary | |
| Murder Without Cause | E. A. Dupont | Hermann Vallentin, Paul Richter, Hanni Weisse | Crime | |
| The New Paradise | Willy Zeyn | Esther Carena, Max Adalbert | Silent | |
| Night of the Burglar | Uwe Jens Krafft | Paul Richter, Aud Egede-Nissen, Rudolf Lettinger | Drama | |
| The Nights of Cornelis Brouwer | Reinhard Bruck, William Wauer | Albert Bassermann, Colette Corder, Rudolf Klein-Rogge | Thriller | |
| Nights of Terror | Lupu Pick | Alfred Abel, Arnold Korff | Horror | |
| The Oath of Peter Hergatz | Alfred Halm | Emil Jannings, Stella Harf, Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur | Drama | |
| The Oath of Stephan Huller | Reinhard Bruck | Anton Edthofer, Hanni Weisse | Drama | |
| Off the Rails | William Karfiol | Wilhelm Diegelmann, Ernst Hofmann | Drama | |
| Opus I | Walter Ruttmann | | Animation | |
| Opus II | Walter Ruttmann | | Animation | Film at YouTube (links to video of Opus II through IV with modern soundtrack) |
| Parisian Women | Léo Lasko | Ressel Orla, Xenia Desni, Ralph Arthur Roberts | Silent | |
| The Passion of Inge Krafft | Robert Dinesen | Mia May, Albert Steinrück, Conrad Veidt | Drama | |
| Peter Voss, Thief of Millions | Georg Jacoby | Harry Liedtke, Paul Otto, Mady Christians | Adventure | |
| Pierrettes Spielzeug | Louis Steel | | Animation | |
| Playing with Fire | Robert Wiene | Diana Karenne, Vasilij Vronski | Comedy frama | |
| The Poisoned Stream | Urban Gad | Wilhelm Diegelmann, Carl de Vogt | Drama | |
| The Railway King | Eugen Illés | Fritz Kortner, Hermann Vallentin, Artúr Somlay | Drama | Released in two parts |
| The Rats | Hanns Kobe | Emil Jannings, Lucie Höflich | Drama | |
| The Red Peacock | Paul L. Stein | Pola Negri, Victor Varconi | Drama | |
| Rhythmus 21 | Hans Richter | | Animation | |
| The Riddle of the Sphinx | Adolf Gärtner | Ellen Richter, Erich Kaiser-Titz | Adventure | |
| Roswolsky's Mistress | Felix Basch | Asta Nielsen, Paul Wegener | Drama | |
| Sappho | Dimitri Buchowetzki | Pola Negri, Alfred Abel, Johannes Riemann | Drama | |
| Seafaring Is Necessary | Rudolf Biebrach | Hans Marr, Lucie Höflich, Ilka Grüning | Drama | |
| The Secret of Bombay | Artur Holz | Conrad Veidt, Lil Dagover | Adventure | |
| The Secret of the Mummy | Victor Janson | Ferdinand von Alten, Aud Egede-Nissen, Magnus Stifter | Crime | |
| Sehnsucht (Longing) | F. W. Murnau | | | Presumed lost film IMDb |
| The Shadow of Gaby Leed | Carl Boese | Tzwetta Tzatschewa, Otto Gebühr | Silent | |
| Shattered | Lupu Pick | Werner Krauss, Edith Posca | Drama | |
| The Sins of the Mother | Georg Jacoby | Carl Auen, Käthe Dorsch | Drama | |
| Sons of the Night | Manfred Noa | Tzwetta Tzatschewa, Hans Albers, Ludwig Rex | Silent | Released in two parts |
| Der Stern von Bethlehem (The Star of Bethlehem) | Lotte Reiniger | | Animation | |
| The Story of a Maid | Reinhold Schünzel | Liane Haid, Otto Tressler | Drama | |
| The Story of Christine von Herre | Ludwig Berger | Agnes Straub, Werner Krauss, Paul Hartmann | Drama | |
| Symphony of Death | Dimitri Buchowetzki | Robert Scholz, Bernhard Goetzke, Hanni Weisse | Silent | |
| The Terror of the Red Mill | Carl Boese | Aud Egede-Nissen, Otto Gebühr, Alfred Abel | Silent | |
| Thieves on Strike | Alfred Abel | Alfred Abel, Charlotte Ander, Victor Colani | Silent | |
| The Thirteen of Steel | Johannes Guter | Carl de Vogt, Georg H. Schnell, Claire Lotto | Crime | |
| The Three Aunts | Rudolf Biebrach | Lotte Neumann, Olga Limburg, Johannes Riemann | Silent | |
| Tischlein deck dich, Eselein streck dich, Knüppel aus dem Sack | Wilhelm Prager | | | |
| Toteninsel | Carl Froelich | Lil Dagover, Walter Janssen | Horror | |
| Treasure of the Aztecs | Karl Heiland | Otto Gebühr, Theodor Loos | Adventure | |
| Trix, the Romance of a Millionairess | Frederic Zelnik | Lya Mara, Ernst Hofmann, Ilka Grüning | Romance | |
| Der verlorene Schatten (The Lost Shadow) | Rochus Gliese | | | |
| Die verschwundene Million (The Million that Disappeared) | Wolfgang Neff | Bela Lugosi | | |
| The Vulture Wally | E. A. Dupont | Albert Steinrück, Henny Porten | Drama | |
| Wandering Souls | Carl Froelich | Asta Nielsen, Alfred Abel | Drama | |
| Waves of Life and Love | Lorenz Bätz | Fern Andra, Toni Tetzlaff, Leopold von Ledebur | Romance | |
| Der Wettlauf zwischen dem Hasen und dem Igel | Harry Jaeger | | Animation | |
| The White Death | Adolf Gärtner | Ellen Richter, Eduard von Winterstein, Hans Adalbert Schlettow | drama | |
| The Wildcat | Ernst Lubitsch | Pola Negri, Victor Janson | Comedy | |
| The Woman in the Trunk | Emil Albes | Georg H. Schnell, Margit Barnay, Paul Bildt | Mystery | |
| A Woman's Revenge | Robert Wiene | Vera Karalli, Franz Egenieff | Drama | |
| The Women of Gnadenstein | Robert Dinesen, Joe May | Erich Kaiser-Titz, Margarete Schön, Grete Diercks | Drama | |
| You Are the Life | Franz Eckstein | Erna Morena, Lya De Putti | Silent | |
| Your Brother's Wife | Franz Eckstein | Olaf Storm, Olga Limburg, Margarete Schlegel | Silent | |