![]() ![]() Here, the sharp painted-on shadows on the walls and slanted camera angles give a menacing air of madness and angst to this story of a psychopathic hypnotist who compels a sleepwalker to commit murders. Influenced by the artistic movement known as Expressionism, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari was one of the very first films where settings were not just the realistic physical surroundings of the characters, but a stylised reflection of their mental states – a technique used countless times in the 90+ years since. The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (Robert Wiene, 1919) The order is purely chronological, as the list tries to tell a very rough history of German cinema. ![]() ![]() In order to cover as wide a range as possible, I have stuck to a rule of one film per director. In the silent era its legendary studio UFA rivalled Hollywood in both ambition and financial clout, and while the film industry struggled to reinvent itself after WW2, the New German Cinema one generation later eventually brought about a renaissance, which often looked towards the turbulent national history for subject matter. German cinema has a long, hugely influential history that has left an indelible mark on world cinema. ![]()
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