List of West German films of 1952. This was the third full year of film production since the formal partition of Germany into East and West in 1949. Major production centres were gathered in Hamburg, Munich and West Berlin.
A–L Title Director Cast Genre Notes All Clues Lead to Berlin Franz Cap Kurt Meisel, Hans Nielsen, Barbara Rütting Thriller Alraune Arthur Maria Rabenalt Hildegard Knef, Erich von Stroheim, Karlheinz Böhm Horror, sci-fi Ambassadors of Music Hermann Stöß Hilde Körber, Werner Finck, Karla Höcker Musical documentary At the Well in Front of the Gate Hans Wolff Sonja Ziemann, Hans Stüwe, Willy Fritsch Romance Beautiful Night Ralph Baum Ingrid Lutz, Rudolf Platte, Hubert von Meyerinck Musical comedy Co-production with France Behind Monastery Walls Harald Reinl Olga Chekhova, Philip Dorn, Dorothea Wieck Drama Big City Secret Leo de Laforgue Ingrid Lutz, Fritz Wagner, Alfred Schieske Crime The Blue and White Lion Werner Jacobs Wastl Witt, Elise Aulinger, Lore Frisch Comedy Captive Soul Hans Wolff Adrian Hoven, Anne-Marie Blanc, Attila Hörbiger Drama Carnival in White Hans Albin, Harry R. Sokal Adrian Hoven, Hannelore Bollmann, Lucie Englisch Comedy The Chaste Libertine Carl Boese Georg Thomalla, Grethe Weiser, Marianne Koch Comedy The Colourful Dream Géza von Cziffra Vera Molnar, Josef Meinrad, Ursula Grabley Musical The Crucifix Carver of Ammergau Harald Reinl Erich Auer, Elise Aulinger, Ingeborg Cornelius Drama Cuba CabanaFritz Peter BuchZarah Leander, O.W. Fischer, Paul Hartmann Drama, Musical Dancing Stars Géza von Cziffra Germaine Damar, Georg Thomalla, Axel von Ambesser Musical The Day Before the Wedding Rolf Thiele Paul Dahlke, Elisabeth Müller, Käthe Haack Comedy Desires Rolf Hansen Heidemarie Hatheyer, O.W. Fischer, René Deltgen Drama Don't Ask My Heart Paul Martin Willy Birgel, Heidemarie Hatheyer, Maria Holst Drama The Exchange Karl Anton Viktor Staal, Carola Höhn, Gertrud Kückelmann Comedy Father Needs a Wife Harald Braun Dieter Borsche, Ruth Leuwerik, Bruni Löbel Comedy Fight of the Tertia Erik OdeBrigitte Rau, Wolfgang Jansen, Hans StiebnerFamilyThe Forester's Daughter Arthur Maria Rabenalt Johanna Matz, Karl Schönböck, Käthe von Nagy Musical Fritz and Friederike Géza von Bolváry Liselotte Pulver, Albert Lieven, Erika von Thellmann Comedy The Great Temptation Rolf Hansen Dieter Borsche, Ruth Leuwerik, Renate Mannhardt Drama Heimat Bells Hermann Kugelstadt Hansi Knoteck, Armin Dahlen, Renate Mannhardt Drama Holiday From Myself Hans Deppe Rudolf Prack, Marianne Hold, Willy Fritsch Comedy Homesick for You Robert A. Stemmle Margot Hielscher, Peter Pasetti, Josefin Kipper Musical House of Life Karl Hartl Gustav Fröhlich, Cornell Borchers, Viktor Staal Drama I Can't Marry Them All Hans Wolff Sonja Ziemann, Adrian Hoven, Hardy Krüger Musical I Lost My Heart in HeidelbergErnst Neubach Adrian Hoven, Paul Hörbiger, Eva Probst Musical Illusion in a Minor Key Rudolf Jugert Hildegard Knef, Sybille Schmitz, Hardy Krüger Drama The Imaginary Invalid Hans H. König Joe Stöckel, Inge Egger, Oskar Sima Comedy I'm Waiting for You Volker von Collande Hanna Rucker, Joachim Brennecke, Anne-Marie Blanc Drama KlettermaxeKurt HoffmannLiselotte Pulver, Albert Lieven, Charlott Daudert Crime comedy Knall and Fall as Imposters Ulrich Bettac, Hubert Marischka Hans Richter, Rudolf Carl, Curd Jürgens Comedy Co-production with Austria The Land of Smiles Hans Deppe, Erik Ode Mártha Eggerth, Jan Kiepura, Paul Hörbiger Musical
M–Z Title Director Cast Genre Notes The Merry Vineyard Erich Engel Gustav Knuth, Camilla Spira, Eva-Ingeborg Scholz Comedy Mikosch Comes In Johann Alexander Hübler-Kahla Georg Thomalla, Willy Fritsch, Paul Hörbiger Comedy The Mistress of Treves Arthur Maria Rabenalt Rossano Brazzi, Anne Vernon, Enzo Fiermonte Historical Co-production with Italy Monks, Girls and Hungarian Soldiers Ferdinand Dörfler Joe Stöckel, Paul Hartmann, Petra Peters Historical comedy My Name is Niki Rudolf Jugert Paul Hörbiger, Aglaja Schmid, Hardy Krüger Comedy drama My Wife Is Being Stupid Géza von Bolváry Inge Egger, Hans Holt, Marina Ried Comedy Nights on the RoadRudolf JugertHans Albers, Hildegard Knef, Lucie MannheimCrime No Greater Love Harald Braun Hilde Krahl, Dieter Borsche, Werner Hinz Drama Oh, You Dear Fridolin Peter Hamel Hans Reiser, Ingrid Andree, Otto Gebühr Comedy Once on the Rhine Helmut Weiss Maria Paudler, Paul Henckels, Albert Florath Comedy Palace Hotel Emil Berna, Leonard Steckel Paul Hubschmid, Claude Farell, Anne-Marie Blanc Drama Co-production with Switzerland Pension Schöller Georg Jacoby Camilla Spira, Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Joachim Brennecke Comedy Poison in the Zoo Hans Müller, Wolfgang Staudte Irene von Meyendorff, Carl Raddatz, Petra Peters Thriller The Prince of Pappenheim Hans Deppe Viktor de Kowa, Hannelore Schroth, Georg Thomalla Comedy Queen of the Arena Rolf Meyer Maria Litto, Hans Söhnker, Grethe Weiser Musical drama Road to Home Romano Mengon Angelika Hauff, Rolf Moebius, Eduard Köck Drama Rose of the Mountain Hubert Marischka Marte Harell, Grethe Weiser, Waltraut Haas Musical comedy Roses Bloom on the Moorland Hans H. König Ruth Niehaus, Hermann Schomberg, Gisela von Collande Drama The Secret of the Mountain Lake Jean Dréville Lil Dagover, Marcelle Géniat, Michel Barbey Drama Co-production with Switzerland The Sergeant's Daughter George Hurdalek Johanna Matz, Jan Hendriks, Paul Hartmann Drama Shooting Stars Hans Müller Rudolf Prack, Ilse Steppat, Paul Dahlke Drama The Smugglers' Banquet Henri Storck Françoise Rosay, Raymond Pellegrin, Paul Frankeur Crime Co-production with Belgium That Can Happen to Anyone Paul Verhoeven Heinz Rühmann, Ingrid Lutz, Gustav Knuth Comedy The Thief of Bagdad Karel Lamač Sonja Ziemann, Rudolf Prack, Theo Lingen, Paul Kemp Comedy A Thousand Red Roses Bloom Alfred Braun Rudolf Prack, Winnie Markus, Maria Holst Drama Three Days of Fear Erich Waschneck Rudolf Platte, Camilla Spira, Cornelia Froboess Comedy Towers of Silence Hans Bertram Philip Dorn, Gisela Uhlen, Carl Raddatz Adventure ToxiRobert A. StemmlePaul Bildt, Johanna Hofer, Elfie Fiegert Drama Turtledove General Delivery Gerhard T. Buchholz Horst Niendorf, Barbara Rütting, Wolfgang Jansen Comedy Two People Paul May Edith Mill, Helmuth Schneider, Gustav Waldau Historical drama Under the Thousand Lanterns Erich Engel Michel Auclair, Hanna Rucker, René Deltgen Crime drama West German-French co-production. Entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival Until We Meet Again Gustav Ucicky Maria Schell, O.W. Fischer, Karl Ludwig Diehl Drama A Very Big Child Paul Verhoeven Georg Thomalla, Angelika Hauff, Gardy Granass Comedy Weekend in Paradise Kurt Hoffmann Paul Dahlke, Carola Höhn, Carsta Löck Comedy We're Dancing on the Rainbow Carmine Gallone, Arthur Maria Rabenalt Inge Egger, Isa Barzizza, Karl Schönböck Musical Co-production with Italy When the Heath Dreams at Night Paul Martin Rudolf Prack, Viktor Staal, Fita Benkhoff Drama The White Adventure Arthur Maria Rabenalt Joe Stöckel, Lucie Englisch, Adrian Hoven Comedy The White Horse Inn Willi Forst Johanna Matz, Johannes Heesters, Rudolf Forster Musical You Only Live Once Ernst Neubach Theo Lingen, Marina Ried, Rudolf Platte Comedy
Bibliography Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books, 2007. Fehrenbach, Heide. Cinema in Democratizing Germany: Reconstructing National Identity After Hitler. University of North Carolina Press, 1995.
See also List of Austrian films of 1952 List of East German films of 1952
External links filmportal.de listing for films made in 1952