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This is a list of the most notable films produced in the Cinema of Germany in 1940.
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
Aberglaube
Walter Ruttmann
documentary
Achtung! Feind hört mit!
Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Kirsten Heiberg, Rolf Weih, Rene Deltgen, Lotte Koch
Beware! The Enemy Is Listening!
Beloved Augustin
E. W. Emo
Paul Hörbiger , Hilde Weissner
Historical
Between Hamburg and Haiti
Erich Waschneck
Gustav Knuth , Gisela Uhlen
Drama
Bismarck
Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Paul Hartmann , Lil Dagover
Historical
Baumeisterin Chemie
Hans Schipulle
Short Documentary
17 minutes
Clothes Make the Man
Helmut Käutner
Heinz Rühmann , Hertha Feiler
Comedy
Commissioner Eyck
Milo Harbich
Anneliese Uhlig , Paul Klinger , Herbert Wilk
Crime
Counterfeiters
Hermann Pfeiffer
Kirsten Heiberg , Rudolf Fernau , Karin Himboldt
Crime
Deutsche Arbeitsstätten
Svend Noldan
documentary
German Work Places ; 10 min
Deutsche Frontflugzeuge
E.K. Beltzig
documentary
German Front aircraft
Deutsche Panzer
Walter Ruttmann
documentary
German Tanks
Deutsche Waffenschmieden
Walter Ruttmann
documentary
German Weaponry
Der Ewige Jude
Fritz Hippler
The Eternal Jew ; Anti-Semitic documentary propaganda film
The Eternal Spring
Fritz Kirchhoff
Eugen Klöpfer , Bernhard Minetti , Lina Carstens
Drama
Fahrt ins Leben
Bernd Hofmann
Journey Into Life ; Nazi film about 3 Merchant navy cadets.
Feinde
Viktor Tourjansky
Enemies ; Film justifying the German Invasion of Poland
Falstaff in Vienna
Leopold Hainisch
Hans Nielsen , Gusti Wolf , Wolf Albach-Retty
Musical comedy
Feldzug in Polen
Fritz Hippler
Campaign in Poland ; documentary propaganda film about the 1939 invasion of Poland
Feuertaufe
documentary
Baptism by Fire ; propaganda film about Luftwaffe in the 1939 invasion of Poland
The Fire Devil
Luis Trenker
Luis Trenker , Judith Holzmeister , Hilde von Stolz
Adventure
Friedrich Schiller - Der Triumph eines Genies
Herbert Maisch
Friedrich Schiller - the Triumph of a Genius
The Fox of Glenarvon
Max W. Kimmich
Olga Chekhova , Karl Ludwig Diehl , Ferdinand Marian , Elisabeth Flickenschildt ,
Thriller
Pro-Irish film.
Der gestiefelte Kater
Ferdinand Diehl
animation
The Girl at the Reception
Gerhard Lamprecht
Magda Schneider , Richard Häussler
Drama
The Girl from Barnhelm
Hans Schweikart
Käthe Gold , Ewald Balser
Historical comedy
Helfende Hände
Kurt Rupli
Das Herz der Königin
Carl Froelich
The Heart of the Queen starring Zarah Leander as Mary, Queen of Scots
Indianer
Ernst R. Müller and Gerd Philipp
Documentary
Indians
Jud Süß
Veit Harlan
The Jew Suss ; dramatic anti-Semitic propaganda film
Judgement Day
Franz Seitz
Hans Holt , Olly Holzmann , Susi Nicoletti
Comedy
Kampf um Norwegen – Feldzug 1940
Martin Rikli
documentary
Battle for Norway - 1940 campaign ; propaganda film about the Norwegian Campaign
Kanarienvögel
Wolfram Junghans , Ulrich K.T. Schultz
Karikatur 1
Louis Steel
animation
Kora Terry
Georg Jacoby
A Man Astray
Herbert Selpin
Hans Albers , Charlotte Thiele , Hilde Weissner
Adventure
Der Marsch zum Führer
Unknown
documentary
The March to the Führer ; propaganda film about Hitler Youth March to Nazi Party Congress
My Daughter Doesn't Do That
Hans H. Zerlett
Ralph Arthur Roberts , Erika von Thellmann
Comedy
Nanette
Erich Engel
Jenny Jugo , Hans Söhnker
Musical
Nightclub Hostess
Albert Valentin
Michèle Morgan
L'Entraîneuse ; French-language film
Operette
Willi Forst , Karl Hartl and Robert Naestelberger
Ostraum - Deutscher Raum
Werner Buhre
Our Miss Doctor
Erich Engel
Jenny Jugo
Unser Fräulein Doktor
Passion
Walter Janssen
Olga Chekhova , Hans Stüwe , Hilde Körber
Drama
Der Postmeister
Gustav Ucicky
The Postmaster
Ein Robinson
Arnold Fanck
Roses in Tyrol
Géza von Bolváry
Marte Harell , Johannes Heesters
Musical comedy
Die Rothschilds
Erich Waschneck
The Rothschilds ; anti-semitic dramatic propaganda film
Rumpelstiltskin
Alf Zengerling
Paul Walker, Hermann Schröder
Die Schwarze Kunst des Johannes Gutenberg
Kurt Rupli
Seven Years Hard Luck
Ernst Marischka
Hans Moser , Wolf Albach-Retty
Comedy
The Sinful Village
Joe Stöckel
Joe Stöckel, Elise Aulinger
Comedy
The Star of Rio
Karl Anton
La Jana , Gustav Diessl
Comedy thriller
Der Störenfried
Hans Held
animation
The Three Codonas
Arthur Maria Rabenalt
René Deltgen , Annelies Reinhold
Drama
Tierparadies Südamerika
Werner Buhre and K. Krieg
Documentary
Animal Paradise South America ; 66 minutes in length.
Verwandte sind auch Menschen
Hans Deppe
Fritz Klaudius , Heinz Salfner , Else von Möllendorff ,
Relatives Are People Too.
Unsere Jungen - Ein Film der nationalpolitschen Erziehungsanstalten
Johannes Häussler
Vom Bäumlein, das andere Blätter hat gewollt
Heinz Tischmeyer
animation
Propaganda
The Vulture Wally
Hans Steinhoff
Heidemarie Hatheyer , Sepp Rist
Drama
Woman Made to Measure
Helmut Käutner
Hans Söhnker , Dorit Kreysler
Comedy
Wunschkonzert
Eduard von Borsody
Ilse Werner , Carl Raddatz
Request Concert ; musical romance set at the 1936 Summer Olympics
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