List of West German films of 1955. This was the sixth 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 separate East German film industry controlled by DEFA operated in East Berlin.
A–K Title Director Cast Genre Notes Alibi Alfred Weidenmann O.E. Hasse, Martin Held, Hardy Krüger Crime The Ambassador's Wife Hans Deppe Paul Hubschmid, Ingrid Andree, Antje Weisgerber Drama André and UrsulaWerner JacobsIvan Desny, Elisabeth Müller, Ina PetersDrama As Long as There Are Pretty Girls Arthur Maria Rabenalt Georg Thomalla, Alice Kessler, Ellen Kessler Musical As Long as You Live Harald Reinl Adrian Hoven, Marianne Koch, Karin Dor War Ball at the Savoy Paul Martin Rudolf Prack, Nadja Tiller, Eva Ingeborg Scholz Musical Bandits of the AutobahnGéza von CziffraHans Christian Blech, Charles Régnier, Eva Ingeborg ScholzCrime thriller The Barrings Rolf Thiele Dieter Borsche, Nadja Tiller, Paul Hartmann Drama Before God and Man Erich Engel Viktor de Kowa, Antje Weisgerber, Hans Söhnker Drama Beloved Enemy Rolf Hansen Ruth Leuwerik, Werner Hinz, Thomas Holtzmann Drama The Blacksmith of St. Bartholomae Max Michel Viktor Staal, Marianne Koch, Annie Rosar Drama The Captain and His HeroMax Nosseck Ernst Schröder, Jo Herbst, Ilse Steppat War Children, Mother, and the GeneralLászló Benedek Hilde Krahl, Therese Giehse, Ewald Balser War drama Closed Exit Ignacio F. Iquino Viktor Staal, Laya Raki, Albert Matterstock Crime Co-production with Spain The Cornet Walter Reisch Anita Björk, Wolfgang Preiss, Peter van Eyck Drama The Dark Star Hermann Kugelstadt Elfie Fiegert, Ilse Steppat, Viktor Staal Drama The Devil's General Helmut Käutner Curd Jürgens, Marianne Koch, Albert Lieven Drama The Doctor's Secret August Rieger Hilde Krahl, Ewald Balser, Erik Frey Drama Co-production with Austria Doctor Solm Paul May Hans Söhnker, Sybil Werden, Antje Weisgerber Drama The Double Husband Ferdinand Dörfler Joe Stöckel, Grethe Weiser, Ingrid Pan Comedy Escape to the Dolomites Luis TrenkerLuis Trenker, Marianne Hold, Yvonne Sanson Drama Co-production with Italy The False Adam Géza von Cziffra Waltraut Haas, Rudolf Platte, Doris Kirchner Comedy Father's Day Hans Richter Grethe Weiser, Paul Westermeier, Camilla Spira Comedy The Fisherman from Heiligensee Hans H. König Edith Mill, Lil Dagover, Albert Lieven Comedy A Girl Without Boundaries Géza von Radványi Sonja Ziemann, Ivan Desny, Barbara Rütting Drama The Forest House in Tyrol Hermann Kugelstadt Wera Frydtberg, Helmuth Schneider, Dorothea Wieck Drama Fruits of Summer Raymond Bernard Edwige Feuillère, Henri Guisol, Etchika Choureau Comedy Co-production with Francehttps://www.unifrance.org/film/5537/les-fruits-de-l-ete Hanussen Georg Marischka O.W. Fischer, Liselotte Pulver, Werner Finck Drama The Happy Village Rudolf Schündler Hannelore Bollmann, Carl Hinrichs, Gerhard Riedmann Comedy The Happy Wanderer Hans Quest Rudolf Schock, Waltraut Haas, Willy Fritsch Comedy A Heart Full of Music Robert A. Stemmle Vico Torriani, Ina Halley, Ruth Stephan Musical Heaven Is Never Booked Up Alfred Weidenmann Hardy Krüger, Irene Galter, Viktor de Kowa Comedy Hello, My Name is CoxGeorg JacobyJohannes Heesters, Nadja Tiller, Claude BorelliCrime comedy Her First Date Axel von Ambesser Nicole Heesters, Paul Dahlke, Adrian Hoven Comedy Co-production with Austria The Heroes Are Tired Yves Ciampi Yves Montand, María Félix, Curd Jürgens, Jean Servais, Gert Fröbe Adventure Co-production with France Heroism after Hours Multiple directors Josef Sieber, Harald Juhnke, Oliver Hassencamp Comedy The Inn on the Lahn J.A. Hübler-Kahla Oskar Sima, Dorit Kreysler, Ingrid Pan Comedy Hotel Adlon Josef von Báky Nelly Borgeaud, René Deltgen, Nadja Tiller Drama How Do I Become a Film Star? Theo Lingen Nadja Tiller, Harald Juhnke, Bibi Johns Musical comedy I Know What I'm Living For Paul Verhoeven Luise Ullrich, Robert Freitag, Lil Dagover Drama I Often Think of PiroschkaKurt HoffmannLiselotte Pulver, Gunnar Möller, Wera FrydtbergRomantic comedy I Was an Ugly Girl Wolfgang Liebeneiner Sonja Ziemann, Dieter Borsche, Karlheinz Böhm Comedy The Immenhof Girls Wolfgang Schleif Heidi Brühl, Margarete Haagen, Paul Henckels, Family Ingrid Géza von Radványi Johanna Matz, Paul Hubschmid, Erni Mangold Comedy The Inn on the Lahn J.A. Hübler-Kahla Oskar Sima, Dorit Kreysler, Ingrid Pan Comedy Island of the Dead Victor Tourjansky Willy Birgel, Inge Egger, Folke Sundquist Drama Jackboot Mutiny Georg Wilhelm Pabst Bernhard Wicki, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Carl Wery Thriller The Last Man Harald Braun Hans Albers, Romy Schneider, Rudolf Forster Drama The Last Ten DaysGeorg Wilhelm Pabst Albin Skoda, Oskar Werner, Erik Frey War drama Co-production with Austria Let the Sun Shine Again Hubert Marischka Hans Holt, Hertha Feiler, Cornelia Froboess Comedy Co-production with Austria Lola MontèsMax OphülsMartine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook Drama Co-production with France Lost Child 312 Gustav Machatý Inge Egger, Paul Klinger, Heli Finkenzeller Drama Love, Dance and a Thousand Songs Paul Martin Caterina Valente, Peter Alexander, Rudolf Platte Musical Love Is Just a Fairytale Arthur Maria Rabenalt Willy Fritsch, Claude Farell, Gerhard Riedmann Musical comedy Love Without Illusions Erich Engel Sonja Ziemann, Curd Jürgens, Heidemarie Hatheyer Drama Love's Carnival Willy Birgel Ruth Niehaus, Dietmar Schönherr, Elma Karlowa Drama
L–Z Title Director Cast Genre Notes Ludwig IIHelmut Käutner O.W. Fischer, Ruth Leuwerik, Marianne Koch Historical The Major and the Bulls Eduard von Borsody Fritz Tillmann, Christiane Hörbiger, Attila Hörbiger Comedy Mamitschka Rolf Thiele Mila Kopp, Rudolf Platte, Jester Naefe Comedy drama Ein Mann vergißt die Liebe Volker von Collande Willy Birgel, Maria Holst, Willi Forst Drama Marianne of My Youth Julien Duvivier Marianne Hold, Horst Buchholz, Friedrich Domin Romance Co-production with France Master of Life and Death Victor Vicas Maria Schell, Ivan Desny, Wilhelm Borchert Drama The Mistress of Solderhof Jürgen von Alten Ilse Werner, Viktor Staal, Annie Rosar Drama Music in the Blood Erik Ode Viktor de Kowa, Nadia Gray, Waltraut Haas Musical Music, Music and Only Music Ernst Matray Walter Giller, Inge Egger, Lonny Kellner Musical My Children and I Wolfgang Schleif Grethe Weiser, Doris Kirchner, Claus Biederstaedt Comedy drama My Leopold Géza von Bolváry Paul Hörbiger, Ingeborg Körner, Grethe Weiser Comedy OasisYves Allégret Michèle Morgan, Cornell Borchers, Carl Raddatz Adventure drama French-West German co-production One Woman Is Not Enough? Ulrich Erfurth Hilde Krahl, Hans Söhnker, Rudolf Forster Drama Operation Sleeping Bag Arthur Maria Rabenalt Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Paul Klinger, Karlheinz Böhm Comedy Parole Heimat Fritz Stapenhorst Michael Cramer, Rolf Weih, Peter Arens Comedy The Plot to Assassinate Hitler Falk Harnack Wolfgang Preiss, Fritz Tillmann, Maximilian Schell War drama The Priest from Kirchfeld Hans Deppe Ulla Jacobsson, Claus Holm, Elise Aulinger Comedy Die Ratten Robert Siodmak Maria Schell, Curd Jürgens, Heidemarie Hatheyer Drama Won the Golden Bear at Berlin Reaching for the Stars Carl-Heinz Schroth Erik Schumann, Liselotte Pulver, Gustav Knuth Drama Request Concert Erik Ode Germaine Damar, Georg Thomalla, Renate Holm Musical Ripening Youth Ulrich Erfurth Adelheid Seeck, Maximilian Schell, Albert Lieven Drama Roman einer Siebzehnjährigen Paul Verhoeven Ingrid Andree, Heidi Brühl, Paul Dahlke Drama Roses in Autumn Rudolf Jugert Ruth Leuwerik, Bernhard Wicki, Carl Raddatz Drama Royal Hunt in Ischl Hans Schott-Schöbinger Elma Karlowa, Herta Staal, Hans von Borsody Historical Co-production with Austria The Royal Waltz Victor Tourjansky Marianne Koch, Michael Cramer, Linda Geiser Historical Sacred Lie Wolfgang Liebeneiner Ulla Jacobsson, Karlheinz Böhm, Erwin Strahl Drama Secrets of the City Fritz Kortner Paul Hörbiger, Adrian Hoven, Grethe Weiser Drama Sergeant Borck Gerhard Lamprecht Gerhard Riedmann, Annemarie Düringer, Ingrid Andree Crime mystery Silence in the Forest Helmut Weiss Rudolf Lenz, Sonja Sutter, Angelika Hauff Drama Sky Without StarsHelmut Käutner Erik Schumann, Eva Kotthaus, Horst Buchholz Drama Son Without a Home Hans Deppe Werner Krauss, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Josefin Kipper Drama The Song of Kaprun Anton Kutter Waltraut Haas, Albert Lieven, Eduard Köck Drama Co-production with Austria The Spanish Fly Carl Boese Joe Stöckel, Erika von Thellmann, Rudolf Platte Comedy Special Delivery John Brahm Joseph Cotten, Eva Bartok, René Deltgen Comedy Stopover in Orly Jean Dréville Dany Robin, Dieter Borsche, Heinz Rühmann Romance Co-production with France Three Days Confined to Barracks Georg Jacoby Ernst Waldow, Grethe Weiser, Eva Probst Comedy Three Girls from the Rhine Georg Jacoby Gardy Granass, Margit Saad, Fita Benkhoff Comedy The Three from the Filling StationHans WolffAdrian Hoven, Walter Giller, Walter Müller Musical Two Blue Eyes Gustav Ucicky Marianne Koch, Claus Holm, Helen Vita Romance Verrat an Deutschland Veit Harlan Kristina Söderbaum, Paul Muller, Valéry Inkijinoff Spy drama Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne Hans Quest Heinz Rühmann, Waltraut Haas, Sybil Werden Comedy drama When the Alpine Roses Bloom Hans Deppe, Richard Häussler Hertha Feiler, Claus Holm, Marianne Hold Drama Yes, Yes, Love in Tyrol Géza von Bolváry Gerhard Riedmann, Hans Moser, Doris Kirchner Comedy You Can No Longer Remain Silent Robert A. Stemmle Heidemarie Hatheyer, Wilhelm Borchert, Werner Hinz Drama Your Life Guards Hans Deppe Ingrid Andree, Gerhard Riedmann, Wolf Albach-Retty Romance 08/15 at Home Paul May O.E. Hasse, Joachim Fuchsberger, Hans Christian Blech War 08/15 – Part 2 Paul May O.E. Hasse, Joachim Fuchsberger, Hans Christian Blech War
Shorts, Documentaries and Animated films Title Director Cast Genre Notes Cinderella Fritz Genschow Rita-Maria Nowotny, Renée Stobrawa, Werner Stock Family Rumpelstiltskin Herbert B. Fredersdorf F.W. Schröder-Schrom, Harry Wüstenhagen, Wilhelm Grothe Family Snow White and the Seven DwarfsErich Kobler , FamilyDer Struwwelpeter Fritz Genschow Fredy Kaindl, Traude Höhnisch, Eric Canso Family Based on Struwwelpeter
Bibliography Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books, 2007. Fehrenbach, Heide. Cinema in Democratizing Germany: Reconstructing National Identity After Hitler. University of North Carolina Press, 1995.
See also List of Austrian films of 1955 List of East German films of 1955
References
External links filmportal.de listing for films made in 1955