| English-language film |
German-language film |
Common source material (if any) |
| 24 Hours of a Woman's Life (1952) |
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman (1931) |
The novella Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman (Stefan Zweig) |
| Addio Mimí! (1949) |
The Charm of La Boheme (1937, Austria) |
A modernized version of the opera La bohème (Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa, Henri Murger) |
| Adorable (1933) |
Her Grace Commands (1931) |
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| After the Ball (1932) |
The Opera Ball (1931) |
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| Alone in Berlin (2016) |
Everyone Dies Alone (1976, West Germany) |
The novel Every Man Dies Alone (Hans Fallada) |
| The Angel with the Trumpet (1950) |
The Angel with the Trumpet (1948, Austria) |
The novel Der Engel mit der Posaune (Ernst Lothar) |
| Baby Cakes (1989) |
Sugarbaby (1985) |
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| Bachelor Mother (1939) |
Little Mother (1935, Austria) |
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| Ball at Savoy (1936) |
Ball at the Savoy (1935, Austria) |
The operetta Ball im Savoy (Paul Abraham, Alfred Grünwald, Fritz Löhner-Beda) |
| Beauty and the Boss (1932) |
Poor as a Church Mouse (1931) |
The play A templom egére (Ladislas Fodor) |
| Between Us Girls (1942) |
A Precocious Girl (1934, Austria) |
The play Le Fruit Vert (Jacques Théry, Regis Gignoux) |
| Blast (2004) |
Operation Noah (1998) |
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| The Blue Angel (1959) |
The Blue Angel (1930) |
The novel Professor Unrat (Heinrich Mann) |
| Bundle of Joy (1956) |
Little Mother (1935, Austria) |
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| Burning Secret (1988) |
The Burning Secret (1933) |
The short story Brennendes Geheimnis (Stefan Zweig) |
| The Captain from Köpenick (1945) |
The Captain from Köpenick (1931) |
The play Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (Carl Zuckmayer), based on Wilhelm Voigt |
| The Challenge (1938) |
Struggle for the Matterhorn (1928, Switzerland) |
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| The Church Mouse (1934) |
Poor as a Church Mouse (1931) |
The play A templom egére (Ladislas Fodor) |
| City of Angels (1998) |
Wings of Desire (1987, West Germany) |
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| Confession (1937) |
Mazurka (1935) |
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| The Countess of Monte Cristo (1934) |
The Countess of Monte Cristo (1932) |
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| The Countess of Monte Cristo (1948) |
The Countess of Monte Cristo (1932) |
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| Desire (1936) |
Happy Days in Aranjuez (1933) |
The play Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez (János Székely, Robert A. Stemmle) |
| The Diplomatic Lover (1934) |
The Ladies Diplomat (1932) |
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| Doomed Battalion (1932) |
Mountains on Fire (1931) |
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| Dreaming Lips (1937) |
Dreaming Lips (1932) |
The play Mélo (Henri Bernstein) |
| Dreams Come True (1936) |
The World's in Love (1935, Austria) |
The operetta Clo-Clo (Franz Lehar, Bela Jenbach) |
| Eight Girls in a Boat (1934) |
Eight Girls in a Boat (1932) |
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| Emil and the Detectives (1935) |
Emil and the Detectives (1931) |
The novel Emil and the Detectives (Erich Kästner) |
| Emil and the Detectives (1964) |
Emil and the Detectives (1931) |
The novel Emil and the Detectives (Erich Kästner) |
| The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937) |
The Emperor's Candlesticks (1936, Austria) |
The novel The Emperor's Candlesticks (Baroness Orczy) |
| Escapade (1935) |
Maskerade (1934, Austria) |
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| The Experiment (2010) |
Das Experiment (2001) |
The novel Black Box (Mario Giordano), based on the Stanford prison experiment |
| First a Girl (1935) |
Victor and Victoria (1933) |
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| Forget Me Not (1936) |
Forget Me Not (1935) |
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| Funny Games (2007) |
Funny Games (1997, Austria) |
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| The Ghost Comes Home (1940) |
The Valiant Navigator (1935) |
The play Der mutige Seefahrer (Georg Kaiser) |
| The Girl Downstairs (1938) |
Catherine the Last (1936, Austria) |
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| Give Her a Ring (1934) |
Wrong Number, Miss (1932) |
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| Happy Go Lovely (1951) |
And Who Is Kissing Me? (1933) |
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| Head Full of Honey (2018) |
Head Full of Honey (2014) |
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| Her Majesty, Love (1931) |
Her Majesty the Barmaid (1931) |
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| It's a Boy (1933) |
Hooray, It's a Boy! (1931) |
The play Hurra, ein Junge (Franz Arnold, Ernst Bach) |
| Jakob the Liar (1999) |
Jacob the Liar (1975, East Germany) |
The novel Jacob the Liar (Jurek Becker) |
| The Last Waltz (1936) |
The Last Waltz (1934) |
The operetta Der letzte Walzer (Oscar Straus, Julius Brammer, Alfred Grünwald) |
| The Lightship (1985) |
The Lightship (1963, West Germany) |
The novella Das Feuerschiff (Siegfried Lenz) |
| Little Man, What Now? (1934) |
Little Man, What Now? (1933) |
The novel Little Man, What Now? (Hans Fallada) |
| Love Again (2023) |
SMS für Dich (2016) |
The novel SMS für dich (Sofie Cramer) |
| Love in the Afternoon (1957) |
Ariane (1931) |
The novel Ariane, jeune fille russe (Claude Anet) |
| Love Me and the World Is Mine (1928) |
Hannerl and Her Lovers (1921) |
The novel Hannerl and Her Lovers (Rudolf Hans Bartsch) |
| M (1951) |
M (1931) |
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| Madame Spy (1934) |
Under False Flag (1932) |
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| Mad Love (1935) |
The Hands of Orlac (1924, Austria) |
The novel Les Mains d'Orlac (Maurice Renard) |
| The Missing Guest (1938) |
Secret of the Blue Room (1932) |
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| Murder in the Blue Room (1944) |
Secret of the Blue Room (1932) |
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| My Love Came Back (1940) |
Episode (1935, Austria) |
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| No Reservations (2007) |
Bella Martha (2001) |
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| Nosferatu (2024) |
Nosferatu (1922) |
The novel Dracula (Bram Stoker) |
| Oh, Daddy! (1935) |
The True Jacob (1931) |
The play Der wahre Jakob (Franz Arnold, Ernst Bach) |
| On Secret Service (1933) |
Spies at Work (1933) |
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| One Exciting Adventure (1934) |
What Women Dream (1933) |
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| Paradise for Two (1937) |
And Who Is Kissing Me? (1933) |
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| The Parent Trap (1961) |
Two Times Lotte (1950, West Germany) |
The novel Lottie and Lisa (Erich Kästner) |
| People Will Talk (1951) |
Doctor Praetorius (1950, West Germany) |
The play Frauenarzt Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius (Curt Goetz) |
| The Pledge (2001) |
It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958, Switzerland) |
The novella The Pledge: Requiem for the Detective Novel (Friedrich Dürrenmatt) |
| Premiere (1938) |
Premiere (1937, Austria) |
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| Prince of Arcadia (1933) |
The Prince of Arcadia (1932) |
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| The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947) |
Bel Ami (1939) |
The novel Bel-Ami (Guy de Maupassant) |
| Ripley's Game (2002) |
The American Friend (1977, West Germany) |
The novel Ripley's Game (Patricia Highsmith) |
| The Road Within (2014) |
Vincent Wants to Sea (2010) |
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| The Secret of the Blue Room (1933) |
Secret of the Blue Room (1932) |
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| The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) |
A Waltz Dream (1925) |
The operetta Ein Walzertraum (Oscar Straus, Leopold Jacobson, Felix Dörmann) |
| The Soldier and the Lady (1937) |
The Czar's Courier (1936) |
The novel Michael Strogoff (Jules Verne) |
| A Song to Remember (1945) |
Farewell Waltz (1934) |
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| The Song You Gave Me (1933) |
The Song Is Ended (1930) |
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| The Sound of Music (1965) |
The Trapp Family (1956, West Germany) |
The memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers (Maria von Trapp) |
| Spring Parade (1940) |
Spring Parade (1934, Austria) |
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| A Star Fell from Heaven (1936) |
A Star Fell from Heaven (1934, Austria) |
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| Star of the Circus (1938) |
Truxa (1937) |
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| Stolen Identity (1953) |
I Was Jack Mortimer (1935) |
The novel Ich war Jack Mortimer (Alexander Lernet-Holenia) |
| Storm in a Teacup (1937) |
Storm in a Water Glass (1931, Austria) |
The play Sturm im Wasserglas (Bruno Frank) |
| Storm Over Tibet (1952) |
Demon of the Himalayas (1935, Switzerland) |
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| Strangler of the Swamp (1946) |
Fährmann Maria (1936) |
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| Talk About Jacqueline (1942) |
Talking About Jacqueline (1937) |
The novel Man spricht über Jacqueline (Katrin Holland) |
| There Goes Susie (1934) |
Marion, That's Not Nice (1933) |
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| There Goes the Bride (1932) |
I'll Stay with You (1931) |
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| The Thirteenth Floor (1999) |
World on a Wire (1973, West Germany) |
The novel Simulacron-3 (Daniel F. Galouye) |
| Three Maxims (1936) |
Variety (1935) |
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| Top Hat (1935) |
Scandal in Budapest (1933) |
The play A Girl Who Dares (Sándor Faragó, Aladar Laszlo) |
| The Tunnel (1935) |
The Tunnel (1933) |
The novel Der Tunnel (Bernhard Kellermann) |
| Twice Upon a Time (1953) |
Two Times Lotte (1950, West Germany) |
The novel Lottie and Lisa (Erich Kästner) |
| Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1934) |
Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1930) |
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| Victor/Victoria (1982) |
Victor and Victoria (1933) |
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| Who's Your Lady Friend? (1937) |
The Gentleman Without a Residence (1934, Austria) |
The play Der Herr ohne Wohnung (Bela Jenbach, Rudolf Österreicher) |