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 Ash Wednesday Otto Rippert Hella Moja, Ernst Winar, Rudolf Lettinger Drama 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 FroelichDimitri 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 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
References
External links IMDB listing for German films made in 1921 filmportal.de listing for films made in 1921