My Four Years in Germany

My Four Years in Germany
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Directed by	William Nigh Clifford P. Saum (assist. director)
Produced by	The Warner Brothers Mark M. Dintenfass
Written by	Charles A. Logue
Based on	My Four Years in Germany by James W. Gerard
Starring	Halbert Brown
Cinematography	Rial B. Schellinger
Edited by	William Nigh
Production company	My Four Years in Germany Pictures, Inc.
Distributed by	First National Exhibitors' Circuit, Inc.
Release date	March 10, 1918 (New York City premier) April 29, 1918 (general)
Running time	108 minutes (10 reels)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

My Four Years in Germany is a 1918 American silent war drama film that is notable as being the first film produced by the four Warner Brothers, Harry, Sam, Albert, and Jack. It was directed by seasoned William Nigh, later a director at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and was based on the experiences of real life U. S. Ambassador to Germany James W. Gerard as described in his book. The film was produced while World War I was still raging and is sometimes considered a propaganda film.

Like many American films of the time, My Four Years in Germany was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required cuts, in Reel 7, of the intertitle "Do you know where will be quarted tonight?", two scenes of officer entering cabin into which young woman runs and his exit, scene of young woman lying in bed with clothing disarranged after her criminal assault, scene of dead woman on ground, Reel 8, the intertitle "The first night we were quartered with the soldiers", and, Reel 10, scene of man drawing sword out of other man's body. The Chicago board's cuts totaled twenty feet of film.

A copy of My Four Years in Germany is held in the Turner Entertainment film library.