German Expressionist cinema

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German cultural movement film movement

German Expressionist cinema is a stylistically distinctive early 20th-century German film movement known for its stark lighting, distorted sets, and psychologically intense narratives that explore madness, fear, and social unrest.

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Label Occurrences
German Expressionism 9
German Expressionist cinema canonical 2
Weimar Republic cinema 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German cultural movement ⓘ
film movement ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
declineFactor emigration of filmmakers to Hollywood ⓘ
rise of Nazism ⓘ
emergedFrom Weimar Republic era NERFINISHED ⓘ
post–World War I Germany ⓘ
era silent film era ⓘ
hasCharacteristic angular set design ⓘ
chiaroscuro lighting ⓘ
distorted sets ⓘ
dreamlike atmosphere ⓘ
emphasis on inner psychological states ⓘ
exaggerated shadows ⓘ
high contrast black-and-white cinematography ⓘ
low-key lighting ⓘ
non-naturalistic mise-en-scène ⓘ
psychologically intense narratives ⓘ
stark lighting contrasts ⓘ
stylized acting ⓘ
subjective camerawork ⓘ
themes of fear ⓘ
themes of madness ⓘ
themes of social unrest ⓘ
use of symbolism ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext economic instability in Germany ⓘ
political unrest in Germany ⓘ
trauma of World War I ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Alfred Hitchcock films ⓘ
American cinema ⓘ
Orson Welles films NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tim Burton films ⓘ
Universal horror films ⓘ
fantasy cinema ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
horror cinema ⓘ
hasMainPeriod 1910s ⓘ
1920s ⓘ
hasStylisticOrigin German Expressionism NERFINISHED ⓘ
isRelatedTo German Expressionist painting ⓘ
German Expressionist theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
language German ⓘ
notableCinematographer Fritz Arno Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karl Freund NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableDirector F. W. Murnau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fritz Lang NERFINISHED ⓘ
G. W. Pabst NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paul Wegener NERFINISHED ⓘ
Robert Wiene NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Faust NERFINISHED ⓘ
Metropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nosferatu NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Golem: How He Came into the World NERFINISHED ⓘ
peakActivity early 1920s ⓘ
typicalGenre fantasy ⓘ
horror ⓘ
psychological drama ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
usesTechnique forced perspective sets ⓘ
painted shadows on sets ⓘ
stylized intertitles ⓘ
unusual camera angles ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dr. Mabuse the Gambler → partOfMovement → German Expressionist cinema ⓘ
Spies → filmMovement → German Expressionist cinema ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Expressionism
Thea von Harbou → movement → German Expressionist cinema ⓘ
Alex Proyas → influencedBy → German Expressionist cinema ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Expressionism
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse → style → German Expressionist cinema ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Expressionism
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928 film) → influencedBy → German Expressionist cinema ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Expressionism
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari → hasGenre → German Expressionist cinema ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Expressionism
Cesare → filmMovementContext → German Expressionist cinema ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Expressionism
Friedrich Christian Anton Lang → movement → German Expressionist cinema ⓘ
subject surface form: Fritz Lang
this entity surface form: German Expressionism
Friedrich Christian Anton Lang → workedIn → German Expressionist cinema ⓘ
subject surface form: Fritz Lang
this entity surface form: Weimar Republic cinema
Carl Mayer → movement → German Expressionist cinema ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Expressionism
Carl Mayer → era → German Expressionist cinema ⓘ
this entity surface form: Weimar cinema
Nicholas Musuraca → influencedBy → German Expressionist cinema ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Expressionism