Below is a selected list of films made in Germany and/or by German filmmakers available at Lilly Library on Duke's East Campus. Please check the Duke Libraries Catalog for each film's availability. Some films may be on reserve or limited circulation, which means you must watch them in the library. Titles are listed under both their German and English names when available.
For information on loan periods, fines, and other policies, please see Lilly Library's Film and Video Circulation Policy.
To find German films in the catalog, follow these steps:
- Open the Duke Libraries Catalog and choose the Advanced option at the top of your screen.
- Inside the light blue box on the right side of your screen, find Format and use the pull-down menu to change it to "Film/Video".
- Enter title or author (director), if known, or use the "All Fields" option to do a keyword search.
- 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse, Fritz Lang, 1960, DVD 1807
- 3 Groschen Oper (3 Penny Opera), G.W. Pabst, 1931, VC 3471
- Adventures of Princh Achmed (animated film), Lotte Reineger, 1926, DVD 2387
- Aguirre, the wrath of God, Werner Herzog, 1972, DVD 789
- Aimée & Jaguar, Max Färberböck, 1999, DVD 387
- Ali, Fear Eats the Soul, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974, DVD 3333, VC 3628
- Alice in den Städten, Wim Wenders, 1974, VC 3464
- Alles für Geld, Reinhold Schunsell, 1923, VC 5616
- Allseitig reduzierte Persönlichkeit - Redupers, Die, Helke Sander, 1978, DVD 8035
- Amen, Costa-Gavras, 2002, DVD 3888
- American Friend, The, Wim Wenders, 1977, VC 1398
- American Soldier, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1970, VC 5580, DVD 2657
- Anita, Dances of Vice, Rosa von Praunheim, 1987, VC 5492
- Apprehension, Lothar Warneke, 1982, VC 11045
- Aprilkinder, Yüksel Yavuz, 1998, VC 10893
- Architects, The, Peter Kahane, 1990, DVD 4695
- Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen, Werner Herzog, 1969, DVD 1519
- Austernprinzessin, Die, Ernst Lubitsch, 1919, VC 6508
- Baron Muenchausen, Josef von Báky, 1943, VC 3299
- Berlin Alexanderplatz, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1983, VC 948
- Berlin is in Germany, Hannes Stöhr, 2001, DVD 4136
- Berlin, Ecke Schönhauser, Gerhard Klein, 1957, VC 11046
- Berlin, Symphony of a Great City, Walter Ruttman, 1927, DVD 461
- Beware of a Holy Whore, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1971, VC11366, DVD5359
- Beyond Silence, Caroline Link, 1997, VC 8158
- Bin ich schön?, Doris Dörrie, 1998, DVD 2453
- Bitter Tears of Petra Van Kant, The, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1972, DVD 2532, VC 5532
- Blaue Licht, Leni Reifenstahl, 1932, VC 5518
- Blechtrommel, Volker Schlöndorff, 1979, DVD 4120
- Blue Angel, The, Joseph von Sternberg, 1929, DVD 572
- Blue Light, The, Leni Reifenstahl, 1923, VC 5518
- Blum Affair, Erich Engel, 1948, VC 5529
- Bonhoeffer, Martin Doblmeier, 2003, VC 11615
- Bonhoeffer, Agent of Grace, Eric Till, 2000, DVD 2738
- BRD Trilogy (The marriage of Maria Braun, Veronika Voss, Lola), Rainer Werner Fassbinder, DVD 2745 discs 1,2,3
- Bridge, The, Bernhard Wicki, 1959, VC 5485
- Broken Jug, Gustav Ucicky, 1935, VC 5468
- Brother of Sleep, Joseph Milsmaier, 1995, VC 6562
- Brücke, Die, Bernhard Wicki, 1959, VC 5485
- Burden of Dream, Werner Herzog, 1982, DVD 4336
- Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The, Robert Wiene, 1919, DVD5095, DVD1512
- Captain from Kopenick, Helmut Käutner, 1957, VC 5489
- Celeste, Percy Adlon, 1981, VC 3305
- Cesare Borgia, Richard Oswald, VC 5722
- Chinese Roulette, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1976, VC 5486, DVD 5306
- Chronik der Wende (documentary), Wolfgang Drescher, 1994, VC 11249
- Circle of Deceit, Volker Schlöndorff, 1981, DVD 3889
- Coming Out, Heiner Carow, 1989, DVD 1867
- Comradeship, G.W. Pabst, 1931, VC 842
- Confessions of Felix Krull, The, Kurt Hoffman, 1957, VC 5591
- Council of the Gods (E. German DEFA film), Kurt Maetzig, 1950, VC 10759
- Coup de Grace, Margarethe von Trotta,Volker Schlöndorff, 1976, VC 11451
- Danton, Dimitri Buchowetzki, 1921, VC 6509
- Das Boot, Wolfgang Peterson, 1981, DVD 1961, VC 6514
- David, Peter Lilienthal, 1979, VC 1442
- Death Ray Mirror of Dr. Mabuse, Hugo Fregonese, 1964, VC 11292
- Denk Bloss Nicht, Ich Heule (E. German DEFA film - banned until 1990), Frank Vogel, 1964, VC 11248
- Despair, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1978, VC 11136, VC 3168
- Destiny, Fritz Lang, 1921, DVD 462
- Deutschland im Herbst, multiple directors, 1978, VC 5450
- Diary of a Lost Girl, G.W. Pabst, 1929, DVD 791
- Downfall, Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2004, DVD 4699
- Dritte Generation, Die, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1979, DVD 4268
- Echte Kerle, Rolf Silber, 1996, DVD 2483
- Effi Briest, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974, DVD 2385
- Element of Crime, Lars von Trier, 1984, DVD 459
- Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, Werner Herzog, 1975, DVD 2535, VC 5439
- Erleuchtung garantiert, Doris Dörrie, 2000, DVD 2032
- Eternal Jew (Nazi propaganda film), Fritz Hippler, 1938, VC 3140
- Europa Europa, Agnieszka Holland, 1990, DVD 3155
- Even Dwarves Started Small, Werner Herzog, 1969, DVD 1519
- Every Man for Himself and God Against All, Werner Herzog, 1975, VC 1062
- Experiment, Das, Oliver Hirschbiegel, 1999, DVD 2343
- Fahnenjunker, Hans Broker, 1943, VC 5433
- Fall of the Wall, Wolfgang Drescher, 1994, VC 11249
- Fälschung, Die, Volker Schlöndorff, 1981, DVD 3889
- Fangschuss, Der, Agnieszka Holland, 1976, DVD 2378
- Far Away, So Close, Wim Wenders, 1993, DVD 203
- Faustrecht der Freiheit, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975, DVD 2410, VC 5442
- Fear of Fear, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975, DVD 2298
- Fischerin vom Bodensee, Die, Harald Reinl, 1956, VC 5277
- Fitzcarraldo, Werner Herzog, 1982, DVD 285
- Forget Mozart, Slavo Luther, 1985, VC 7005
- Förster vom Silberwald, Der, Alfons Stummer, 1954, VC 5276
- Fortune's Fool, Reinhold Schunsell, 1923, VC 5616
- Fox and His Friends, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975, DVD 2410, VC 5442
- Frau Im Mond, Fritz Lang, 1929, DVD 4112
- Frauen Schicksale (E. German DEFA film), Slatan Dudlow, 1952, VC 10779
- Frauenkirche in Dresden (documentary), DVD 4689
- Freudlose Gasse, G.W. Pabst, 1925, VC 4783
- Friedemann Bach, Traugott Müller, 1941, VC 5475
- Funny Games, Michael Heneke, 1997, DVD 1572
- Gebrüder Skladanowsky, Die, Wim Wenders, 1995, VC 9999
- Germany 1925-1932: Under Two Flags (documentary), Noel Burch, 1985, VC 1642 cass 6
- Germany in Autumn, multiple directors, 1978, VC 5450
- Germany, Year Zero, Roberto Rossellini, 1947, DVD 1303
- Giegen die Wand, Fatih Agin, 2004, DVD 4232
- Gods of the Plague, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1970, DVD 2301
- Golem, The, Paul Wegener, 1920, DVD 2036
- Goodbye Lenin!, Wolfgang Becker, 2003, DVD 3583
- Götter der Pest, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1970, DVD 2301
- Grosse Liebe, Die, Rolf Hansen, 1942, VC 2356
- Grün ist die Heide, Hans Deppe, 1956, VC 5250
- Habanera, La, Douglas Sirk, 1937, DVD 4110
- Hangmen Also Die, Fritz Lang, 1943, VC 7759
- Haunted Castle, The, F. W. Murnau, 1921, VC 5748
- Heart of Glass, Werner Herzog, 1976, DVD 2533, VC 3459
- Heimat (series - 9 video tapes), Edgar Reitz, 1987, VC 5517
- Herz aus Glas, Werner Herzog, 1976, DVD 2533, VC 3459
- Hitler, a Film From Germany, Hans Jürgen Syberberg, 1977, VC 10950
- Hitlerjunge Quex, Hans Steinhoff, 1933, VC 5531
- Hofkonzert, Das, Douglas Sirk, 1936, VC 2758 (LSC)
- Holy Mountain, Arnold Fanck, 1926, DVD 3041
- Homecoming, Joe May, 1928, VC 5795
- How to Live in the German Federal Republic (documentary), Harun Faroki, 1990, VC 8121
- I Was Nineteen, Konrad Wolf, 1968, VC 10829
- Ich Klage An, Wolfgang Liebeneiner, 1941, VC 2351
- Im Lauf der Zeit, Wim Wenders, 1976, VC 925
- Impressionen Unter Wasser, Leni Riefenstahl, 2002, DVD 3653
- In a Year with 13 Moons, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1978, DVD 5394
- In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1978, DVD 5394
- Indian Tomb, The, Fritz Lang, 1959, VC 6624
- Indische Grabmal, Das, Fritz Lang, 1959, VC 6624
- Invincible, Werner Herzog, 2001, DVD 3246
- Invincibles, The, Dominik Graf, 1994, VC 8525
- Jakob, der Lügner (Jakob, the Liar), Frank Beyer, 1975, DVD 265
- Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle, Werner Herzog, 1975, VC 1062
- Johanna d'Arc of Mongolia, Ulrike Ottinger, 1989, VC 3960
- Joyless Street, The, G.W. Pabst, 1925, VC 4783
- Jud Süss (Nazi propaganda film), Veit Harlan, 1940, VC 3309
- Junge Goethe, Joachim Burkhardt, 1987, DVD 2485
- Jungfrauen Maschine, Monika Treut, 1988, VC 4254
- Just Don't Think I'll Cry, Frank Vogel, 1965, VC 11248
- Karbid und Sauerampfer (E. German DEFA film), Frank Beyer, 1963, VC 11043
- Karla (E. German film - banned until 1990), Hermann Zschoche, 1965, VC 11042
- Kaspar Hauser, Peter Sehr, 1993, VC 7010
- Katzelmacher, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1969, DVD 887
- Keiner liebt mich, Doris Dörrie, 1994, DVD 2452
- Kings of the Road, Wim Wenders, 1976, VC 925
- Kolberg, Veit Harlan, 1945, VC 1279
- Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit, Werner Herzog, 1971, DVD 5206
- Land of Silence and Darkness, Werner Herzog, 1971, DVD 5206
- Last Laugh, The, F. W. Murnau, 1924, DVD 1329
- Leaving Home (epic TV miniseries - 13 tapes), Edgar Reitz, 1992, VC 11351
- Leben BRD, Harun Faroki, 1990, VC 8121
- Lebensläufe (E. German DEFA documentary), Winfried Junge, 1981, VC 11047
- Legend of Paul and Paula (E. German DEFA film), Heiner Carow, 1973, DVD 1868
- Liebe in Deutschland, Eine, Andrzej Wajda, 1983, VC 1282
- Liebe ist kälter als der Tod, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1969, DVD 2300
- Liebelei, Max Ophuls, 1932, VC 5437
- Little Dieter Needs to Fly, Werner Herzog, 1997, DVD 1457
- Lola, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1981, DVD 2745, disc 3
- Lola and Billy the Kid, Kutlug Ataman, 1999, DVD 476
- Lola Rennt, Stefan Arndt, 1998, DVD 834
- Lost Honor of Katharina Blum, Margarethe von Trotta, 1975, VC 402 (LSC)
- Love is Colder Than Death, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1969, DVD 2300
- Love of Jeanne Ney, G.W. Pabst, 1927, DVD 587
- M, Fritz Lang, 1931, DVD 234
- Maedchen in Uniform, Leontine Sagan, 1931, VC 1281
- Makin' Up!, Katja von Garnier, 1993, VC 7007
- Männer, Doris Dörrie, 1985, VC 6777
- Marlene (documentary about Marlene Dietrich), Maximilian Schell, 1983, DVD 1958
- Marquise Von O, Die, Eric Rohmer, 1976, VC 8252
- Marriage of Maria Braun, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1979, DVD 2745, disc 1
- Marriane and Julianne, Margarethe von Trotta, 1981, VC 4658
- Martha, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974, DVD 3329
- Maybe, Maybe Not, Sönke Wortmann, 1994, VC 7008
- Mein Krieg (documentary), Harriet Eder and Thomas Kufus, 1990, DVD 706
- Mein liebster Feind, Werner Herzog, 1999, DVD 100
- Menschenfrauen, Valie Export, 1980, VC 5434
- Mephisto, István Szabó, 1981, DVD 1204
- Merchant of Four Seasons, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1972, DVD 2409
- Messer im Kopf, Reinhard Hauff, 1978, VC 5446
- Metropolis, Fritz Lang, 1927, DVD 1871, DVD167
- Meyer Aus Berlin, Ernst Lubitsch, 1919, VC 11495
- Michael, Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1924, DVD 3964
- Mother and Son, Aleksandr Sokurov, 1997, DVD 3153
- Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975, DVD 2406
- Münchausen, Josef von Báky, 1943, DVD 4109
- Murderers Are Among Us (E. German DEFA film), Wolfgang Staudte, 1946, VC 5695
- Mutter Küsters Fahrt zum Himmel, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975, DVD 2406
- Mutter un Sohn, Aleksandr Sokurov, 1997, DVD 3153
- My Best Fiend, Werner Herzog, 1999, DVD 100
- My Private War (documentary), Harriet Eder and Thomas Kufus, 1990, DVD 706
- My Song Goes Round the World, Richard Oswald, 1933, VC 5530
- Nasty Girl, The, Michael Verhoeven, 1990, VC 2665
- Neurosia, Rosa von Praunheim, 1995, VC 6515
- Nibelungen, Die, Fritz Lang, 1924, Nico Icon (documentary), Suzanne Ofteringer, 1995, DVD 3018
- Ninth Day, The, Volker Schlöndorff, 2004, DVD 5638
- Niklashauser Journey, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1970, DVD 1760
- Nosferatu, F. W. Murnau, 1922, DVD 600
- Nosferatu the Vampyre, Werner Herzog, 1979, DVD 897
- Ogre, The, Volker Schlöndorff, 1996, DVD 1452
- Old Heidelberg, Ernst Lubitsch, 1928, VC 10798
- Olympia: The Film of the XI Olympic Games, Berlin, 1936, Leni Reifenstahl, 1936, VC 5733
- Otomo, Frieder Schlaich, 1999, VC 11534
- Pandora's Box, Georg Wilhelm Pabst, 1929, DVD 1737
- Paragraph 175, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, 2000, DVD 780
- Petermann is dagegen, Frank Wisbar, 1938, VC 6042
- Pioneers in Ingolstadt, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1970, DVD 374
- Promise, The, Margarethe von Trotta, 1995, VC 9320
- Propaganda Swing: Dr Goebbel's Jazz Orchestra, David Eisermann, Music Library VC 623
- Querelle, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1982, DVD 4973
- Rane (The Wounds), Srdjan Dragojevic, 1998, DVD 3302
- Rat der Gotter, Der (E. German DEFA film), Kurt Maetzig, 1950, VC 10759
- Regular Guys, Rolf Silber, 1996, DVD 2483
- Rio das Mortes, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1971, DVD 1579
- Rosa Luxemberg, Margarethe von Trotta, 1986, VC 5524
- Rotation (E. German DEFA film), Wolfgang Staudte, 1949, VC 11044
- Run, Lola, Run, Stefan Arndt, 1998, DVD 834
- Satan's Brew, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1976, DVD 3212
- Satansbraten, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1976, DVD 3212
- Scarlet Letter, The, Wim Wenders, 1973, VC 1150
- Scharlachrote Buchstabe, Der, Wim Wenders, 1973, VC 1150
- Schattten, Arthur Robison, 1923, VC 5432
- Schiff der verlorenen Menschen, Das, Marice Tourneur, 1929, VC 6613
- Schreckliche Mädchen, Das, Michael Verhoeven, 1990, VC 2665
- Seduction: Lady Cruel, Elfi Mikesch, 1985, VC 5581
- Spiders, Fritz Lang, 1919, VC 5438
- Spies, Fritz Lang, 1928, DVD 4113
- Spione, Fritz Lang, 1928, DVD 4113
- Stagefright, Jon Jost, 1981, VC 6443
- Stationmaster's Wife, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1977, DVD 5207
- Still Life (documentary), Harun Faroki, 1997, VC 8122
- Stille Nacht dem Schuss, Volker Schlöndorff, 1999, DVD 774
- Street, The, Karl Grune, 1923, VC 3599
- Stroszek, Werner Herzog, 1977, DVD 2757
- Student of Prague, Henrik Galeen, 1926, VC 7793
- Sugarbaby, Percy Adlon, 1985, VC 5472
- Tag der Freiheit (short film), Leni Riefenstahl, 1935, DVD 2244
- Taking Sides, István Szabó, 2001, DVD 3373
- Tartuffe, F. W. Murnau, 1925, DVD 2887
- Taxi Zum Klo, Frank Ripploh, 1981, VC 7011
- Testamant of Dr. Mabuse, Fritz Lang, 1933, DVD 3088
- Third Reich in Color (documentary), Michael Kloft, 1998, DVD 3095
- Tiefland, Leni Riefenstahl, 1954, VC 5609
- Tin Drum, The, Volker Schlöndorff, 1979, DVD 4120
- Titanic, Werner Klinger, 1943, DVD 4108
- Tonio Kröger, Rolf Thiele, 1964, VC 5612
- Triumph of the Will, Leni Reifenstahl, 1935, DVD 1451
- Tuvalu, Veit Heimer, 1998, DVD 1216
- Untertan, Der, Wolfgang Staudte, 1951, VC 5792
- Until the End of the World, Wim Wenders, 1991, VC 11737
- Vampyr, Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1932, DVD 348
- Variety, E. A. DuPont, 1925, VC 2360
- Verführung: Die grausame Frau, Elfi Mikesch, 1985, VC 5581
- Vergesst Mozart, Slavo Luther, 1985, VC 7005
- Veronika Voss, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1982, DVD 2745 disc 2
- Versprechen, Das, Margarethe von Trotta, 1995, VC 9320
- Virus Knows No Morals, A, Rosa von Praunheim, 1986, VC 5467
- Von Weimar nach Rom, Joachim Burkhardt, 1987, DVD 2486
- Wachsfigurenkabinett, Das, Paul Leni, 1924, DVD 2071
- Warning Shadows, Arthur Robison, 1923, VC 5432
- Waxworks, Paul Leni, 1924, DVD 2071
- Weimar Republic1918-1933 (documentary), DVD 3794
- Weisse Rose, Michael Verhoeven, 1982, VC 717
- Westfront 1918, G.W. Pabst, 1930, VC 2369
- Westler, East of the Wall, Wielan Speck, 1985, VC 10498
- When the Wall Came Tumbling Down (documentary), Hans-Hermann Hertle, 1999, VC 10743
- Where the Green Ants Dream, Werner Herzog, 1984, VC 5539
- White Hell of Pitz Palu, The, Arnold Franck, 1929, DVD 5098
- White Rose, The, Michael Verhoeven, 1982, VC 717
- Whity, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1970, DVD 1066
- Why does Herr H. run amok?, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1969, VC 5536
- Wings of Desire, Wim Wenders, 1987, DVD 2755, VC 1566
- Winter Ade (documentary), Helke Misselwitz, 1988, VC 2474
- Woman in the Moon, Fritz Lang, 1929, DVD 4112
- Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl, The, Ray Müller, 1993, DVD 837
- Woyzeck, Werner Herzog, 1979, DVD 2576
- Young Torless, Volker Schlöndorff, 1966, DVD 4219
- Zuckerbaby, Percy Adlon, 1985, VC 5472
- Zweite Heimat (epic TV miniseries - 13 tapes), Edgar Reitz, 1992, VC 11351
