Weimar culture
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Weimar culture was the emergence of the arts and sciences that happened in Germany during the Weimar Republic, the latter during that part of the interwar period between Germany's defeat in World War
Bauhaus Dessau, built from 1925 to 1926 to a design by Walter Gropius, who founded "modern architecture"
The Europahaus, one of hundreds of cabarets in Weimar Berlin, 1931
Dancers in Berlin in 1927
Children being fed by a soup kitchen, 1924
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a 1920 German silent horror film directed by Robert Wiene and written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer. The quintessential work of early German Expressionist cinema, it t
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Werner Krauss as Caligari, 1920
The designers of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari chose a fantastic, graphic visual style instead of a naturalistic one; this included twisted city scenes that were painted directly onto canvases.
Werner Krauss, who portrayed Caligari, suggested changes to his own make-up and costumes so they would match the film's Expressionist style.