German expressionist cinema
| German expressionist cinema | |
|---|---|
A still of the distorted set design from the 1920 silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari | |
| Years active | late 1910s – early 1930s |
| Location | Germany |
| Major figures | |
| Influences | WWI's traumatic aftermath and the slowly dread-inducing Weimar Republic |
| Influenced | |
German expressionist cinema (German: Deutsches expressionistisches Kino) 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 larger Expressionist movement in Northwestern European culture in fields such as architecture, dance, painting, sculpture and cinema.