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German Expressionism

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cultural movement

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Years active
late 1910s – early 1930s
Location
Germany
Major figures
Fritz Lang F. W. Murnau Robert Wiene
Influences
WWI 's traumatic aftermath and the slowly dread-inducing Weimar Republic
Influenced
Classical Hollywood cinema film noir gangster horror Kammerspiel silent film

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Commons category
Expressionist films
start time
1910-00-00
end time
1930-00-00
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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 larger Expressionist movement in Northwestern European culture in fields such as architecture, dance, painting, sculpture and cinema.

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