List of West German films of 1953. This was the fourth 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 number of co-productions were made between West Germany and Austria.
A–L Title Director Cast Genre Notes Anna Louise and Anton Thomas Engel Paul Klinger, Hertha Feiler, Sabine Eggerth Comedy Co-production with Austria Arena of Death Kurt Meisel Richard Häussler, Katharina Mayberg, Friedl Hardt Crime Co-production with Austria Arlette Conquers Paris Viktor Tourjansky Johanna Matz, Karlheinz Böhm, Karlheinz Böhm Comedy Co-production with France As Long as You're Near Me Harald Braun Maria Schell, O.W. Fischer, Hardy Krüger Drama Entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival Aunt Jutta from Calcutta Karl Georg Külb Viktor Staal, Ida Wüst, Ingrid Lutz Comedy Ave Maria Alfred Braun Zarah Leander, Marianne Hold, Marianne Hold Drama The Bachelor Trap Fritz Böttger Oskar Sima, Rudolf Platte, Maria Andergast Comedy Beloved Life Rolf Thiele Ruth Leuwerik, Carl Raddatz, Albert Lieven Drama The Bird Seller Arthur Maria Rabenalt Ilse Werner, Wolf Albach-Retty, Eva Probst Musical The Blue Hour Veit Harlan Kristina Söderbaum, Hans Nielsen, Kurt Kreuger Comedy The Bogeyman Carl Boese Liselotte Pulver, Hans Reiser, Harald Paulsen Comedy Captain Bay-BayHelmut KäutnerHans Albers, Lotte Koch, Renate MannhardtMusical comedy The Chaplain of San Lorenzo Gustav Ucicky Willy Birgel, Dieter Borsche, Gertrud Kückelmann Drama The Charming Young Lady Georg Thomalla Georg Thomalla, Herta Staal, Gisela Fackeldey Musical Christina Fritz Eichler Barbara Rütting, Lutz Moik, Franziska Kinz Drama Come Back Alfred Braun Winnie Markus, Rudolf Prack, Hans Stüwe Drama The Cousin from Nowhere Karl Anton Vera Molnár, Gerhard Riedmann, Grethe Weiser Musical The Dancing Heart Wolfgang Liebeneiner Gertrud Kückelmann, Gunnar Möller, Herta Staal Musical comedy Dark Clouds Over the Dachstein Anton Kutter Gisela Fackeldey, Marianne Koch, Eduard Köck Drama Co-production with Austria The Daughter of the Regiment Géza von Bolváry, Goffredo Alessandrini Antonella Lualdi, Hannelore Schroth, Isa Barzizza Comedy Co-production with Italy Diary of a Married Woman Josef von Báky Maria Schell, O.W. Fischer, Margarete Haagen Comedy The Divorcée George Jacoby Marika Rökk, Johannes Heesters, Hans Nielsen Musical Don't Forget Love Paul Verhoeven Luise Ullrich, Paul Dahlke, Will Quadflieg Comedy Dreaming LipsJosef von BákyMaria Schell, O.W. Fischer, Philip DornDrama Dutch Girl Johann Alexander Hübler-Kahla Sonja Ziemann, Gunnar Möller, Hans Moser Musical comedy Elephant Fury Harry Piel Harry Piel, Dorothea Wieck, Hans Zesch-Ballot Thriller The Empress of China Steve Sekely Grethe Weiser, Nadja Tiller, Ernst Waldow Comedy Everything for Father Karl Hartl Johanna Matz, Curd Jürgens, Olga Chekhova Comedy Fanfare of Marriage Hans Grimm Dieter Borsche, Georg Thomalla, Inge Egger Comedy Father Is Being Stupid Johannes Haussler Otto Gebühr, Camilla Horn, Herbert Hübner Comedy The Flower of Hawaii Géza von Cziffra Maria Litto, Rudolf Platte, Rudolf Platte Musical Have Sunshine in Your Heart Erich Waschneck Carl Wery, Liselotte Pulver, Otto Gebühr Drama Heartbroken on the Moselle Kurt Hoffmann Will Quadflieg, Elisabeth Müller, Renate Mannhardt Romance A Heart Plays False Rudolf Jugert O.W. Fischer, Ruth Leuwerik, Carl Wery Drama His Royal Highness Harald Braun Dieter Borsche, Ruth Leuwerik, Lil Dagover Comedy Hit Parade Erik Ode Germaine Damar, Nadja Tiller, Walter Giller Musical Hocuspocus Kurt Hoffmann Curt Goetz, Valerie von Martens, Hans Nielsen Comedy Hooray, It's a Boy! Ernst Marischka Theo Lingen, Ingrid Lutz, Walter Müller Comedy I and You Alfred Weidenmann Hardy Krüger, Liselotte Pulver, Doris Kirchner Comedy The Immortal Vagabond Arthur Maria Rabenalt Karlheinz Böhm, Hans Olden, Elise Aulinger Comedy Jonny Saves Nebrador Rudolf Jugert Hans Albers, Margot Hielscher, Trude Hesterberg Adventure Josef the Chaste Carl Boese Ludwig Schmitz, Waltraut Haas, Renate Mannhardt Comedy Die Jungfrau auf dem Dach Otto Preminger Hardy Krüger, Johannes Heesters, Johanna Matz Comedy American production Knall and Fall as Detectives Hans Heinrich Hans Richter, Rudolf Carl, Ingrid Lutz Comedy Co-production with Austria Lady's Choice E. W. Emo Georg Thomalla, Grethe Weiser, Willy Fritsch Comedy The Last Waltz Arthur Maria Rabenalt Eva Bartok, Curd Jürgens, Christl Mardayn Musical Lavender Arthur Maria Rabenalt Gretl Schörg, Karl Schönböck, Hans Holt Comedy Co-production with Austria Life Begins at Seventeen Paul Martin Sonja Ziemann, Paul Hubschmid, Anne-Marie Blanc Romance Little Red Riding Hood Fritz Genschow Werner Stock, Rita-Maria Nowottnick Family Love's Awakening Hans Heinrich Winnie Markus, Ingrid Andree, Carl Esmond Drama
M–Z Title Director Cast Genre Notes Mailman Mueller John Reinhardt Heinz Rühmann, Heli Finkenzeller, Wolfgang Condrus Comedy Marriage for One Night Viktor Tourjansky Gustav Fröhlich, Hannelore Bollmann, Adrian Hoven Comedy Marriage Strike Joe Stöckel Erich Auer, Lore Frisch, Elise Aulinger Comedy Martin Luther Irving Pichel Niall MacGinnis, Pierre Lefevre Biography Co-production with United States Mask in Blue Georg Jacoby Marika Rökk, Paul Hubschmid, Wilfried Seyferth Musical The Mill in the Black Forest Hermann Kugelstadt Edith Mill, Helmuth Schneider, Fritz Rasp Drama The Monastery's Hunter Harald Reinl Marianne Koch, Paul Hartmann, Erich Auer Historical drama Music by Night Kurt Hoffmann Paul Hubschmid, Gertrud Kückelmann, Curd Jürgens Comedy A Musical War of Love Karl Hartl Marte Harell, Johannes Heesters, Paul Kemp Comedy Must We Get Divorced? Hans Schweikart Hardy Krüger, Ruth Leuwerik, Tilda Thamar Comedy The Night Without Morals Ferdinand Dörfler Claude Farell, Gustav Knuth, Lucie Englisch Comedy No Way Back Victor Vicas Ivan Desny, Ruth Niehaus, René Deltgen Drama Not Afraid of Big Animals Ulrich Erfurth Heinz Rühmann, Ingeborg Körner, Gustav Knuth Comedy Once I Will Return Géza von Bolváry Paul Dahlke, Helene Stanley, Adelheid Seeck Comedy Open Your Window Anton Kutter Peter Pasetti, Ilse Peternell, Hans Olden Comedy Co-production with Austria The Poacher Alfred Lehner Renate Mannhardt, Wastl Witt, Marianne Schönauer Drama Co-production with Austria The Postponed Wedding Night Karl Georg Külb Margot Hielscher, Theo Lingen, Viktor Staal Comedy The Private Secretary Paul Martin Sonja Ziemann, Rudolf Prack, Paul Hörbiger Comedy Prosecutor Corda Karl Ritter Paul Klinger, Eva Probst, Erika von Thellmann Drama Red Roses, Red Lips, Red Wine Paul Martin Gardy Granass, John van Dreelen, Lil Dagover Drama The Rose of Stamboul Karl Anton Inge Egger, Albert Lieven, Grethe Weiser Musical Salto Mortale Viktor Tourjansky Margot Hielscher, Philip Dorn, Karlheinz Böhm Drama Scandal at the Girls' School Erich Kobler Walter Giller, Marianne Koch, Günther Lüders Comedy Secretly Still and Quiet Hans Deppe Gretl Schörg, Hans Nielsen, Theo Lingen Comedy The Singing Hotel Géza von Cziffra Hans Söhnker, Rudolf Platte, Ursula Justin Musical Southern Nights Robert A. Stemmle Margit Saad, Erwin Strahl, Waltraut Haas Musical Stars Over Colombo Veit Harlan Kristina Söderbaum, Willy Birgel, Adrian Hoven Adventure Street SerenadeWerner JacobsVico Torriani, Sybil Werden, Otto GebührMusical comedy The Stronger Woman Wolfgang Liebeneiner Gertrud Kückelmann, Antje Weisgerber, Hans Söhnker Drama Such a Charade Erik Ode Josefin Kipper, Joachim Brennecke, Heli Finkenzeller Comedy They Call It Love John Reinhardt Winnie Markus, Curd Jürgens, Richard Häussler Comedy To Be Without Worries Georg Marischka Hans Moser, Nadja Tiller, Walter Müller Historical comedy Co-production with Austria The Uncle from America Carl Boese Hans Moser, Georg Thomalla, Grethe Weiser Comedy Under the Stars of Capri Otto Linnekogel Hanna Rucker, Helmuth Schneider, Wera Frydtberg Romantic comedy The Village Under the Sky Richard Häussler Inge Egger, Robert Freitag, Renate Mannhardt Drama Wedding in Transit Paul Verhoeven Karlheinz Böhm, Gardy Granass, Gert Fröbe Comedy We'll Talk About Love Later Karl Anton Gustav Fröhlich, Maria Holst, Liselotte Pulver Comedy When the White Lilacs Bloom Again Hans Deppe Willy Fritsch, Magda Schneider, Romy Schneider Drama When The Village Music Plays on Sunday Nights Rudolf Schündler Rudolf Prack, Ingeborg Körner, Walter Müller Romance Young Heart Full of Love Paul May Hans Brenner, Lore Frisch, Heinrich Gretler Drama Your Heart Is My Homeland Richard Häussler Inge Egger, Erwin Strahl, Viktor Staal Drama Co-production with Austria
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 1953 List of East German films of 1953
External links filmportal.de listing for films made in 1953