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A list of films produced in the Cinema of Austria in the 1930s ordered by year of release. For an alphabetical list of articles on Austrian films see Category:Austrian films.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | ||||||
| The Deed of Andreas Harmer | Alfred Deutsch-German | Oskar Marion, Tala Birell, Attila Hörbiger | Crime | |||
| Money on the Street | Georg Jacoby | Georg Alexander, Franz Schafheitlin | Romance | Sascha-Film/Felsom-Film | ||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | ||||||
| Die große Liebe (The Great Love) | Otto Preminger | Hansi Niese, Attila Hörbiger, Betty Bird | Romance | Allianz Filmproduktion/E.M.L.K./Weissman Tonfilm | ||
| Justizmaschine (Justice Machine) | Karl Farkas | |||||
| Madame Bluebeard | Conrad Wiene | Lil Dagover, Harry Frank | Drama | |||
| Storm in a Water Glass | Georg Jacoby | Hansi Niese, Renate Müller | Comedy | Co-production with Germany | ||
| The Uncle from Sumatra | Gyula Szöreghy | Wolf Albach-Retty, Mary Kid, Rina Marsa | Comedy | |||
| Unter den Dächern von Wien (Under the Roofs of Vienna) | Karl Farkas | |||||
| Wiener Zauberklänge (Magic Sounds of Vienna) | Robert A. Reich | Hertha von Haentjens, Wolf Albach-Retty, Alt-Wiener Bund | Musical | Robert Müller Film | ||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | ||||||
| Die vom 17er Haus (The People from the 17th House) | Artur Berger | Science Fiction | produced for the Social Democratic Party of Austria for the Landtag elections of 1932 | |||
| The Prince of Arcadia | Karl Hartl | Willi Forst, Liane Haid | Romance | Co-production with Germany | ||
| Sehnsucht 202 (Longing 202) | Max Neufeld | Magda Schneider, Fritz Schulz | Drama | Cine-Allianz Tonfilmproduktions GmbH (Germany)/Deutsch-Österreichischer Film | ||
| Three on a Honeymoon | Erich Schmidt | Brigitte Helm, Oskar Karlweis | Comedy | |||
| You Don't Forget Such a Girl | Fritz Kortner | Willi Forst, Dolly Haas | Romantic comedy | Co-production with Germany | ||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | ||||||
| Frasquita | Carl Lamac | Jarmila Novotná, Hans-Heinz Bollmann, Heinz Rühmann | Operetta | Atlantis-Film | ||
| Karneval und Liebe (Carnival and Love) | Carl Lamac | Rudolf Carl, Lien Deyers, Hans Moser | Pan-Film | |||
| Maskerade (Masquerade; known in English as "Masquerade in Vienna") | Willi Forst | Paula Wessely, Anton Walbrook, Olga Chekhova, Hans Moser | ||||
| Opernring (Opera Ring) | Carmine Gallone | Jan Kiepura, Friedl Czepa | Musical comedy | Gloria-Film (Germany)/Horus-Film | ||
| Peter | Henry Koster | Franciska Gaal | Musical comedy | Universal Pictures (USA)/Hunnia Filmstúdió (Hungary) US/Hungarian/Austrian co-production | ||
| The Secret of Cavelli | Erich Engel | Rudolf Forster, Angela Salloker, Hans Homma, Hans Moser | Tobis-Sascha/A.B.C.-Film (Germany) | |||
| Spring Parade | Géza von Bolváry | Paul Hörbiger, Franciska Gaal, Wolf Albach-Retty | Operetta | Universal Pictures Austria | ||
| Tales from the Vienna Woods | Georg Jacoby | Magda Schneider, Wolf Albach-Retty, Leo Slezak | Musical comedy | Mondial-Film | ||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | ||||||
| The Charm of La Boheme | Géza von Bolváry | Jan Kiepura, Mártha Eggerth | Opera | Intergloria Film | ||
| Darling of the Sailors | Hans Hinrich | Traudl Stark, Wolf Albach-Retty, Richard Romanowsky | Comedy | |||
| Escape to the Adriatic | Eugen Schulz-Breiden | Rolf Wanka, Lizzi Holzschuh | Drama | |||
| Florentine | Karel Lamac | Paul Hörbiger, Geraldine Kate | Comedy | |||
| Premiere | Géza von Bolváry | Zarah Leander, Attila Hörbiger, Karl Martell | Musical comedy | Gloria-Film | ||
| The Priest from Kirchfeld | Jakob Fleck, Luise Fleck | Hans Jaray, Hansi Stork | Drama | Excelsior Film | ||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 (Since 12 March 1938 as part of Nazi Germany) | ||||||
| Immer wenn ich glücklich bin..! (Always When I am Happy..!) | Carl Lamac | Mártha Eggerth, Lucie Englisch, Philip Dorn | Musical comedy | Projektograph Film Oskar Gluck | ||
| Der Optimist (The Optimist) | E. W. Emo | Viktor de Kowa | Comedy | Emo-Film | ||
| Roxy and the Wonderteam | Johann von Vásáry | Rosy Barsony, Hans Holt | Sports musical | |||
| Thirteen Chairs | E. W. Emo | Heinz Rühmann, Hans Moser | Musical comedy | Emo-Film | ||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 (as part of Nazi Germany) | ||||||
| Anton the Last | E. W. Emo | Elfriede Datzig, Hans Moser | Comedy | Emo-Film/Wien-Film | ||
| Hotel Sacher | Erich Engel | Sybille Schmitz, Willy Birgel, Hedwig Bleibtreu | Spy film | Mondial-Film | ||
| Immortal Waltz | E. W. Emo | Paul Hörbiger, Maria Andergast | Musical comedy | Wien-Film | ||
| Linen from Ireland | Heinz Helbig | Irene von Meyendorff, Rolf Wanka | Propaganda film | Styria-Film/Wien-Film | ||
| A Mother's Love | Gustav Ucicky | Käthe Dorsch, Wolf Albach-Retty | Wien-Film | |||
| Opera Ball | Géza von Bolváry | Marte Harell, Paul Hörbiger, Hans Moser | Musical opera | Terra-Film | ||
| Woman in the River | Gerhard Lamprecht | Hertha Feiler, Attila Hörbiger | Comedy | Wien-Film | ||
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