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List of German films

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionAug 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ15734702 ↗
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This is a list of the most notable films produced in German cinema.

For an alphabetical list of articles on German films see Category:German films.

1895–1945

German Empire

List of German films of 1895–1918 (German Empire)

Weimar Germany

List of German films of 1919–1932 (Weimar Germany)

Nazi Germany

List of German films of 1933–1945 (Nazi Germany)

1945–1989

List of East German films from the 1949–1990 German Democratic Republic

In 1949, both the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) came into existence, in 1990 they reunited as the Federal Republic, again informally referred to as simply Germany.

Because of the impact of the Second World War, and restrictions imposed on the country by the Allied Powers, film production between 1945 and 1948 was limited and did not pick up really until after 1950.

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