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{{Austria film list}}
A list of the earliest films produced in the '''[[Cinema of Austria]]''' between 1907 and 1919 ordered by year of release. In view of more than 300 films produced in these years the list is incomplete. For an alphabetical list of articles on Austrian films see [[:Category:Austrian films]].

==1907–1914==
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! Title
! Director
! Cast
! Genre
! Studio/Notes
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| {{Year header}} | '''1907'''
|-
|  ''[[Am Sklavenmarkt]]''<br>''At the Slave Market'' || [[Johann Schwarzer]] || || Erotic film || [[Saturn-Film]]
|-
| ''[[Eine moderne Ehe]]''<br>''A Modern Marriage'' || [[Johann Schwarzer]] || || Erotic film ||[[Saturn-Film]]
|-
| {{Year header}} | '''1909'''
|-
| ''[[Die Kaisermanöver in Mähren]]''<br>''Royal Manoeuvres in Moravia'' ||  || [[Wilhelm II|Kaiser Wilhelm]]<br>[[Franz Joseph I|Kaiser Franz Joseph]] || Documentary || Photobrom GmbH
|-
| {{Year header}} | '''1910'''
|-
| ''[[Die Ahnfrau]]''<br>''The Ancestress'' || [[Anton Kolm]] || || Drama|| [[Erste österreichische Kinofilms-industrie]]; based on [[Grillparzer]]'s play of the same name; remade in 1919
|-
| ''[[Die böse Schwiegermutter]]''<br>''The Angry Mother-in-Law'' || [[Anton Kolm]] || || || [[Erste österreichische Kinofilms-industrie]]
|-
| {{Year header}} | '''1911'''
|-
| ''[[Der Müller und sein Kind]]''<br>''The Miller and His Child'' || [[Walter Friedemann]] || [[Max Bing]] || Supernatural drama || [[Österreichisch-Ungarische Kinoindustrie]]; first Austrian drama film to survive in its entirety; based on the play of the same name by [[Ernst Raupach]]
|-
| ''[[Der Dorftrottel]]''<br>''The Village Idiot'' || [[Jacob Fleck]]<br>[[Luise Fleck]] || || || [[Wiener Kunstfilm]]
|-
| ''[[Die Glückspuppe]]''<br>''Lucky Doll'' || || || || Wiener Kunstfilm
|-
| ''[[Hoffmanns Erzählungen (film)|Hoffmanns Erzählungen]]''<br>''Tales of Hoffmann'' || || || || Wiener Kunstfilm
|-
| ''[[Der Müller und sein Kind II]]''<br>''Miller and Child II'' || [[Walter Friedemann]] || || || Wiener Kunstfilm
|-
| ''[[Mutter - Tragödie eines Fabriksmädels]]''<br>''Mother &ndash; Tragedy of a Factory Girl'' || || || || Wiener Kunstfilm
|-
| ''[[Nur ein armer Knecht]]''<br>''Just a Poor Servant'' || || || || Wiener Kunstfilm
|-
| ''[[Typen und Szenen aus dem Wiener Volksleben]]''<br>''Ordinary Life in Vienna'' || [[Anton Kolm]] || || Documentary || Wiener Kunstfilm
|-
| {{Year header}} | '''1912'''
|-
| ''[[Das Gänsehäufel]]''<br>''Goose Hill Island'' || || || Documentary || Wiener Kunstfilm
|-
| ''[[Die Gewinnung des Erzes am steirischen Erzberg in Eisenerz]]''<br>''Metal Ore Extraction on the Styrian Erzberg''|| || || Documentary|| [[Sascha-Film]]
|-
| ''[[Kaiser Joseph II]]'' || || || [[Documentary film|Documentary]] ||
|-
| ''[[Karl Blasel als Zahnarzt]]''<br>''Karl Blasel as Dentist'' || || || || Wiener Kunstfilm
|-
| ''[[Die Musikantenlene]]'' || [[Felix Dörmann]] || || || [[Vindobona Film]]
|-
| ''[[Die tolle Teresina]]''<br>''Wonderful Teresina'' || [[Felix Dörmann]] || || || [[Vindobona Film]]
|-
| ''[[Trilby (1912 film)|Trilby]]'' || || || || Wiener Kunstfilm
|-
| ''[[Der Unbekannte]]''<br>''The Unknown'' || [[Luise Fleck]] || [[Eugenie Bernay]] || || Wiener Kunstfilm
|-
| ''[[Die Zirkusgräfin]]''<br>''The Circus Countess'' || [[Felix Dörmann]] || || || [[Vindobona Film]]
|-
| {{Year header}} | '''1913'''
|-
| ''[[Die Hochzeit von Valeni]]''<br>''Valeni's Wedding'' || || || ||
|-
| ''[[Der hungrige Ritter]]''<br>''The Hungry Knight'' || || || ||
|-
| ''[[Die Insel der Seligen]]''<br>''Isle of the Blessed'' || [[Max Reinhardt]] || || ||
|-
| ''[[Johann Strauß an der schönen blauen Donau]]''<br>''Johann Strauss on the Beautiful Blue Danube'' || || || ||
|-
| ''[[König Menelaus im Kino]]''<br>''King Menelaus at the Movies'' || || || ||
|-
| ''[[Der Millionenonkel]]''<br>''The Millionaire Uncle'' || [[Alexander Kolowrat|Sascha Kolowrat-Krakowsky]] || || || [[Sascha-Film]]
|-
| ''[[Die Speckbacher]]''<br>''The Speckbachers'' || || || ||
|-
| ''[[Wiener Typen]]''<br>''Viennese Blokes'' || || || ||
|-
| ''[[Das Zauberlied]]''<br>''The Magic Song'' || || || ||
|-
| {{Year header}} | '''1914'''
|-
| ''[[Frau Gertrud Namenlos]]''<br>''Mrs Gertrud No-name'' || [[Jacob Fleck]] || || || Wiener Kunstfilm
|-
| ''[[Ein Tag im Leben einer schönen Frau]]''<br>''Day in the Life of a Beautiful Woman'' || [[Felix Dörmann]] || || ||
|-
| ''[[Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld (1914 film)|Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld]]''<br>''The Pastor of Kirchfeld'' || [[Jacob Fleck]] || || || Wiener Kunstfilm; [[Anzengruber]]'s anticlerical play of 1870; remade in 1937
|-
| ''[[Svengali (1919 film)|Svengali]]'' || [[Jacob Fleck]] || || || Wiener Kunstfilm
|-
| ''[[Das vierte Gebot]]''<br>''The Fourth Commandment''|| || || || Wiener Kunstfilm
|-
|}

==1915==
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! width=28% | Notes
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| ''[[Charley, der Wunderaffe]]''<br>''Charley, the Amazing Monkey'' || [[Joe May]] || [[Heinrich Eisenbach]]<br>[[Hans Rhoden]]<br>[[Mia May]] || ||
|-
| ''[[Mit Herz und Hand fürs Vaterland]]''<br>''Heart and Hand for Fatherland'' || [[Luise Fleck]]<br>[[Jakob Fleck]] || [[Liane Haid]]<br>[[Max Neufeld]] || [[Propaganda]] || Wiener Kunstfilm;
|-
| ''[[Das Kriegspatenkind]]''<br>''The Godchild of War'' || || || [[Propaganda]] ||
|-
| ''[[Der Meineidbauer]]''<br>''The Perjured Peasant'' || [[Jacob Fleck]] || || || Wiener Kunstfilm
|-
| ''[[The Tragedy of Castle Rottersheim]]'' || [[Jacob Fleck]], [[Luise Fleck]] || [[Hermann Benke]], [[Liane Haid]] || Drama ||
|-
| ''[[Der Traum eines österreichischen Reservisten]]''<br>''Dream of an Austrian Reservist'' || [[Jacob Fleck]], [[Luise Fleck]] || || [[Propaganda]] || Wiener Kunstfilm
|-
|}

==1916==
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| ''[[Siegreich durch Serbien]]''<br>''Victorious through Serbia'' || || || [[Propaganda]] ||
|-
| ''[[Mit Gott für Kaiser und Reich]]''<br>''With God for Emperor and Empire''|| [[Jacob Fleck]], [[Luise Fleck]] || [[Hermann Benke]], [[Liane Haid]] || [[Propaganda]] ||
|-
| ''[[On the Heights]]'' || [[Jacob Fleck]], [[Luise Fleck]] || [[Hermann Benke]], [[Liane Haid]] || Drama || 
|-
|}

==1917==
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! width=28% | Notes
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| ''[[Im Banne der Pflicht]]''<br>''Bewitched by Duty'' || [[Jacob Fleck]]<br>[[Luise Fleck]] || || Drama || Wiener Kunstfilm
|-
| ''[[Der Schandfleck]]''<br>''The Stain of Shame'' || [[Jacob Fleck]]<br>[[Luise Fleck]] || || Drama || [[Wiener Kunstfilm]]
|-
| ''[[Mir kommt keiner aus]]''<br>''No-one Gets on With Me'' || || || ||
|-
| ''[[Die Schlange der Leidenschaft]]''<br>''The Serpent of Passion'' || [[Jacob Fleck]]<br>[[Luise Fleck]] || [[Wilhelm Klitsch]]<br>[[Thea Rosenquist]]<br>[[Karl Ehmann]] || || [[Wiener Kunstfilm]]
|-
| ''[[The Spendthrift (1917 film)|The Spendthrift]]'' || [[Jacob Fleck]], [[Luise Fleck]]  || [[Liane Haid]], [[Wilhelm Klitsch]] || Historical ||
|-
|}

==1918==
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! width=28% | Notes
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| ''[[Der Mandarin]]''<br>''The Mandarin'' || [[Fritz Freisler]] || [[Harry Walden (actor)|Harry Walden]]<br>[[Karl Götz]] || ||
|-
| ''[[Double Suicide (1918 film)|Double Suicide]]'' || [[Jacob Fleck]], [[Luise Fleck]] || [[Karl Ehmann]], [[Liane Haid]]|| Drama || [[Wiener Kunstfilm]]
|-
| ''[[Die Geißel der Menschheit]]''<br>''Scourge of Mankind'' || [[Jacob Fleck]]<br>[[Luise Fleck]] || [[Hedda Bock]]<br>[[Gretl Russ]] || || [[Wiener Kunstfilm]]
|-
| ''[[Das Kind meines Nächsten]]''<br>''My Neighbour's Child'' || [[Einar Zangenberg]] || [[Gisela Werbezirk]]<br>[[Dora Kaiser]]<br>[[Franz Glawatsch]] || [[Propaganda]] || [[A-Zet-Film]]
|-
| ''[[Die Macht des Anderen]]''<br>''The Power of the Other'' || [[Erwin Baron]] || || || [[Leyka-Film]]
|-
| ''[[Martyr of His Heart]]'' ||  [[Emil Justiz]] || [[Fritz Kortner]], [[Anton Pointner]] || Historical || [[Sascha-Messter-Film]]; biography of [[Beethoven]]
|-
| ''[[The Other I (film)|The Other I]]'' || [[Fritz Freisler]] || [[Magda Sonja]]<br>[[Raoul Aslan]]<br>[[Fritz Kortner]] || Fantasy || [[Sascha-Film]]
|-
| ''[[Rigoletto (1918 film)|Rigoletto]]'' || [[Jacob Fleck]], [[Luise Fleck]] || [[Wilhelm Klitsch]], [[Hermann Benke]], [[Liane Haid]] || Historical || [[Wiener Kunstfilm]]
|-
|}

==1919==
{| class="wikitable" width= "100%"
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! width=21% | Title
! width=16% | Director
! width=22% | Cast
! width=13% | Genre
! width=28% | Notes
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| ''[[Die Ahnfrau]]''<br>''The Ancestress'' || [[Jacob Fleck]]<br>[[Luise Fleck]] || [[Liane Haid]]<br>[[Max Neufeld]] || || [[Wiener Kunstfilm]], remake of 1910 film; based on play by [[Grillparzer]]
|-
| ''[[Inferno (1919 film)|Inferno]]'' || [[Paul Czinner]] ||  [[Franz Herterich]]<br>[[Grete Lundt]] || || based on [[Dante]]'s [[Divine Comedy#Inferno|Inferno]]
|-
| ''[[Die Jüdin von Toledo]]''<br>''The Jewess of Toledo'' || [[Jacob Fleck]]<br>[[Luise Fleck]] || || || [[Wiener Kunstfilm]]; based on [[Grillparzer]]'s play
|-
| ''[[Der ledige Hof]]''<br>''The Single Yard'' || [[Max Neufeld]] || || ||
|-
| ''[[Lilith und Ly]]''<br>''Lilith and Ly'' || [[Erich Kober]] || [[Elga Beck]]<br>[[Ernst Escherich]]<br>[[Franz Kammauf]] || Horror || [[Fiat Films]]
|-
| ''[[Schwarze Augen]]''<br>''Black Eyes'' || [[Ludwig Loibner]] || || || [[Mitropa-Musikfilm]]
|-
| ''[[Der Sprung in die Ehe]]''<br>''Leap into Marriage'' || || [[Ernst Arnold]] || ||
|}

==External links==
* [https://us.imdb.com/Sections/Countries/Austria/ Austrian film] at the [[Internet Movie Database]]
* [http://www.austrianfilm.com]

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[[Category:Lists of Austrian films by decade|1900s]]
[[Category:1900s in Austria|Films]]
[[Category:1910s in Austria|Films]]
[[Category:Lists of 1900s films|Austria]]
[[Category:Lists of 1910s films|Austria]]