The Merciful Lie (German: Die barmherzige Lüge) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Werner Klingler and starring Hilde Krahl, Elisabeth Flickenschildt and Ernst von Klipstein.

[1] It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and on location in Bremen.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Böhm and Erich Czerwonski.

In a frontier town on the border between Manchuria and Mongolia Anja, the niece of the owner of a rough local entertainment venue waits for the return of her lover Doctor Thomas Clausen with whom she has had a child.

Clausen is part of an expedition planning to explore into the wild lands on the Soviet side of the border.