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| List of Austrian films |
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This is a list of films produced in the Cinema of Austria in the 1940s ordered by year of release. For an alphabetical list of articles on Austrian films see Category:Austrian films.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 (as part of Nazi Germany) | ||||||
| The Heart Must Be Silent (Das Herz muß schweigen) | Gustav Ucicky | Paula Wessely, Mathias Wieman, Werner Hinz | Drama | Wien-Film | ||
| Heimat am Steilhang (Home on the Slope) | Wien-Film | |||||
| Hundstage (Dog Days) | Géza von Cziffra | Olly Holzmann, Wolf Albach-Retty | Comedy | Wien-Film/Deutsche Forst-Filmproduktion | ||
| Schrammeln | Géza von Bolváry | Marte Harell, Paul Hörbiger, Hans Moser | Comedy | |||
| Ein Tag in der Wachau (A Day in the Wachau) | Wien-Film | |||||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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| 1946 | ||||||
| Glaube an mich (Believe In Me) | Géza von Cziffra | Marte Harell | Comedy | Löwen-Filmproduktion | ||
| Schleichendes Gift (Creeping Poison) | Hermann Wallbrück | Ernst Neuhardt, Elinore Beck | Standard-Steurer Film | |||
| 1947 | ||||||
| Erde (Earth) | Leopold Hainisch | Eduard Köck, Ilse Exl, Anna Exl | Drama | Omnia-Film (Switzerland)/Tirol-Film | ||
| Die Glücksmühle (The Mill of Happiness) | Emmerich Hanus | Thea Weis, Martha Lukas, Erich Dörner | Musical comedy | Belvedere-Film | ||
| Der Hofrat Geiger (Hofrat Geiger) | Hans Wolff | Paul Hörbiger, Maria Andergast, Hans Moser, Joseph Egger, Waltraut Haas | Comedy | Sascha-Film | ||
| The Immortal Face (Das unsterbliche Antlitz) | Géza von Cziffra | O. W. Fischer, Marianne Schönauer, Helene Thimig | Biography | Cziffra-Film | ||
| It's Only Love (Seine einzige Liebe) | Emmerich Hanus | Franz Böheim, Heinz Conrads | Biography | |||
| Singende Engel (Singing Angels) | Gustav Ucicky | Gustav Waldau, Wiener Sängerknaben | Musical | Vindobona-Film | ||
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A list of the most notable films produced in the Cinema of Austria, ordered by year and split by decade of release.
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