List of German films of the 1970s

This is a list of the most notable films produced in Cinema of Germany in the 1970s.

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

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1970
The American Soldier	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Karl Scheydt, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Elga Sorbas, Katrin Schaake, Margarethe von Trotta, Jan George, Ulli Lommel, Ingrid Caven	Drama	[1][2]
And God Said to Cain	Antonio Margheriti	Klaus Kinski, Peter Carsten, Marcella Michelangeli	Western	Italian-West German co-production[3]
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage	Dario Argento	Tony Musante, Eva Renzi, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Mario Adorf	Mystery, thriller	Italian-West German co-production[4][5]
The Bordello	Alfred Weidenmann	Karin Jacobsen, Herbert Fleischmann
Chariots of the Gods	Harald Reinl		Documentary	[6]
Compañeros	Sergio Corbucci	Franco Nero, Tomas Milian, Jack Palance, Fernando Rey, Iris Berben, Karin Schubert	Western	Italian-Spanish-West German co-production[7]
The Conformist	Bernardo Bertolucci	Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Dominique Sanda	Drama	Italian-French-West German co-production[8]
Count Dracula	Jesús Franco	Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom, Klaus Kinski	Horror	Spanish-Italian-West German-British co-production[9]
Deadlock	Roland Klick	Mario Adorf, Anthony Dawson, Marquard Bohm, Mascha Rabben
Deep End	Jerzy Skolimowski	Jane Asher, John Moulder-Brown, Karl Michael Vogler	Drama	West German-British-American co-production[10]
Dorian Gray	Massimo Dallamano	Helmut Berger, Richard Todd, Herbert Lom		Italian-West German co-production[11]
Even Dwarfs Started Small	Werner Herzog		Drama	[12]
Die Feuerzangenbowle	Helmut Käutner	Walter Giller, Uschi Glas, Theo Lingen	Comedy	[13]
First Love	Maximilian Schell	Dominique Sanda, John Moulder-Brown, Maximilian Schell, Valentina Cortese	Drama	Swiss-West German-Hungarian co-production
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Vittorio De Sica	Dominique Sanda, Lino Capolicchio, Helmut Berger, Fabio Testi	Drama	Italian-West German co-production[14]
Gods of the Plague	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Hanna Schygulla, Margarethe von Trotta, Harry Baer, Günther Kaufmann	Drama
Die Herren mit der weißen Weste	Wolfgang Staudte	Martin Held, Heinz Erhardt, Mario Adorf, Hannelore Elsner, Walter Giller, Rudolf Platte, Herbert Fux	Comedy
Jonathan	Hans W. Geissendorfer	Jürgen Jung, Oskar von Schab, Paul Albert Krumm, Ilona Grübel	Horror	[15][16]
The Lickerish Quartet	Radley Metzger	Frank Wolff, Erika Remberg, Silvana Venturelli, Paolo Turco	Adult, comedy-drama	Italian-American-West German co-production[17]
Malatesta	Peter Lilienthal	Eddie Constantine		[18] Entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival
Mark of the Devil	Michael Armstrong	Herbert Lom, Udo Kier, Reggie Nalder, Herbert Fux	Horror	[19]
Nicht fummeln, Liebling	May Spils	Werner Enke, Gila von Weitershausen, Henry van Lyck, Otto Sander, Benno Hoffmann	Comedy
o.k.	Michael Verhoeven	Eva Mattes		[20] Caused the cancellation of the 20th Berlin International Film Festival
Pippi in the South Seas	Olle Hellbom	Inger Nilsson, Maria Persson, Pär Sundberg, Martin Ljung, Jarl Borssén, Wolfgang Völz		Swedish-West German co-production[21]
Rote Sonne	Rudolf Thome	Uschi Obermaier, Marquard Bohm, Diana Körner
Schulmädchen-Report	Ernst Hofbauer		Sex report film	First of a series of 13 films
The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse	Jesus Franco	Jack Taylor, Fred Williams, Ewa Strömberg, Siegfried Lowitz		Spanish-West German co-production[22][23]
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?	Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Michael Fengler	Kurt Raab, Lilith Ungerer, Irm Hermann, Peer Raben, Franz Maron	Drama	Entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival[24]
Wir – zwei	Ulrich Schamoni	Sabine Sinjen, Christoph Bantzer

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1971
Apokal	Paul Anczykowski	Inken Sommer, Heinrich Giskes, Tilo Prückner	Drama	Entered into the 1971 Cannes Film Festival[25]
Beware of a Holy Whore	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Lou Castel, Eddie Constantine, Hanna Schygulla, Marquard Bohm, Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Comedy-drama	[26]
The Captain	Kurt Hoffmann	Heinz Rühmann, Horst Tappert	Comedy
The Cat o' Nine Tails	Dario Argento	Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak, James Franciscus, Rada Rassimov, Horst Frank	Thriller	Italian-French-West German co-production[27]
Daughters of Darkness	Harry Kümel	Delphine Seyrig, Danielle Ouimet, John Karlen, Andrea Rau	Horror	Belgian-French-West German co-production[28]
Delusions of Grandeur	Gérard Oury	Louis de Funès, Yves Montand, Karin Schubert	Comedy	French-Italian-Spanish-West German co-production[29]
Das falsche Gewicht	Bernhard Wicki	Helmut Qualtinger, Evelyn Opela	Drama
Fata Morgana	Werner Herzog	Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg, James William Gledhill, Eugen des Montagnes		[30]
Handicapped Future	Werner Herzog		Documentary
He Who Loves in a Glass House	Michael Verhoeven	Senta Berger, Hartmut Becker, Marianne Blomquist	Drama	[31] Entered into the 21st Berlin International Film Festival
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives	Rosa von Praunheim
Jaider, der einsame Jäger	Volker Vogeler	Gottfried John, Rolf Zacher		Entered into the 21st Berlin International Film Festival
Jailbreak in Hamburg	Wolfgang Staudte	Horst Frank, Christiane Krüger, Heinz Reincke, Klaus Schwarzkopf	Crime thriller
Kommissar X jagt die roten Tiger	Harald Reinl	Tony Kendall, Brad Harris	Thriller	Kommissar X film. West German-Italian-Pakistani co-production
Land of Silence and Darkness	Werner Herzog		Documentary	[32]
Mathias Kneissl	Reinhard Hauff	Hans Brenner, Eva Mattes, Ruth Drexel, Hanna Schygulla		[33]
The Merchant of Four Seasons	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Hans Hirschmüller, Irm Hermann, Ingrid Caven, Klaus Löwitsch, Hanna Schygulla, Kurt Raab	Drama	[34]
Murmur of the Heart	Louis Malle	Lea Massari, Daniel Gélin, Benoît Ferreux, Michel Lonsdale, Gila von Weitershausen	Comedy	French-Italian-West German co-production[35]
Our Willi Is the Best	Werner Jacobs	Heinz Erhardt	Comedy	[36]
Der plötzliche Reichtum der armen Leute von Kombach	Volker Schlöndorff		Drama
Return of Sabata	Frank Kramer	Lee Van Cleef, Reiner Schöne, Annabella Incontrera	Western	Italian-French-West German co-production[37]
Rio das Mortes	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Michael König, Günther Kaufmann, Hanna Schygulla	Comedy
She Killed in Ecstasy	Jesus Franco	Ewa Strömberg, Soledad Miranda, Fred Williams, Horst Tappert	Horror	West German-Spanish co-production[38]
Trotta	Johannes Schaaf	András Bálint, Doris Kunstmann	Drama	[39]
Twenty Girls and the Teachers	Werner Jacobs	Mascha Gonska, Heidi Kabel, Rudolf Schündler	Comedy
Und Jimmy ging zum Regenbogen	Alfred Vohrer	Ruth Leuwerik, Horst Frank, Horst Tappert, Judy Winter, Alain Noury, Doris Kunstmann	Thriller	Based on the book by Johannes Mario Simmel, German Film Award
The Vampire Happening	Freddie Francis	Pia Degermark, Thomas Hunter, Ferdy Mayne, Ingrid van Bergen	Comedy, Horror	[40]
Vampyros Lesbos	Jesus Franco	Ewa Strömberg, Soledad Miranda, Andrés Monales	Horror	Spanish-West German co-production[41]
Web of the Spider	Antonio Margheriti	Anthony Franciosa, Michèle Mercier, Klaus Kinski	Horror, Mystery	Italian-French-West German co-production[42][43]
What the Peeper Saw	James Kelley, Andrea Bianchi	Mark Lester, Britt Ekland, Hardy Krüger, Lilli Palmer, Harry Andrews	Thriller	British-Spanish-Italian-West German co-production
Whity	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Günther Kaufmann, Hanna Schygulla, Ron Randell, Ulli Lommel, Katrin Schaake, Harry Baer	Drama	[44]
1972
Aguirre, the Wrath of God	Werner Herzog	Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo	Adventure, historical film	[45]
Baron Blood	Mario Bava	Joseph Cotten, Elke Sommer	Horror	Italian-West German co-production[46]
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Margit Carstensen, Irm Hermann, Hanna Schygulla	Drama	[47]
Bluebeard	Edward Dmytryk	Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, Virna Lisi, Nathalie Delon, Marilù Tolo, Agostina Belli, Karin Schubert		French-Italian-West German co-production
Blutiger Freitag	Rolf Olsen	Raimund Harmstorf, Gila von Weitershausen, Amadeus August	Crime thriller	West German-Italian co-production
The Call of the Wild	Ken Annakin	Charlton Heston, Michèle Mercier, Raimund Harmstorf	Adventure	British-French-Italian-Spanish-West German co-production
César and Rosalie	Claude Sautet	Romy Schneider, Yves Montand, Sami Frey	Comedy-drama	French-Italian-West German co-production[48]
The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty	Wim Wenders	Arthur Brauss, Erika Pluhar, Kai Fischer		West German-Austrian co-production[49]
Harlis	Robert van Ackeren	Rolf Zacher, Ulli Lommel, Gabriele Lafari, Mascha Rabben	Drama	[50]
Havoc	Peter Fleischmann	Reinhard Kolldehoff, Vitus Zeplichal	Drama	West German-French co-production
King, Queen, Knave	Jerzy Skolimowski	David Niven, Gina Lollobrigida, John Moulder-Brown, Mario Adorf	Comedy	American-West German co-production[51]
Liebe Mutter, mir geht es gut	Christian Ziewer	Claus Eberth	Drama
Ludwig	Luchino Visconti	Helmut Berger, Trevor Howard, Silvana Mangano, Gert Fröbe, Romy Schneider, Helmut Griem		Italian-French-West German co-production
Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King	Hans-Jürgen Syberberg	Harry Baer, Ingrid Caven
The Master Touch	Michele Lupo	Kirk Douglas, Giuliano Gemma, Florinda Bolkan, Wolfgang Preiss, Reinhard Kolldehoff	Crime thriller	Italian-West German co-production
Rocker	Klaus Lemke
State of Siege	Costa-Gavras	Yves Montand, O. E. Hasse		French-Italian-West German co-production[52]
Tears of Blood	Alfred Vohrer	Alain Noury, Anita Lochner, Wolfgang Reichmann		West German-French co-production[53]
Der Tod der Maria Malibran	Werner Schroeter	Magdalena Montezuma, Christine Kaufmann, Candy Darling
What?	Roman Polanski	Sydne Rome, Marcello Mastroianni, Hugh Griffith	Comedy	French-Italian-West German co-production[54]
What Have You Done to Solange?	Massimo Dallamano	Fabio Testi, Karin Baal, Joachim Fuchsberger	Mystery, thriller	Italian-West German co-production[55]
Wildwechsel	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Eva Mattes, Harry Baer, Jörg von Liebenfelß, Ruth Drexel	Drama	TV film
Willi Manages The Whole Thing	Werner Jacobs	Heinz Erhardt	Comedy	[56]
Die Wollands	Marianne Lüdcke, Ingo Kratisch	Nicolas Brieger, Elfriede Irrall	Drama
1973
Alter Kahn und junge Liebe	Werner Jacobs	Roy Black, Barbara Nielsen		[57]
The Experts	Norbert Kückelmann	Mathias Eysen	Drama	Won a Silver Bear at Berlin
Housewives on the Job	Ernst Hofbauer	Marie-Georges Pascal, Elisabeth Volkmann, Ingrid Steeger		[58]
Little Mother	Radley Metzger	Christiane Krüger, Siegfried Rauch, Ivan Desny	Drama	American-West German-Yugoslav co-production
Mark of the Devil Part II	Adrian Hoven	Anton Diffring, Reggie Nalder	Horror	[59]
My Name is Nobody	Tonino Valerii	Terence Hill, Henry Fonda	Western	Italian-French-West German co-production[60][61]
The Pedestrian	Maximilian Schell	Gustav Rudolf Sellner	Drama	West German-Swiss-Israeli co-production
The Scarlet Letter	Wim Wenders	Senta Berger, Hans-Christian Blech, Lou Castel		West German-Spanish co-production[62]
Supermarkt	Roland Klick	Charly Wierzejewski, Eva Mattes, Walter Kohut	Crime drama
The Tenderness of Wolves	Ulli Lommel	Kurt Raab, Margit Carstensen, Ingrid Caven	Drama	[63]
Trip to Vienna	Edgar Reitz	Elke Sommer, Hannelore Elsner, Mario Adorf	Comedy-drama	[64]
World on a Wire	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Klaus Löwitsch, Mascha Rabben, Barbara Valentin, Ivan Desny, Günter Lamprecht, Gottfried John	Science Fiction	TV film
Zinksärge für die Goldjungen	Jürgen Roland	Henry Silva, Herbert Fleischmann, Horst Janson, Raf Baldassarre	Crime	West German-Italian co-production
1974
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Barbara Valentin	Drama	[65]
Alice in the Cities	Wim Wenders	Rüdiger Vogler, Yella Rottländer, Lisa Kreuzer	Drama	[66]
And Then There Were None	Peter Collinson	Charles Aznavour, Stéphane Audran, Elke Sommer, Gert Fröbe, Herbert Lom, Oliver Reed, Richard Attenborough, Adolfo Celi	Mystery thriller	British-Spanish-French-Italian-West German co-production
Charlotte	Roger Vadim	Sirpa Lane, Roger Vadim, Mathieu Carrière	Thriller	French-Italian-West German co-production[67]
Effi Briest	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Hanna Schygulla, Wolfgang Schenck, Ulli Lommel	Drama	[68]
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser	Werner Herzog	Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira		[69]
In the Name of the People	Ottokar Runze		Documentary	[70]
Julia	Sigi Rothemund	Sylvia Kristel, Jean-Claude Bouillon, Terry Torday, Ekkehardt Belle
Lacombe, Lucien	Louis Malle	Pierre Blaise, Aurore Clément, Therese Giehse, Holger Loewenadler	Drama	French-Italian-West German co-production[71]
Der Lord von Barmbeck	Ottokar Runze	Martin Lüttge, Judy Winter, Inken Sommer
Martha	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Margit Carstensen, Karlheinz Böhm	Drama	TV film
The Odessa File	Ronald Neame	Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell, Klaus Löwitsch	Thriller	British-West German co-production[72][73]
One or the Other of Us	Wolfgang Petersen	Jürgen Prochnow, Klaus Schwarzkopf, Elke Sommer	Thriller	[74]
Only the Wind Knows the Answer	Alfred Vohrer	Maurice Ronet, Marthe Keller, Raymond Pellegrin, Karin Dor		West German-French co-production. Entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival
Der Räuber Hotzenplotz	Gustav Ehmck	Gert Fröbe, Lina Carstens, Rainer Basedow, Josef Meinrad	Family
Sie sind frei, Dr. Korczak	Aleksander Ford	Leo Genn	Drama	West German-Israeli co-production
Der Springteufel	Heinz Schirk	Dieter Hallervorden	Thriller	TV film based on story by Derrick Sherwin (Doctor Who)
Ein toter Taucher nimmt kein Gold	Harald Reinl	Horst Janson, Monika Lundi, Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo	Adventure	West German-South African co-production
Die Verrohung des Franz Blum	Reinhard Hauff	Jürgen Prochnow, Burkhard Driest	Drama
1975
Berlinger	Alf Brustellin, Bernhard Sinkel	Martin Benrath, Hannelore Elsner	Drama
Earthquake in Chile	Helma Sanders-Brahms	Julia Peña, Víctor Alcázar	Drama
End of the Game	Maximilian Schell	Jon Voight, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Shaw, Martin Ritt	Mystery	West German-Italian co-production
Everyone Dies Alone	Alfred Vohrer	Hildegard Knef, Carl Raddatz	Drama
Evrydiki BA 2O37	Nikos Nikolaidis	Vera Tschechowa, John Moore, Niki Triantafillidi	Drama	Greek-West German co-production[75]
Fox and His Friends	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Peter Chatel, Karlheinz Böhm, Adrian Hoven	Drama
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner	Werner Herzog		Documentary
Ice Age	Peter Zadek	O. E. Hasse, Ulrich Wildgruber, Heinz Bennent, Hannelore Hoger, Helmut Qualtinger	Drama	Entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival
John Glückstadt	Ulf Miehe	Dieter Laser, Marie-Christine Barrault		Entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival
Lina Braake	Bernhard Sinkel	Lina Carstens, Fritz Rasp	Comedy	German Film Award for Best Feature Film 1975
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum	Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta	Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, Dieter Laser, Jürgen Prochnow	Drama
That Most Important Thing: Love	Andrzej Żuławski	Romy Schneider, Klaus Kinski, Fabio Testi, Jacques Dutronc	Drama	French-Italian-West German co-production
Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Brigitte Mira, Ingrid Caven, Karlheinz Böhm, Margit Carstensen	Drama
The Net	Manfred Purzer	Mel Ferrer, Elke Sommer, Klaus Kinski, Heinz Bennent	Thriller
Under the Pavement Lies the Strand	Helma Sanders-Brahms	Grischa Huber, Heinrich Giskes
The Wrong Move	Wim Wenders	Rüdiger Vogler, Hanna Schygulla, Peter Kern, Ivan Desny, Hans Christian Blech, Nastassja Kinski, Marianne Hoppe, Lisa Kreuzer	Drama
1976
2 geile Hirsche auf der Flucht	Alois Brummer		Adult
1900	Bernardo Bertolucci	Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Burt Lancaster, Dominique Sanda, Stefania Sandrelli, Donald Sutherland	Romantic drama/ War	Italian-American-French-West German co-production. 1 win & 1 nom.
Das Brot des Bäckers	Erwin Keusch	Günter Lamprecht, Bernd Tauber, Silvia Reize
Chinese Roulette	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Margit Carstensen, Anna Karina, Ulli Lommel, Macha Méril, Alexander Allerson, Brigitte Mira, Volker Spengler, Andrea Schober	Drama	West German-French co-production
Coup de Grâce	Volker Schlöndorff	Margarethe von Trotta, Matthias Habich, Mathieu Carrière	Drama	West German-French co-production. Set in the Russian Civil War
Heart of Glass	Werner Herzog	Josef Bierbichler	Drama
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck	Werner Herzog		Documentary
I Only Want You To Love Me	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Vitus Zeplichal, Alexander Allerson	Drama	TV film
Jack the Ripper	Jesús Franco	Klaus Kinski	Thriller	West German-Swiss co-production
Kings of the Road	Wim Wenders	Rüdiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler	Drama	Won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival
A Lost Life	Ottokar Runze	Gerhard Olschewski	Drama	Olschewski won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at Berlin
The Marquise of O	Éric Rohmer	Edith Clever, Bruno Ganz	Drama	French-West German co-production[76]
No One Will Play with Me	Werner Herzog		Short
Nordsee ist Mordsee	Hark Bohm
Salon Kitty	Tinto Brass	Helmut Berger, Ingrid Thulin		Italian-West German-French co-production
Sommergäste	Peter Stein	Edith Clever, Bruno Ganz, Jutta Lampe, Otto Sander
Der starke Ferdinand	Alexander Kluge	Heinz Schubert	Drama
The Sternstein Manor	Hans W. Geißendörfer	Katja Rupé, Tilo Prückner, Peter Kern	Drama	Entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival
Vera Romeyke ist nicht tragbar	Max Willutzki	Rita Engelmann	Drama
Die Wildente	Hans W. Geißendörfer	Jean Seberg, Bruno Ganz, Peter Kern, Anne Bennent	Drama	West German-Austrian co-production
1977
The American Friend	Wim Wenders	Bruno Ganz, Dennis Hopper, Lisa Kreuzer	Thriller	West German-French co-production. Entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival
The Conquest of the Citadel	Bernhard Wicki	András Fricsay, Ivan Desny	Drama	Entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival
Cross of Iron	Sam Peckinpah	James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, Senta Berger, Klaus Löwitsch, Vadim Glowna, Arthur Brauss	War	West German-British co-production
Death is My Trade	Theodor Kotulla	Götz George, Hans Korte
The Devil's Advocate	Guy Green	John Mills, Stéphane Audran, Jason Miller, Raf Vallone	Drama	Film production with money from West German private tax-shelter film funds ("Geria")
The Expulsion from Paradise	Niklaus Schilling	Herb Andress, Elke Haltaufderheide		Entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival
Grete Minde	Heidi Genée	Katerina Jacob, Siemen Rühaak, Hannelore Elsner, Tilo Prückner, Hans Christian Blech	Drama	West German-Austrian co-production. Entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival
Hitler: A Film from Germany	Hans-Jürgen Syberberg	Peter Kern, Heinz Schubert, André Heller		West German-French-British co-production
Hitler – Eine Karriere	Joachim Fest, Christian Herrendoerfer		Documentary
Die Konsequenz	Wolfgang Petersen	Jürgen Prochnow		Petersen won the 1978 Adolf Grimme Awards
Der Mädchenkrieg	Alf Brustellin, Bernhard Sinkel	Kaki Hunter, Adelheid Arndt, Matthias Habich, Hans-Christian Blech	Drama
The Serpent's Egg	Ingmar Bergman	Liv Ullmann, David Carradine, Gert Fröbe, Heinz Bennent		American-West German co-production
La Soufrière	Werner Herzog		Documentary
The Stationmaster's Wife	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Kurt Raab, Elisabeth Trissenaar	Drama	TV film
Stroszek	Werner Herzog	Bruno S., Eva Mattes
Twilight's Last Gleaming	Robert Aldrich	Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Charles Durning, Joseph Cotten, Melvyn Douglas	Thriller	American-West German co-production
Vanessa	Hubert Frank	Olivia Pascal
1978
Die allseitig reduzierte Persönlichkeit – Redupers	Helke Sander	Helke Sander
Despair	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Dirk Bogarde, Andréa Ferréol, Klaus Löwitsch, Bernhard Wicki	Drama	West German-French co-production
Fedora	Billy Wilder	William Holden, Marthe Keller, Hildegard Knef, Mario Adorf, Michael York, Henry Fonda	Drama	West German-French co-production
The Fifth Commandment	Duccio Tessari	Helmut Berger	Crime	Italian-West German co-production
Flaming Hearts	Walter Bockmayer, Rolf Bührmann	Peter Kern, Barbara Valentin		Entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival
Germany in Autumn	Alf Brustellin, Hans Peter Cloos, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Alexander Kluge, Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus, Maximiliane Mainka, Edgar Reitz, Katja Rupé, Volker Schlöndorff, Peter Schubert, Bernhard Sinkel	Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, Helmut Griem, Heinz Bennent, Vadim Glowna, Hannelore Hoger, Wolf Biermann		Entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival
The Glass Cell	Hans W. Geißendörfer	Helmut Griem, Brigitte Fossey, Dieter Laser, Walter Kohut, Bernhard Wicki	Thriller
In a Year of 13 Moons	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Volker Spengler, Ingrid Caven	Drama
Just a Gigolo	David Hemmings	David Bowie, Marlene Dietrich, Sydne Rome, Kim Novak, Curd Jürgens, Maria Schell
Knife in the Head	Reinhard Hauff	Bruno Ganz, Angela Winkler, Hans Christian Blech, Heinz Hoenig	Drama
The Left-Handed Woman	Peter Handke	Edith Clever, Bruno Ganz, Michael Lonsdale, Angela Winkler, Bernhard Wicki, Bernhard Minetti, Rüdiger Vogler, Gérard Depardieu	Drama	Entered into the 1978 Cannes Film Festival
Melody in Love	Hubert Frank	Sascha Hehn, Melody O'Bryan
Missile X – Geheimauftrag Neutronenbombe	Leslie H. Martinson	Peter Graves, Curd Jürgens, John Carradine, Karin Schubert		American-Italian-Spanish-West German-Iranian co-production
Moritz, Dear Moritz	Hark Bohm			Entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival
Passion Flower Hotel	André Farwagi	Nastassja Kinski, Gerry Sundquist	Comedy
Les Rendez-vous d'Anna	Chantal Akerman	Aurore Clément, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Magali Noël, Helmut Griem, Hanns Zischler, Lea Massari		Belgian-French-West German co-production
Rhinegold	Niklaus Schilling	Elke Haltaufderheide		Entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival
Der Schimmelreiter	Alfred Weidenmann	John Phillip Law, Gert Fröbe, Anita Ekström, Lina Carstens, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Vera Tschechowa, Dirk Galuba, Werner Hinz	Drama
The Second Awakening of Christa Klages	Margarethe von Trotta	Tina Engel, Silvia Reize, Katharina Thalbach	Drama
1979
1+1=3	Heidi Genée	Adelheid Arndt	Comedy
Americathon	Neal Israel	John Ritter	Comedy	American production with West German money
Bildnis einer Trinkerin	Ulrike Ottinger	Tabea Blumenschein, Lutze, Magdalena Montezuma	Drama
Bloodline	Terence Young	Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason, Romy Schneider, Omar Sharif, Gert Fröbe, Irene Papas	Thriller	American-West German co-production
David	Peter Lilienthal	Mario Fischel, Valter Taub, Irena Vrkljan, Eva Mattes	Drama	Won the Golden Bear at Berlin
The First Polka	Klaus Emmerich	Maria Schell, Erland Josephson	Drama	Entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival
Fleisch	Rainer Erler	Jutta Speidel	Thriller	TV film
Ein komischer Heiliger	Klaus Lemke	Cleo Kretschmer, Wolfgang Fierek	Comedy
Lena Rais	Christian Rischert	Krista Stadler, Tilo Prückner, Kai Fischer
The Marriage of Maria Braun	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Ivan Desny	Drama	First in the BRD Trilogy
Nosferatu the Vampyre	Werner Herzog	Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor	Horror	West German-French co-production
She's 19 and Ready	Franz Josef Gottlieb	Sabine Wollin, Ekkehardt Belle	Sex comedy
Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness	Margarethe von Trotta	Jutta Lampe	Drama
The Tailor from Ulm	Edgar Reitz	Tilo Prückner, Vadim Glowna, Hannelore Elsner		Entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival
The Third Generation	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Eddie Constantine, Hanna Schygulla, Volker Spengler, Margit Carstensen, Hark Bohm, Günther Kaufmann, Bulle Ogier, Udo Kier	Black comedy
The Tin Drum	Volker Schlöndorff	David Bennent, Charles Aznavour, Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, Daniel Olbrychski, Katharina Thalbach	Drama	West German-French co-production. Based on the book by Günter Grass
Woyzeck	Werner Herzog	Klaus Kinski, Eva Mattes	Classic literature	Based on the story by Georg Büchner

Notes

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7. Erlewine, Iotis. "Companeros (1970)". Allmovie. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
8. Erickson, Hal. "The Conformist". Allmovie. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
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33. "Land of Silence and Darkness". Allmovie. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
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36. Fountain, Clarke. "Our Willi Is the Best". Allmovie. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
37. Brennan, Sandra. "Return of Sabata". Allmovie. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
38. "Sie tötete in Ekstase". filmportal.de. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
39. Fountain, Clarke. "Trotta". Allmovie. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
40. Fountain, Clarke. "The Vampire Happening". Allmovie. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
41. Browning 2010, p. 183.
42. Firsching, Robert. "Web of the Spider". Allmovie. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
43. "Dracula im Schloß des Schreckens". Filmportal.de. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
44. Fountain, Clarke. "Whity". Allmovie. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
45. Williams, Karl. "Aguirre, the Wrath of God". Allmovie. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
46. Firsching, Robert. "Baron Blood". Allmovie. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
47. Fountain, Clarke. "The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant". Allmovie. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
48. Seibert, Perry. "Cesar & Rosalie". Allmovie. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
49. "Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter". Filmportal.de. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
50. Fountain, Clarke. "Harlis". Allmovie. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
51. Fountain, Clarke. "Harlis". Allmovie. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
52. "Der unsichtbare Aufstand". Filmportal.de. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
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64. "Der Reise nach wien" [Trip to Vienna]. Allmovie. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
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References

• Browning, John Edgar; Picart, Caroline Joan (2010). Dracula in Visual Media:Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010. McFarland. ISBN 0786433655.

External links

• German film at the Internet Movie Database (maintains separate lists for West Germany and East Germany)