This is a list of the most notable films produced in the Cinema of Germany in 1934.
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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Auf den Spuren der Hanse | Walter Hege | documentary | ||
Flammen der Vorzeit | Walter Fischer | propaganda | ||
Gestalte mit Licht | Ulrich Kayser | documentary | ||
Heilende Hände | Eberhard Frowein | documentary | ||
Heimat am Meer | Oleg Woinoff | documentary | ||
In Jesu Dienst | Gertrud David | documentary | ||
Die letzten Segelschiffe | Heinrich Hauser | documentary | ||
Malaria | Ulrich Kayser | documentary | ||
Mit der Emden um die Welt | Gottfried Krüger | documentary | ||
Segensspuren der Liebe | Gertrud David | documentary | ||
Unser Führer – Des Reiches Wiedergeburt | propaganda | Available online here | ||
Unser deutscher Zeppelin – Eine deutsche Erfindung, auf der wir Stolz sind. | documentary | |||
Von Königsberg bis Berchtesgaden | Otto Trippel | documentary | ||
Von der deutschen Scholle zur deutschen Hausfrau | Hermann Boehlen | documentary | ||
Der Walfisch II. Verarbeitung | Arnold Fanck | documentary | ||
Wir wandern mit den Ostgermanen | Walter Fischer | propaganda | ||
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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Der Firmling | Karl Valentin, Liesl Karlstadt | [14] | ||
Das Gestohlene Herz | Lotte Reiniger | Animated | [15] | |
Im Schallplattenladen | Hans H. Zerlett | Karl Valentin, Liesl Karlstadt | slapstick/comedy | one of Valentin's classics based on his idea; In the Record (LP) Shop |
Das Lied von der Mühle | Bernhard Huth, Wintzer von Tresckow | animation | ||
Den lystige radio-trio | animation | co-production with Norway | ||
Muratti greift ein | Oskar Fischinger | Animation | ||
Onkel Theodor amüsiert sich | Bernhard Huth, Wintzer von Tresckow | animation | ||
Rivers and Landscapes | Oskar Fischinger | Animation | ||
Quadrate | Oskar Fischinger | Animation | ||
Ein Spiel in Farben | Oskar Fischinger | Animation | ||
Um das Menschenrecht | Hans Zoberlein | Hans Schlenck, Kurt Holm, Ernst Martens, Beppo Brem | For the Rights of Man; Anti-Communism propaganda paying homage to the Freikorps | |
Dr. Mabuse is a fictional character created by Norbert Jacques in his 1921 novel Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler, and his 1932 follow-up novel Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (1932). The character was made famous by three films about the character directed in Germany by Fritz Lang: Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933), and the much later The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960). Five other films featuring Dr. Mabuse were made by other directors in Germany in the early 1960s, followed by Jess Franco's interpretation The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse in 1971.
Arnold Fanck was a German film director and pioneer of the mountain film genre. He is best known for the extraordinary alpine footage he captured in such films as The Holy Mountain (1926), The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929), Storm over Mont Blanc (1930), The White Ecstasy (1931), and S.O.S. Eisberg (1933). Fanck was also instrumental in launching the careers of several filmmakers during the Weimar years in Germany, including Leni Riefenstahl, Luis Trenker, and cinematographers Sepp Allgeier, Richard Angst, Hans Schneeberger, and Walter Riml.
Curt Siodmak was a German-American novelist, screenwriter and director. He is known for his work in the horror and science fiction film genres, with such films as The Wolf Man and Donovan's Brain. He was the younger brother of noir director Robert Siodmak.
Edgar Wallace (1875–1932) was a British novelist, playwright and screenwriter whose works have been adapted for the screen on many occasions. His films fall into two categories, British adaptations and the German "Krimi" films.
Hermann Braun was a German film actor, and the son of chamber singer Carl Braun.
Nadja Tiller was an Austrian actress in film, television, and on stage. She was one of the most popular German-speaking actresses in the international cinema of the 1950s and 1960s, receiving international recognition when she played the title role in the 1958 film Das Mädchen Rosemarie (Rosemary) in 1958, shown at the Venice Film Festival. It opened the way to international films. She often played alongside her husband, Walter Giller.
Gold is a 1934 German science fiction film directed by Karl Hartl. The film involves a British scientist who is attempting to create a device that turns base materials into gold. He later forces the German scientist's assistant Werner Holk, who was working on a similar experiment, to come to his underwater nuclear reactor to help him. Gold was made in both German-language and French-language versions with Brigitte Helm reprising her role in both.
Fred Sauer was an Austrian actor, film director and screenwriter.
Hans-Otto Borgmann was a German film music composer during the Third Reich.
Massimo Dallamano, sometimes credited as Max Dillman, Max Dillmann or Jack Dalmas, was an Italian director and director of photography.
Hartmut Reck was a German television and film actor. He also appeared in the American-produced epic film, The Longest Day. He also acted in the German film dubbing industry, dubbing into German the voices of Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Robert Duvall, Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Peter Graves, Patrick Stewart, Franco Nero, Terence Hill and others.
Henrik Galeen was an Austrian-born actor, screenwriter and film director considered an influential figure in the development of German Expressionist cinema during the silent era.
Oliver Herbrich is a German filmmaker working as an author, film director and producer. He is associated with the very end of the New German Cinema movement. From 2016 to 2018, his films were digitally remastered and re-released in the Fiction – Non-Fiction Film Edition. In 2018, the Film Museum Düsseldorf added all archival documents to its collection.
Elisa Johanna Lucie Schlott is a German actress. Her younger half-sisters are the actresses Emilia Pieske and Helena Pieske.