This is a list of the most notable film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

s produced in the German Empire

German Empire

The German Empire refers to Germany during the "Second Reich" period from the unification of Germany and proclamation of Wilhelm I as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became a federal republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of the Emperor, Wilhelm II.The German...

until 1918, in year order.

It includes German films

Cinema of Germany

Cinema in Germany can be traced back to the late 19th century. German cinema has made major technical and artistic contributions to film.Unlike any other national cinemas, which developed in the context of relatively continuous and stable political systems, Germany witnesses major changes to its...

 from the introduction of the medium to the resignation of the Emperor

William II, German Emperor

Wilhelm II was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia, ruling the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918. He was a grandson of the British Queen Victoria and related to many monarchs and princes of Europe...

 at the end of World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

. While the output of films during this period is small, and cinema was a science in its infancy, many of these films laid the groundwork for German Expressionism

German Expressionism

German Expressionism refers to a number of related creative movements beginning in Germany before the First World War that reached a peak in Berlin, during the 1920s...

, as well as document a prosperous, yet foreboding, period in German history

History of Germany

The concept of Germany as a distinct region in central Europe can be traced to Roman commander Julius Caesar, who referred to the unconquered area east of the Rhine as Germania, thus distinguishing it from Gaul , which he had conquered. The victory of the Germanic tribes in the Battle of the...

.

For an alphabetical list of articles on films of the period see :Category:Early German cinema.

1890s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1895 1895 in film -Events:* February–March - Robert W. Paul and Birt Acres build and run the first working 35 mm movie camera in Britain, the Kineopticon. Their first films include Incident at Clovelly Cottage, The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race and Rough Sea at Dover.* In France, the brothers...
Akrobatisches Potpourri Akrobatisches Potpourri Akrobatisches Potpourri is an 1895 German short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by Max and Emil Skladanowsky and starring the Grunato family. It is one of the first German produced films...	Max & Emil Skladanowsky Max Skladanowsky Max Skladanowsky was a German inventor and early filmmaker. Along with his brother Emil, he invented the Bioscop, an early movie projector the Skladanowsky brothers used to display the first moving picture show to a paying audience on November 1, 1895, some two months before the public debut of...	Grunato family	Documentary	Release: Nov. 1
Bauerntanz zweier Kinder Bauerntanz zweier Kinder Bauerntanz zweier Kinder is an 1895 German short black-and-white silent documentary film directed by Max Skladanowsky. The film captures two children from Ploetz-Lorello, performing a dance...	Max Skladanowsky Max Skladanowsky Max Skladanowsky was a German inventor and early filmmaker. Along with his brother Emil, he invented the Bioscop, an early movie projector the Skladanowsky brothers used to display the first moving picture show to a paying audience on November 1, 1895, some two months before the public debut of...		Documentary	Release: Nov 1
Das Boxende Känguruh Das Boxende Känguruh Boxing Kangaroo is an 1895 German short black-and-white silent documentary film, directed and produced by Max Skladanowsky, which features a Kangaroo boxing against a man against a white background at the Circus Busch...	Max Skladanowsky Max Skladanowsky Max Skladanowsky was a German inventor and early filmmaker. Along with his brother Emil, he invented the Bioscop, an early movie projector the Skladanowsky brothers used to display the first moving picture show to a paying audience on November 1, 1895, some two months before the public debut of...	Mr Delaware	Documentary	Release: Nov 1
The German Emperor Reviewing His Troops	Birt Acres Birt Acres Birt Acres was a photographer and film pioneer.Born in Richmond, Virginia to English parents, he invented the first British 35 mm moving picture camera, the first daylight loading home movie camera and projector, Birtac, was the first travelling newsreel reporter in international film history and...			Earliest known footage of Kaiser Wilhelm
Opening of the Kiel Canal Opening of the Kiel Canal Opening of the Kiel Canal is an 1895 British short black-and-white silent documentary news film directed and produced by Birt Acres...	Birt Acres Birt Acres Birt Acres was a photographer and film pioneer.Born in Richmond, Virginia to English parents, he invented the first British 35 mm moving picture camera, the first daylight loading home movie camera and projector, Birtac, was the first travelling newsreel reporter in international film history and...			Early footage of Kaiser Wilhelm
Serpentinen Tanz Serpentinen Tanz Serpentinen Tanz is an 1895 German short black-and-white silent documentary film, directed and produced by Max Skladanowsky, one of the German-born brothers responsible for inventing the bioskop....	Max Skladanowsky Max Skladanowsky Max Skladanowsky was a German inventor and early filmmaker. Along with his brother Emil, he invented the Bioscop, an early movie projector the Skladanowsky brothers used to display the first moving picture show to a paying audience on November 1, 1895, some two months before the public debut of...		Documentary	Release: Nov 1
1896 1896 in film -Events:* January - In the United States, the Vitascope film projector is designed by Charles Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat. Armat begins working with Thomas Edison to manufacture it....
Leben und Treiben am Alexanderplatz	Max Skladanowsky Max Skladanowsky Max Skladanowsky was a German inventor and early filmmaker. Along with his brother Emil, he invented the Bioscop, an early movie projector the Skladanowsky brothers used to display the first moving picture show to a paying audience on November 1, 1895, some two months before the public debut of...
1897 1897 in film -Events:* 125 people died during a film screening at the Charity Bazaar in Paris after a curtain catches on fire from the ether used to fuel the projector lamp.* Mitchell and Kenyon go into a film-making partnership...
Apotheose II	Max Skladanowsky Max Skladanowsky Max Skladanowsky was a German inventor and early filmmaker. Along with his brother Emil, he invented the Bioscop, an early movie projector the Skladanowsky brothers used to display the first moving picture show to a paying audience on November 1, 1895, some two months before the public debut of...
1898 1898 in film -Events:*May 19 - Vitagraph is founded in New York.*Birt Acres invents the first amateur format, Birtac, by splitting 35 mm film into two halves of 17.5 mm.-Films released in 1898:*The Ball Game*The Nearsighted School Teacher...
Kaiser von Deutschland, der Kaiser von Österreich und der König von Sachsen am Tage der Jubiläumsfeier in Dresden				English: The Kaiser of Germany, the Kaiser of Austria and the King of Saxony on the day of the Jubilee Fair in Dresden
Ecke Friedrichstraße und unter den Linden
1899 1899 in film The year 1899 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*T.C. Hepworth invents Biokam, a 17.5 mm format which also is the first format to have a center perforation.*John Alfred Prestwich invents a 13 mm amateur format....
German Lancers				A parade of the famous Second Guards, one of Emperor William's favorite regiments.
When the Bugle Sounds 'Charge'				An attack by the famous Second Guards Regiment of Emperor William's Army on the Paradefeld.

1900s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1900 1900 in film The year 1900 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Reulos, Goudeau & Co. invent Mirographe, a 21 mm amateur format.* The Lumiere Brothers premiere their new Lumiere Wide format for the 1900 World Fair...
Einzug unserer Chinakrieger in Berlin am 16.12.1900				English: The Entry of Our China Soldier in Berlin on Dec. 16, 1900 (about Boxer Rebellion?)
Eine Moderne Jungfrau von Orleans	Max Skladanowsky Max Skladanowsky Max Skladanowsky was a German inventor and early filmmaker. Along with his brother Emil, he invented the Bioscop, an early movie projector the Skladanowsky brothers used to display the first moving picture show to a paying audience on November 1, 1895, some two months before the public debut of...			English: A Modern Maid of Orleans
1901 1901 in film The year 1901 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Edwin S. Porter is put in charge of Thomas Edison's motion-picture production company.* Thomas Edison closes "America's First Movie Studio", the Black Maria.-Films released in 1901:...
Einzug der Königin von Holland mit ihrem Gemahl in Schwerin				English: The Entry of the Queen of Holland with her Consort in Schwerin
1902 1902 in film The year 1902 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*March 10 - Circuit Court's decision disallows Thomas Edison from having a monopoly on motion picture technology....
Emperor William as a Hussar
When Knighthood Was in Flower
1903 1903 in film The year 1903 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Thomas Edison demolishes "America's First Movie Studio", the Black Maria.* The three elder Warner Bros...
Mr. Krebs in seiner senationellen Schleifenfahrt	Arthur Robison Arthur Robison Arthur Robison was a German film director and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 20 films between 1916 and 1935.-Selected filmography:* A Night of Horror...			English: Mr. Krebs in his Sensational Bicycleride
Der Lustige Ehemann	Otto Julius Bierbaum Otto Julius Bierbaum Otto Julius Bierbaum was a German writer.Bierbaum was born in Grünberg, Silesia. After studying in Leipzig, he became a journalist and editor for the journals Die freie Bühne, Pan and Die Insel. His literary work was varied...
1904 1904 in film The year 1904 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* As shown in the film Westinghouse Works, some filmmakers begin to move away from eye-level filmmaking and use the camera to explore spaces from an angle usually inaccessible to the average person.-Films released in 1904:*A Blessing...
The Whistling Boy	Oskar Messter Oskar Messter Oskar Messter was a German inventor and film tycoon in the early years of cinema.-Biography:He was born in Berlin, where his father had founded a company selling and manufacturing optical equipment in 1859...
Kämpfe vor Port Arthur				English: The Struggle for Port Arthur
1905 1905 in film The year 1905 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Pathé Frères colors black-and-white films by machine.*Filmmaking takes an unexpected historical role by recording activities along Market Street, in the year preceding the destruction from the San Francisco earthquake of 1906...
Eine Fliegenjagd oder Die Rache der Frau Schultze	Max Skladanowsky Max Skladanowsky Max Skladanowsky was a German inventor and early filmmaker. Along with his brother Emil, he invented the Bioscop, an early movie projector the Skladanowsky brothers used to display the first moving picture show to a paying audience on November 1, 1895, some two months before the public debut of...			English: A Flying Hunt or the Revenge of Frau Schultze
Afrikanische Kriegsbilder			War documentary	English: African War Pictures
1906 1906 in film The year 1906 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*26 December - The world's first feature film, The Story of the Kelly Gang, is released.-Films released in 1906:*The Automobile Thieves*The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend...
Apachentanz	Oskar Messter Oskar Messter Oskar Messter was a German inventor and film tycoon in the early years of cinema.-Biography:He was born in Berlin, where his father had founded a company selling and manufacturing optical equipment in 1859...			English: Apache Dance
Meißner Porzellan				Franz Porten
Behüt dich Gott	Franz Porten
Onkel Kühn aus Neu-Ruppin: Das ist mir ganz egal
1908 1908 in film The year 1908 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Thomas Edison formed the Motion Picture Patents Company, with goals of controlling production and distribution, raising theater admission prices, cooperating with censorship bodies, and preventing film stock from getting into the hands...
Der Freischütz	Franz Porten
1909 1909 in film The year 1909 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Matsunosuke Onoe, who would become the first superstar of Japanese cinema, appears in his first film, Goban Tadanobu.*James Joyce opens the Volta, the first cinema in Dublin....
Don Juan heiratet	Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers
Der Luftkrieg der Zukunft	Walter R. Booth
Prosit Neujahr 1910!	Guido Seeber Guido Seeber Guido Seeber was a German cinematographer and pioneer of early cinema.Seeber's father, Clemens, was a photographer and therefore Seeber had experience with photography from an early age. In the summer of 1896, he saw the first films of the Lumière Brothers and became fascinated by this new...		Animated film	First animated German film

1910s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1910 1910 in film The year 1910 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*The newsreel footage of the funeral of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom is shot in Kinemacolor, making it the first color newsreel....
Arsène Lupin contra Sherlock Holmes Arsène Lupin contra Sherlock Holmes Arsène Lupin contra Sherlock Holmes is a 1910 German drama film serial directed by Viggo Larsen....	Viggo Larsen Viggo Larsen Viggo Larsen was a Danish film actor, director and producer. He appeared in 75 films between 1906 and 1942. He also directed 60 films between 1906 and 1921.He was born and died in Copenhagen, Denmark....
Sumurûn Sumurun Sumurun is a 1920 German silent film directed by Ernst Lubitsch.- Cast :*Paul Wegener as the Old Sheikh*Carl Clewing as the Young Sheikh*Jenny Hasseqvist as Sumurun*Aud Egede Nissen as Haidee, a Servant...	Max Reinhardt Max Reinhardt ----Max Reinhardt was an Austrian theater and film director and actor.-Biography:...
Die Geheimnisvolle Streichholzdose	Guido Seeber Guido Seeber Guido Seeber was a German cinematographer and pioneer of early cinema.Seeber's father, Clemens, was a photographer and therefore Seeber had experience with photography from an early age. In the summer of 1896, he saw the first films of the Lumière Brothers and became fascinated by this new...		Animated film
1911 1911 in film The year 1911 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*March 23: D.W Griffith shows the first major close-up shot on film with the successful release of The Lonedale Operator proving his ever growing mastery of how to utilise film....
Der Schwarze Traum	Urban Gad Urban Gad Peter Urban Gad was a Danish film director. He directed 40 film between 1910 and 1927. His wife Asta Nielsen starred in 30 of his films. Also in his debut the famous movie Afgrunden from 1910. They moved to Germany in 1911 where Gad worked until 1922.His uncle was Paul Gauguin...			German-Danish co-production; Danish: Den Sorte drøm
1912 1912 in film The year 1912 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Mack Sennett, who had previously worked as an actor and comedy director with D. W. Griffith, formed a new company with New York City entrepreneur Adam Kessel called Keystone Studios...
Der Arme Jenny	Urban Gad Urban Gad Peter Urban Gad was a Danish film director. He directed 40 film between 1910 and 1927. His wife Asta Nielsen starred in 30 of his films. Also in his debut the famous movie Afgrunden from 1910. They moved to Germany in 1911 where Gad worked until 1922.His uncle was Paul Gauguin...			English: Poor Jenny
In Nacht und Eis In Nacht und Eis In Nacht und Eis , also called Der Untergang der Titanic is a 1912 German film about the sinking of Titanic. The filming began during the summer of 1912 and the film premiered that winter. The film's special effects are primitive by modern standards, but were impressive for that time...	Mime Misu			English: In Night and Ice; first Titanic film ever made
Das Mirakel	Max Reinhardt Max Reinhardt ----Max Reinhardt was an Austrian theater and film director and actor.-Biography:...
Schatten des Meeres	Curt A. Stark			English: In the Shadow of the Sea
1913 1913 in film The year 1913 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* The Squaw Man, the first Hollywood feature film, is made.* December 29, Charlie Chaplin signs a contract with Mack Sennett to begin making films at Keystone Studios.* D. W...
Das rosa Pantöffelchen	Franz Hofer	Dorrit Weixler Dorrit Weixler Dorrit Weixler was a German film actress of the early 20th century who is best recalled for her comedic roles in German films from the World War I era.-Career:...	Comedy
Der Film von der Königin Luise	Franz Porten			English: A Film of Queen Louise; in 3 parts
Die Insel der Seligen	Max Reinhardt Max Reinhardt ----Max Reinhardt was an Austrian theater and film director and actor.-Biography:...
Der Neue Schreibtisch Der Neue Schreibtisch Der Neue Schreibtisch is a short German comedy film made in 1913. In the plot a busy businessman tries to get comfortable at his new desk, so he starts cutting off parts of the legs, but eventually shortens the legs off entirely.- External links :*...	Karl Valentin Karl Valentin Karl Valentin was a Bavarian comedian, cabaret performer, clown, author and film producer. He had significant influence on German Weimar culture...
Der Steckbrief	Franz Hofer
Der Student von Prag The Student of Prague (1913 film) The Student of Prague is a 1913 German silent horror film. The film was remade in 1926, 1935, and 2004 under the same title The Student of Prague.-Plot:...	Stellan Rye Stellan Rye Stellan Rye was a Danish-born film director, active in the early 20th century. Rye was born in Randers.In 1913 he created the silent film Der Student von Prag .At the outbreak of World War I he joined the Reichsheer... , Paul Wegener Paul Wegener Paul Wegener was a German actor, writer and film director known for his pioneering role in German expressionist cinema.-Stage and early film career:...			English: A Bargain With Satan
1914 1914 in film The year 1914 in film involved some significant events, including the debut of Cecil B. DeMille as a director.-Events:*The 3,300-seat Mark Strand Theatre opens in New York City....
Das Eiserne Kreuz	Richard Oswald Richard Oswald Richard Oswald was an Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter.Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, began his career as an actor on the Viennese stage. He made his film directorial debut at age 34 with Das Eiserne Kreuz...			English: The Iron Cross
Der Hund von Baskerville	Rudolf Meinert
Eine Venezianische Nacht	Max Reinhardt Max Reinhardt ----Max Reinhardt was an Austrian theater and film director and actor.-Biography:...
Die geheimnisvolle Villa Die geheimnisvolle Villa Die geheimnisvolle Villa is a 1914 short silent German film directed by Joe May and featuring Werner Krauss.-Cast:* Ernst Reicher - Stuart Webbs* Sabine Impekoven* Julius Falkenstein* Carl Auen* Werner Krauss* Max Landa* Eva May* Mia May...	Joe May Joe May Joe May , born Julius Otto Mandl, was a film director and film producer born in Austria and one of the pioneers of German cinema....	Ernst Reicher Ernst Reicher Ernst Reicher was a German actor, film producer, screenwriter and film director of the silent era. He wrote and starred in the 1914 film Die geheimnisvolle Villa.-Selected filmography:... , Werner Krauss Werner Krauss Werner Johannes Krauss was a German stage and film actor.-Early life:Krauss was born at the parsonage of Gestungshausen in Upper Franconia, where his grandfather was Protestant pastor. He spent his childhood in Breslau and from 1901 attended the teacher's college at Kreuzburg...
1915 1915 in film The year 1915 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 8 : D.W Griffith's The Birth of a Nation premieres at Clune's Auditorium Los Angeles and breaks box office and film length records, running at a total length of 3 hrs 10 minutes.* June 18 : The Motion Picture Directors...
Fräulein Piccolo	Franz Hofer	Dorrit Weixler Dorrit Weixler Dorrit Weixler was a German film actress of the early 20th century who is best recalled for her comedic roles in German films from the World War I era.-Career:... , Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch was a German-born film director. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch."In 1947 he received an Honorary Academy Award for his...	Comedy
Der Golem The Golem (1915 film) Der Golem is a 1915 silent horror film written and directed by Paul Wegener and Henrik Galeen. The film is an original work inspired by ancient Jewish legend. It is a long lost film...	Henrik Galeen, Paul Wegener Paul Wegener Paul Wegener was a German actor, writer and film director known for his pioneering role in German expressionist cinema.-Stage and early film career:...
1916 1916 in film The year 1916 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 17 - release of A Daughter of the Gods, the first US production with a million dollar budget, with the first nude scene by a major star....
Homunculus Homunculus Homunculus is a term used, generally, in various fields of study to refer to any representation of a human being. Historically, it referred specifically to the concept of a miniature though fully formed human body, for example, in the studies of alchemy and preformationism...	Otto Rippert			6 part serial
Rübezahls Hochzeit	Rochus Gliese Rochus Gliese Rochus Gliese was a German actor, director, production designer, and Academy Award-nominated art director of early films from the 1910s and 1920s. He was born in Berlin, Germany.... , Paul Wegener Paul Wegener Paul Wegener was a German actor, writer and film director known for his pioneering role in German expressionist cinema.-Stage and early film career:...			English: Old Nip's Wedding
Tyrannenherrschaft-Aus Polens schwerer Zeit	Franz Porten			English: Tyrannical Overlords-From Poland's Dark Time
1917 1917 in film The year 1917 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Foundation of Universum Film AG , as a propaganda film company, in Berlin.*Technicolor System 1, a two-color process, is introduced...
Der Bildnis des Dorian Gray	Richard Oswald Richard Oswald Richard Oswald was an Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter.Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, began his career as an actor on the Viennese stage. He made his film directorial debut at age 34 with Das Eiserne Kreuz...			English: The Portrait of Dorian Gray
Dornröschen	Paul Leni Paul Leni Paul Leni born Paul Josef Levi was a German filmmaker and a key figure in German Expressionist filmmaking, making Backstairs and Waxworks in Germany, and The Cat and the Canary , The Chinese Parrot , The Man Who Laughs , and The Last Warning in...
Fidele Gefängnis	Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch was a German-born film director. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch."In 1947 he received an Honorary Academy Award for his...			English: The Merry Jail
Hilde Warren und der Tod	Joe May Joe May Joe May , born Julius Otto Mandl, was a film director and film producer born in Austria and one of the pioneers of German cinema....	Written by and starring Fritz Lang Fritz Lang Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute...
John Bull John Bull John Bull is a national personification of Britain in general and England in particular, especially in political cartoons and similar graphic works. He is usually depicted as a stout, middle-aged man, often wearing a Union Flag waistcoat.-Origin:...	Julius Pinschewer		Animated film
1918 1918 in film The year 1918 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Following litigation for anti-trust activities, the US Supreme Court orders the Motion Picture Patents Company to disband....
Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne is a 1918 silent science fiction horror film directed by Eugen Illés and Joseph Klein and starring Max Auzinger in which a Doctor uses the sperm of a dead man to impregnate a prostitute...	Eugen Illés, Joseph Klein Joseph Klein Joe Klein is a well-known American audio producer, voice over artist and voice director. While in high school, Klein was at the helm of a closed circuit radio station which spawned several major media figures. After a brief stint as a teenage disc jockey he was hired by jazz singer and producer...
Die Augen der Mumie Ma	Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch was a German-born film director. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch."In 1947 he received an Honorary Academy Award for his...
Carmen Carmen Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin...	Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch was a German-born film director. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch."In 1947 he received an Honorary Academy Award for his...			aka Gypsy Blood
Gelbe Schein	Eugen Illés			English: The Devil's Pawn
Es werde Licht!	Richard Oswald Richard Oswald Richard Oswald was an Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter.Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, began his career as an actor on the Viennese stage. He made his film directorial debut at age 34 with Das Eiserne Kreuz...			English: There was Light; 4 part serial
Ich möchte kein Mann sein	Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch was a German-born film director. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch."In 1947 he received an Honorary Academy Award for his...
Das Rätsel von Bangalor	Paul Leni Paul Leni Paul Leni born Paul Josef Levi was a German filmmaker and a key figure in German Expressionist filmmaking, making Backstairs and Waxworks in Germany, and The Cat and the Canary , The Chinese Parrot , The Man Who Laughs , and The Last Warning in... , Alexander Antalffy
Das Tagebuch einer Verlorenen	Richard Oswald Richard Oswald Richard Oswald was an Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter.Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, began his career as an actor on the Viennese stage. He made his film directorial debut at age 34 with Das Eiserne Kreuz...			English: The Diary of a Lost Girl