German expressionist cinema
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German expressionist cinema was a part of several related creative movements in Germany in the early 20th century that reached a peak in Berlin during the 1920s. These developments were part of a larg
A still of the distorted set design from the 1920 silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Paul Wegener as The Student of Prague in a 1913 poster
A poster for the 1920 silent film The Golem: How He Came into the World, starring and co-directed by Paul Wegener and Carl Boese
A still of Max Schreck in the 1922 silent film Nosferatu
Metropolis (1927 film)
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Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist science-fiction silent film directed by Fritz Lang and written by Thea von Harbou in collaboration with Lang, based on von Harbou's 1925 novel of the same nam
German expressionist cinema
…opposed to standard action-adventure and romantic films). Later films often categorized as part of the brief history of German Expressionism include Metropolis (1927) and M (1931), both directed by Fritz Lang. This trend was a reaction against realism. Its practitioners used extreme distortions in expression…
Theatrical release poster by Heinz Schulz-Neudamm
Set photograph of the Maschinenmensch from Metropolis
Manhattan skyline in 1912
The Tower of Babel in Maria's recounting of the biblical story was modeled after this 1563 painting by Pieter Brueghel.