German Expressionist Cinema

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/German_Expressionist_Cinema
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:film
gptkbp:characteristic surreal visuals
chiaroscuro lighting
distorted sets
thematic focus on madness
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Germany
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label German Expressionist Cinema
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Film_noir
Horror films
gptkbp:influencedBy German Expressionism (art movement)
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:notableActor gptkb:Emil_Jannings
gptkb:Conrad_Veidt
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:Thea_von_Harbou
gptkb:Hans_Janowitz
gptkb:Carl_Mayer
gptkbp:notableDesigner gptkb:Robert_Herlth
gptkb:Hermann_Warm
gptkb:Walter_Röhrig
gptkbp:notableDirector gptkb:Fritz_Lang
gptkb:Robert_Wiene
gptkb:F._W._Murnau
gptkbp:notableFilm gptkb:The_Last_Laugh
gptkb:The_Haunted_Castle
gptkb:The_Testament_of_Dr._Mabuse
gptkb:The_Hands_of_Orlac
gptkb:The_Man_Who_Laughs
gptkb:From_Morn_to_Midnight
gptkb:The_Congress_Dances
gptkb:The_Brothers_Karamazov
gptkb:monarchy
gptkb:The_Ancient_Law
gptkb:The_House_on_the_Moon
gptkb:The_Woman_in_the_Moon
gptkb:The_Blue_Angel
gptkb:The_Cabinet_of_Dr._Caligari
gptkb:The_Spiders
gptkb:Destiny
gptkb:The_Last_Company
gptkb:The_Wild_Cat
gptkb:The_Joyless_Street
gptkb:Faust
gptkb:The_Threepenny_Opera
gptkb:The_Doll
gptkb:The_Love_of_Jeanne_Ney
gptkb:The_Oyster_Princess
gptkb:The_Plague_of_Florence
gptkb:The_Student_of_Prague
gptkb:Phantom
gptkb:The_Golem:_How_He_Came_into_the_World
gptkb:Varieté
gptkb:The_White_Hell_of_Pitz_Palu
gptkb:The_Testament_of_Dr._Mabuse_(1933)
gptkb:The_Burning_Secret
gptkb:Secrets_of_a_Soul
gptkb:Warning_Shadows
gptkb:Metropolis_(1927)
gptkb:The_Cabinet_of_Dr._Caligari_(1920)
gptkb:The_Great_Leap
gptkb:The_Mountain_Eagle
gptkb:Nosferatu
gptkb:Waxworks
gptkb:Nosferatu_(1922)
gptkb:The_Street
gptkb:The_Indian_Tomb
gptkb:Dr._Mabuse_the_Gambler
gptkb:The_Love_of_Jeanne_Ney_(1927)
gptkb:The_Blue_Light
gptkb:The_Adventures_of_Prince_Achmed
gptkb:Dr._Mabuse_the_Gambler_(1922)
gptkb:The_Student_of_Prague_(1926)
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Destiny (1921)
Faust (1926)
M (1931)
The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920)
The Hands of Orlac (1924)
The Last Laugh (1924)
The Tragedy of the Street
The White Ecstasy
Varieté (1925)
Warning Shadows (1923)
Waxworks (1924)
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:UFA
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Fritz_Arno_Wagner
gptkb:Karl_Freund
gptkbp:notableProduction gptkb:Erich_Pommer
gptkbp:period 1910s
1920s
gptkbp:theme alienation
fantasy
dystopia
psychological horror
social critique
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Impressionist_Cinema
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6