This is a list of the most notable films produced in the Cinema of Germany in 1940.
A–L Title Director Cast Genre Notes Aberglaube Walter Ruttmann documentary Achtung! Feind hört mit! Arthur Maria Rabenalt Kirsten Heiberg, Rolf Weih, Rene Deltgen, Lotte KochBeware! The Enemy Is Listening!Beloved Augustin E. W. Emo Paul Hörbiger, Hilde Weissner HistoricalBetween Hamburg and HaitiErich WaschneckGustav Knuth, Gisela UhlenDrama Bismarck Wolfgang Liebeneiner Paul Hartmann, Lil Dagover Historical Baumeisterin Chemie Hans Schipulle Short Documentary 17 minutesClothes Make the Man Helmut Käutner Heinz Rühmann, Hertha Feiler Comedy Commissioner Eyck Milo HarbichAnneliese Uhlig, Paul Klinger, Herbert WilkCrime 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 HipplerThe Eternal Jew; antisemitic 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-RettyMusical comedyFeldzug in Polen Fritz HipplerCampaign in Poland; documentary propaganda film about the 1939 invasion of PolandFeuertaufe documentaryBaptism 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 MaischFriedrich 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 ReceptionGerhard LamprechtMagda Schneider, Richard HäusslerDrama The Girl from Barnhelm Hans SchweikartKäthe Gold, Ewald BalserHistorical comedy Helfende Hände Kurt Rupli Her Private SecretaryCharles KleinGustav Fröhlich, Fita Benkhoff, Theo Lingen Comedy Das Herz der Königin Carl FroelichThe Heart of the Queen starring Zarah Leander as Mary, Queen of ScotsIndianer Ernst R. Müller and Gerd Philipp DocumentaryIndians Jud Süß Veit HarlanThe Jew Suss; dramatic anti-Semitic propaganda film Judgement Day Franz Seitz Hans Holt, Olly Holzmann, Susi Nicoletti Comedy Kampf um Norwegen – Feldzug 1940 Martin RiklidocumentaryBattle for Norway – 1940 campaign; propaganda film about the Norwegian Campaign Kanarienvögel Wolfram Junghans, Ulrich K.T. SchultzKarikatur 1 Louis Steel animation Kora Terry Georg Jacoby
M–Z Title Director Cast Genre Notes A Man Astray Herbert SelpinHans Albers, Charlotte Thiele, Hilde Weissner Adventure Der Marsch zum Führer Unknowndocumentary 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 ThellmannComedy Nanette Erich EngelJenny 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 BolváryMarte Harell, Johannes HeestersMusical comedy Die RothschildsErich WaschneckThe Rothschilds; anti-semitic dramatic propaganda film Rumpelstiltskin Alf ZengerlingPaul Walker, Hermann Schröder Die Schwarze Kunst des Johannes Gutenberg Kurt Rupli Seven Years Hard LuckErnst Marischka Hans Moser, Wolf Albach-RettyComedyThe Sinful VillageJoe StöckelJoe Stöckel, Elise AulingerComedy Small Town Poet Josef von BákyPaul Kemp, Hilde Schneider, Georg AlexanderComedy The Star of Rio Karl Anton La Jana, Gustav Diessl Comedy thriller Der Störenfried Hans Held animation The Three CodonasArthur Maria Rabenalt René Deltgen, Annelies ReinholdDrama Tierparadies Südamerika Werner Buhre and K. Krieg DocumentaryAnimal Paradise South America; 66 minutes in length. Trenck the Pandur Herbert Selpin Hans Albers, Käthe Dorsch, Sybille Schmitz Historical adventure Two Worlds Gustaf Gründgens Marianne Simson, Antje Weisgerber, Max EckardDrama 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 gewolltHeinz Tischmeyeranimation Propaganda The Vulture Wally Hans SteinhoffHeidemarie Hatheyer, Sepp Rist Drama Woman Made to Measure Helmut Käutner Hans Söhnker, Dorit Kreysler Comedy Wunschkonzert Eduard von Borsody Ilse Werner, Carl RaddatzRequest Concert; musical romance set at the 1936 Summer Olympics
References
External links IMDB listing for German films made in 1940 listing for films made in 1940