This is a list of films produced in the cinema of Austria in the 1950s ordered by year of release. For an alphabetical list of articles on Austrian films see Category:Austrian films.
1950
1951
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| Call Over the Air |
Georg C. Klaren,
G. W. Pabst |
Oskar Werner |
Drama |
Pabst-Kiba-Produktion
|
| Child of the Danube |
Georg Jacoby |
Marika Rökk |
Musical comedy |
Soviet occupation zone
Nova-Film / Wien-Film
|
| City Park |
Hubert Marischka |
Annie Rosar, Erik Frey |
Comedy drama |
|
| Dance Into Happiness |
Alfred Stöger |
Johannes Heesters, Lucie Englisch, Waltraut Haas |
Musical |
|
| A Devil of a Woman |
Wolfgang Liebeneiner |
Hilde Krahl |
|
Entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival
|
| The Fall of Valentin |
Paul Löwinger |
Sepp Rist, Rudolf Carl, Joseph Egger |
Comedy |
|
| Gateway to Peace |
Wolfgang Liebeneiner |
Paul Hartmann, Vilma Degischer, Hilde Krahl |
Drama |
|
| Maria Theresa |
Emil-Edwin Reinert |
Paula Wessely, Fred Liewehr |
Historical |
|
| The Merry Farmer |
Georg Marischka |
Paul Hörbiger, Rudolf Carl |
Comedy |
|
| Spring on Ice |
Georg Jacoby |
Eva Pawlik |
|
Soviet occupation zone
Nova-Film
|
| Under the Red Sea |
Hans Hass |
|
Documentary |
|
| Vienna Waltzes |
Emil E. Reinert |
Marte Harell, Anton Walbrook |
Historical |
|
| Wedding in the Hay |
Arthur Maria Rabenalt |
Oskar Sima, Inge Egger, Kurt Seifert |
Comedy |
Co-production with West Germany
|
1952
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| 1. April 2000 |
Wolfgang Liebeneiner |
Hilde Krahl, Josef Meinrad, Waltraut Haas, Curd Jürgens, Paul Hörbiger, Hans Moser |
Sci-fi |
|
| Adventure in Vienna |
Emil E. Reinert |
Gustav Fröhlich, Cornell Borchers, Adrienne Gessner |
Thriller |
|
| Hannerl |
Ernst Marischka |
Johanna Matz, Adrian Hoven, Paul Hörbiger |
Comedy |
|
| Hello Porter |
Franz Antel |
Hans Moser, Paul Hörbiger, Maria Andergast |
Comedy |
|
| Ideal Woman Sought |
Franz Antel |
Inge Egger, Jeanette Schultze, Waltraut Haas |
Comedy |
|
| Knall and Fall as Imposters |
Ulrich Bettac, Hubert Marischka |
Hans Richter, Rudolf Carl, Curd Jürgens |
Comedy |
Co-production with West Germany
|
| The Landlady of Maria Wörth |
Eduard von Borsody |
Maria Andergast, Mady Rahl, Rudolf Carl |
Comedy |
|
| The Mine Foreman |
Franz Antel |
Hans Holt, Josefin Kipper, Wolf Albach-Retty |
Musical |
|
| Season in Salzburg |
Ernst Marischka |
Johanna Matz, Adrian Hoven, Walter Müller |
Musical opera |
Wien-Film
|
| Shame on You, Brigitte! |
E.W. Emo |
Heinz Rühmann, Hans Moser, Theo Lingen |
Comedy |
|
| Starfish |
J.A. Hübler-Kahla |
Eva Kerbler, Rudolf Carl, Edith Klinger |
Musical |
|
| Vanished Melody |
Eduard von Borsody |
Elfie Mayerhofer, Robert Lindner, Evelyn Künneke |
Musical |
|
| Voices of Spring |
Hans Thimig |
Paul Hörbiger, Hans Jaray, Senta Wengraf |
Musical |
|
1953
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| Anna Louise and Anton |
Thomas Engel |
|
Family |
|
| Brutality (Flucht ins Schilf) |
Kurt Steinwendner |
Kurt Jaggberg, Ilka Windish, Gerhard Riedmann |
Drama |
|
| The Emperor Waltz |
Franz Antel |
Maria Holst, Rudolf Prack |
Historical comedy |
Neusser-Film
|
| If I Only Have Your Love |
Eduard von Borsody |
Johannes Heesters, Gretl Schörg, Margit Saad |
Musical |
|
| Knall and Fall as Detectives |
Hans Heinrich |
Hans Richter, Rudolf Carl |
Comedy |
Co-production with West Germany
|
| The Last Reserves |
Alfred Lehner |
Marianne Schönauer, Kurt Heintel, Eduard Köck |
Historical |
|
| A Night in Venice |
Georg Wildhagen |
Hans Olden, Jeanette Schultze |
Musical |
Soviet occupation zone
|
| On the Green Meadow |
Fritz Böttger |
Hannelore Bollmann, Ida Krottendorf, Lucie Englisch |
Comedy |
|
| Your Heart Is My Homeland |
Richard Häussler |
Inge Egger, Erwin Strahl |
Drama |
Co-production with West Germany
|
1954
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| The First Kiss |
Erik Ode |
Isa Günther, Jutta Günther, Erich Auer |
Comedy |
Co-production with West Germany
|
| The Forester of the Silver Wood (Echo der Berge) |
Alfons Stummer |
Anita Gutwell, Rudolf Lenz |
|
Title in West Germany: Der Förster vom Silberwald
|
| The House on the Coast |
Bosko Kosanovic |
René Deltgen, Nadja Regin, Sybille Schmitz |
Drama |
Co-production with Yugoslavia
|
| Kaisermanöver (Emperor's Manoeuvre) |
Franz Antel |
Winnie Markus, Rudolf Prack, Hans Moser |
Romantic comedy |
Neusser / Hope Film
|
| Der Komödiant von Wien (The Comedian of Vienna) |
Karl Paryla,
Karl Stanzl |
Karl Paryla, Vilma Degischer |
Biography |
Soviet occupation zone
|
| The Last Bridge |
Helmut Käutner |
Maria Schell, Bernhard Wicki |
|
Cosmopol / UFUS (Yugoslavia). Entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.
|
| Marriage Impostor |
Hans H. König |
Hilde Krahl, Viktor Staal, Viktor de Kowa |
Drama |
|
| The Red Prince |
Hans Schott-Schöbinger, Franz Antel |
Inge Egger, Peter Pasetti, Richard Häussler |
Drama |
|
| Tiefland (Lowlands) |
Leni Riefenstahl |
Leni Riefenstahl |
Drama |
Filmed 1940–44
Riefenstahl-Film (Germany) / Plesner-Film
|
| Victoria in Dover (Mädchenjahre einer Königin) |
Ernst Marischka |
Romy Schneider, Adrian Hoven |
Romance |
|
| Walking Back into the Past |
Karl Hartl |
Paula Wessely, Attila Hörbiger, Josef Meinrad |
Drama |
|
1955
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| Bel Ami |
Louis Daquin |
Johannes Heesters |
|
Soviet occupation zone
|
| The Blue Danube |
Hans Schweikart |
Hardy Krüger, Nicole Besnard, Paul Hörbiger |
Comedy |
|
| Die Deutschmeister |
Ernst Marischka |
Romy Schneider, Hans Moser |
Romantic musical comedy |
Erma-Film
|
| The Doctor's Secret |
August Rieger |
Hilde Krahl, Ewald Balser, Erik Frey |
Drama |
Co-production with West Germany
|
| Don Juan |
Walter Kolm-Veltée |
Cesare Danova, Josef Meinrad |
|
Soviet occupation zone
|
| Dunja |
Josef von Báky |
Eva Bartok, Karlheinz Böhm, Ivan Desny |
Drama |
|
| Espionage |
Franz Antel |
Ewald Balser, Barbara Rütting, Gerhard Riedmann |
Spy drama |
|
| Goetz von Berlichingen |
Alfred Stöger |
Ewald Balser, Auguste Pünkösdy, Raoul Aslan |
Historical |
|
| Her First Date |
Axel von Ambesser |
Nicole Heesters, Paul Dahlke, Adrian Hoven |
Comedy |
Co-production with Wes Germany
|
| Jackboot Mutiny (Es geschah am 20. Juli) |
Georg Wilhelm Pabst |
Bernhard Wicki, Karl Ludwig Diehl |
|
|
| The Last Ten Days (Der letzte Akt) |
Georg Wilhelm Pabst |
Albin Skoda, Oskar Werner |
Biographical drama |
Cosmopol-Film
|
| Let the Sun Shine Again |
Hubert Marischka |
Hans Holt, Hertha Feiler, Cornelia Froboess |
Comedy |
Co-production with Germany
|
| Das Mädchen vom Pfarrhof (The Girl from the Priest's Farm) |
Alfred Lehner |
Waltraut Haas, Erich Auer |
|
Zenith-Sonor
|
| Marriage Sanitarium |
Franz Antel |
Adrian Hoven, Maria Emo, Margit Saad |
Comedy |
|
| Mozart |
Karl Hartl |
Oskar Werner, Johanna Matz, Nadja Tiller, Albin Skoda |
|
Entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival
|
| Omaru - Eine afrikanische Liebesgeschichte (Omaru - An African Love Story) |
Albert Quendler |
|
Documentary |
Wien-Film
|
| Royal Hunt in Ischl |
Hans Schott-Schöbinger |
Elma Karlowa, Herta Staal, Hans von Borsody |
Historical |
Co-production with West Germany
|
| Sarajevo |
Fritz Kortner |
Luise Ullrich, Ewald Balser, Klaus Kinski |
Historical drama |
|
| Sissi |
Ernst Marischka |
Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm |
|
|
| Spionage |
Franz Antel |
Ewald Balser, Barbara Rütting, Oskar Werner, Gerhard Riedmann |
Historical spy drama |
Neusser / Hope Film
|
| Three Men in the Snow |
Kurt Hoffmann |
Paul Dahlke, Günther Lüders, Claus Biederstaedt |
Comedy |
|
1956
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| And Who Is Kissing Me? |
Max Nosseck |
Hans Moser, Grethe Weiser, Theo Lingen |
Comedy |
|
| Crown Prince Rudolph's Last Love |
Rudolf Jugert |
Rudolf Prack, Christiane Hörbiger, Winnie Markus |
Historical |
|
| Engagement at Wolfgangsee |
Helmut Weiss |
Ingrid Andree, Wolf Albach-Retty, Maria Andergast |
Comedy |
|
| Her Corporal |
E.W. Emo |
Peter Weck, Paul Hörbiger |
Historical comedy |
|
| Holiday am Wörthersee (Holiday on the Wörthersee) |
Hans Schott-Schöbinger |
Walter Müller, Wera Frydtberg |
|
Rialto Film
|
| Imperial and Royal Field Marshal |
E.W. Emo |
Rudolf Vogel, Mady Rahl |
Historical comedy |
|
| Kaiserjäger |
Willi Forst |
Adrian Hoven, Erika Remberg |
|
|
| Love, Summer and Music |
Hubert Marischka |
Joe Stöckel, Dorit Kreysler |
Comedy |
Co-production with West Germany
|
| Opera Ball |
Ernst Marischka |
Johannes Heesters, Sonja Ziemann, Adrian Hoven, Theo Lingen, Hans Moser |
Musical opera |
|
1957
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| Almenrausch and Edelweiss |
Harald Reinl |
Elma Karlowa, Karin Dor, Harald Juhnke, Theo Lingen |
Comedy |
Bergland Film. Co-production with Germany
|
| The King of Bernina |
Alfred Lehner |
Helmuth Schneider, Waltraut Haas |
Historical drama |
Co-production with Switzerland
|
| Ober Zahlen (Bill Please) |
E.W. Emo |
Hans Moser, Paul Hörbiger |
Comedy |
ÖFA
|
| The Saint and Her Fool |
Gustav Ucicky |
Gerhard Riedmann, Hertha Feiler |
Drama |
|
| Scandal in Bad Ischl |
Rolf Thiele |
O.W. Fischer, Elisabeth Müller, Ivan Desny |
Comedy |
|
| The Schimeck Family |
Georg Jacoby |
Theo Lingen, Fita Benkhoff, Helga Neuner |
Comedy |
|
| Der schönste Tag meines Lebens |
Max Neufeld |
Michael Ande, Joseph Egger, Paul Hörbiger |
Musical drama |
|
| Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress |
Ernst Marischka |
Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm |
|
Entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival
|
| The Unexcused Hour |
Willi Forst |
Adrian Hoven, Erika Remberg, Hans Moser |
Comedy |
Co-production with West Germany
|
| Vienna, City of My Dreams |
Willi Forst |
Adrian Hoven, Erika Remberg, Hertha Feiler |
Comedy |
|
| Vier Mädels aus der Wachau (Four Girls from the Wachau) |
Franz Antel |
Isa Günther, Ellen Kessler |
Musical comedy |
Cosmos Film
|
| War of the Maidens |
Hermann Kugelstadt |
Oskar Sima, Mady Rahl |
Comedy |
Co-production with West Germany
|
| The Winemaker of Langenlois |
Hans König |
Herta Staal, Gunnar Möller |
|
Helios-Film
|
1958
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| Candidates for Marriage |
Hermann Kugelstadt |
Beppo Brem, Paul Hörbiger |
Comedy |
Co-production with West Germany
|
| Endstation Liebe (Final Destination Love) |
Georg Tressler |
Horst Buchholz, Barbara Frey, Edith Elmay |
Romance |
Inter West Film
|
| Eva (Die Halbzarte) |
Rolf Thiele |
Romy Schneider, Carlos Thompson |
Comedy |
Entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival
|
| Hello Taxi |
Hermann Kugelstadt |
Hans Moser, Paul Hörbiger |
Comedy |
|
| Liebe, Mädchen und Soldaten (Love, Girls and Soldiers) |
Franz Antel |
Renate Holm, Willy Hagara |
Musical comedy |
Hope Film
|
| The Priest and the Girl |
Gustav Ucicky |
Rudolf Prack, Willy Birgel, Marianne Hold |
Drama |
|
| Schwechater |
Peter Kubelka |
|
Short film |
|
| Sebastian Kneipp |
Wolfgang Liebeneiner |
Carl Wery, Paul Hörbiger, Gerlinde Locker |
Historical |
|
| The Tell-Tale Heart (Das verräterische Herz) |
Leopold Hainisch |
Werner Krauss, Willy Dirtl |
Short film, horror |
|
1959
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| Arena of Fear |
Arthur Maria Rabenalt |
Gerhard Riedmann, Margit Nünke, Willy Birgel |
Drama |
|
| The Forests Sing Forever |
Paul May |
Gert Fröbe, Hansjörg Felmy, Joachim Hansen |
|
a.k.a. Beyond Sing the Woods
a.k.a. Duel with Death.
Wiener Mundus-Film
|
| My Daughter Patricia |
Wolfgang Liebeneiner |
Martin Held, Gerhard Riedmann, Gerlinde Locker |
Comedy |
|
| Panoptikum 59 (Panopticon 59) |
Walter Kolm-Veltée |
|
|
Entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival
|
| Twelve Girls and One Man |
Hans Quest |
Toni Sailer, Margit Nünke, Gunther Philipp |
Comedy |
|
| Die unvollkommene Ehe |
Robert A. Stemmle |
Paula Wessely, Johanna Matz, Johannes Heesters, Dietmar Schönherr |
|
Entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival
|
| When the Bells Sound Clearly |
Eduard von Borsody |
Willy Birgel, Ellen Schwiers |
Comedy |
|
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