The List of West German films of 1951. This was the second full year of film production since the formal partition of Germany into East and West in 1949.
A–L Title Director Cast Genre Notes BluebeardChristian-JaqueHans Albers, Fritz Kortner, Cécile AubryComedyCo-production with France and Switzerland Border Post 58 Harry Hasso Hansi Knoteck, Mady Rahl, Elise Aulinger Crime The Cloister of Martins Richard Häussler Willy Rösner, Gisela Fackeldey, Heinz Engelmann Drama The Csardas Princess Georg Jacoby Marika Rökk, Johannes Heesters, Jeanette Schultze Musical Czardas of Hearts Sándor Szlatinay Wolf Albach-Retty, Hannelore Bollmann, Dorit Kreysler Comedy Dark Eyes Géza von Bolváry Cornell Borchers, Will Quadflieg, Angelika Hauff Crime The Deadly Dreams Paul Martin Will Quadflieg, Cornell Borchers, Rudolf Forster Drama Desire Karl Georg Külb Winnie Markus, Richard Häussler, Olga Tschechowa Drama Dreaming Days Emil-Edwin Reinert Aglaja Schmid, O.W. Fischer, Axel von Ambesser Drama Co-production with France Doctor Holl Rolf Hansen Maria Schell, Dieter Borsche, Heidemarie Hatheyer Drama The Dubarry Georg Wildhagen, Reinhold Schünzel Sari Barabas, Willy Fritsch, Albert Lieven Musical Eyes of Love Alfred Braun Käthe Gold, René Deltgen, Paul Wegener Drama Originally completed in 1944. Fanfares of Love Kurt Hoffmann Dieter Borsche, Georg Thomalla, Inge Egger Comedy Eine Frau mit Herz Rudolf Jugert Olga Chekhova, Rudolf Prack, Gustav Knuth Comedy The Guilt of Doctor Homma Paul Verhoeven Werner Hinz, Ilse Steppat, Viktoria von Ballasko Crime Hanna Amon Veit Harlan Kristina Söderbaum, Lutz Moik, Ilse Steppat Drama Heart's Desire Paul Martin Hans Hotter, Rainer Penkert, Lola Müthel Drama The Heath Is Green Hans Deppe Sonja Ziemann, Rudolf Prack, Willy Fritsch Romance A Heidelberg Romance Paul VerhoevenLiselotte Pulver, O.W. Fischer, Gunnar MöllerRomance The House in Montevideo Curt Goetz, Valérie von Martens Curt Goetz, Valérie von Martens, Albert Florath Comedy Immortal Beloved Veit Harlan Kristina Söderbaum, Hans Holt, Alexander Golling Drama Immortal Light Arthur Maria Rabenalt Rudolf Forster, Cornell Borchers, Volker von Collande Drama It Began at Midnight Peter Paul Brauer Winnie Markus, Albert Matterstock, Heli Finkenzeller Crime comedy The Lady in Black Erich Engels Paul Hartmann, Mady Rahl, Rudolf Prack Crime The Last Shot Franz Seitz Angelika Hauff, Viktor Staal, Heinrich Gretler Drama The Lost OnePeter Lorre Peter Lorre, Renate Mannhardt, Renate Mannhardt Drama
M–Z Title Director Cast Genre Notes Maya of the Seven Veils Géza von Cziffra Maria Litto, Willy Fritsch, Grethe Weiser Musical The Midnight Venus Ferdinand Dörfler Theo Lingen, Maria Andergast, Paul Kemp Comedy Miracles Still Happen Willi Forst Hildegard Knef, Willi Forst, Marianne Wischmann Romantic comedy My Friend the Thief Helmut Weiss Vera Molnár, Hardy Krüger, Hans Söhnker Comedy Night on Mont Blanc Harald Reinl Dagmar Rom, Dietmar Schönherr, Geraldine Katt Adventure Co-production with Austria Not Without Gisela Hans Deppe Peter Mosbacher, Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Hilde Sessak Musical One Night's Intoxication Eduard von Borsody Christl Mardayn, Richard Häussler, Paul Dahlke Comedy Professor Nachtfalter Rolf Meyer Johannes Heesters, Jeanette Schultze, Maria Litto Comedy Queen of the Night Kurt Hoffmann Ilse Werner, Hans Holt, Georg Thomalla Musical The Secret of a Marriage Helmut Weiss Olga Chekhova, Curd Jürgens, Paul Klinger Comedy Sensation in San RemoGeorg JacobyMarika Rökk, Peter Pasetti, Ewald Balser Musical The Sinful Border Robert A. Stemmle Dieter Borsche, Inge Egger, Peter Mosbacher Crime The SinnerWilli Forst Hildegard Knef, Gustav Fröhlich, Wera Frydtberg Drama Stips Carl Froelich Gustav Fröhlich, Heli Finkenzeller, Eva Ingeborg Scholz Comedy The Tiger Akbar Harry Piel Harry Piel, Friedl Hardt, Hilde Hildebrand Thriller Torreani Gustav Fröhlich René Deltgen, Inge Landgut, Gustav Fröhlich Drama Veronika the Maid Leopold Hainisch Ilse Exl, Viktor Staal, Ilse Steppat Drama Wedding in the Hay Arthur Maria Rabenalt Oskar Sima, Inge Egger, Kurt Seifert Comedy Co-production with Austria When the Evening Bells Ring Alfred Braun Willy Birgel, Maria Holst, Paul Hörbiger Drama White Shadows Helmut Käutner Hilde Krahl, Hans Söhnker, Claude Farell Drama Wild West in Upper Bavaria Ferdinand Dörfler Joe Stöckel, Margarete Haagen, Renate Mannhardt Comedy Woe to Him Who Loves Sándor Szlatinay Gretl Schörg, Wolf Albach-Retty, Hubert von Meyerinck Comedy You Have to be Beautiful Ákos Ráthonyi Sonja Ziemann, Willy Fritsch, Anny Ondra Musical comedy
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 1951 List of East German films of 1951
External links IMDB listing for West German films made in 1951 filmportal.de listing for films made in 1951