German Expressionist cinema

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German Expressionist cinema is a stylistically distinctive early 20th-century German film movement known for its stark lighting, distorted sets, and psychologically intense narratives that explore madness, fear, and social unrest.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
German Expressionism 23
German Expressionist cinema canonical 12
Weimar cinema 12

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German cultural movement ⓘ
film movement ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
declineFactor emigration of filmmakers to Hollywood ⓘ
rise of Nazism ⓘ
emergedFrom Weimar Republic era ⓘ
linked to: Weimar Republic

post–World War I Germany ⓘ
era silent film era ⓘ
hasCharacteristic angular set design ⓘ
chiaroscuro lighting ⓘ
distorted sets ⓘ
dreamlike atmosphere ⓘ
emphasis on inner psychological states ⓘ
exaggerated shadows ⓘ
high contrast black-and-white cinematography ⓘ
low-key lighting ⓘ
non-naturalistic mise-en-scène ⓘ
psychologically intense narratives ⓘ
stark lighting contrasts ⓘ
stylized acting ⓘ
subjective camerawork ⓘ
themes of fear ⓘ
themes of madness ⓘ
themes of social unrest ⓘ
use of symbolism ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext economic instability in Germany ⓘ
political unrest in Germany ⓘ
trauma of World War I ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Alfred Hitchcock films ⓘ
American cinema ⓘ
Orson Welles films ⓘ
linked to: Orson Welles

Tim Burton films ⓘ
Universal horror films ⓘ
fantasy cinema ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
horror cinema ⓘ
hasMainPeriod 1910s ⓘ
1920s ⓘ
hasStylisticOrigin German Expressionism ⓘ
isRelatedTo German Expressionist painting ⓘ
German Expressionist theatre ⓘ
language German ⓘ
notableCinematographer Fritz Arno Wagner ⓘ
Karl Freund ⓘ
notableDirector F. W. Murnau ⓘ
Fritz Lang ⓘ
G. W. Pabst ⓘ
linked to: Georg Wilhelm Pabst

Paul Wegener ⓘ
Robert Wiene ⓘ
notableWork Faust ⓘ
Metropolis ⓘ
Nosferatu ⓘ
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ⓘ
The Golem: How He Came into the World ⓘ
peakActivity early 1920s ⓘ
typicalGenre fantasy ⓘ
horror ⓘ
psychological drama ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
usesTechnique forced perspective sets ⓘ
painted shadows on sets ⓘ
stylized intertitles ⓘ
unusual camera angles ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dr. Mabuse the Gambler → partOfMovement → German Expressionist cinema ⓘ
Spies → filmMovement → German Expressionism ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Thea von Harbou → movement → German Expressionist cinema ⓘ
Alex Proyas → influencedBy → German Expressionism ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse → style → German Expressionism ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928 film) → influencedBy → German Expressionism ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari → hasGenre → German Expressionism ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Cesare → filmMovementContext → German Expressionism ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Fritz Lang → movement → German Expressionism ⓘ
subject linked to: Friedrich Christian Anton Lang
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Fritz Lang → workedIn → Weimar Republic cinema ⓘ
subject linked to: Friedrich Christian Anton Lang
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Carl Mayer → movement → German Expressionism ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Carl Mayer → era → Weimar cinema ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Nicholas Musuraca → influencedBy → German Expressionism ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Eugen Schüfftan → movement → German Expressionist cinema ⓘ
Franz Schulz → movement → Weimar cinema ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
T. M. → influencedBy → German Expressionism ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Werner R. Heymann → movement → Weimar cinema ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
F. W. Murnau → movement → German Expressionism ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
F. W. Murnau → workedIn → Weimar Republic cinema ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Alexander Granach → genre → Weimar cinema ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Alexander Granach → movement → Expressionist cinema ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Nosferatu the Vampyre → inspiredBy → German Expressionist cinema ⓘ
Beggar on Horseback → influencedBy → German Expressionism ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Emil Jannings → participatedIn → Weimar cinema ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
RKO horror cycle → influencedBy → German Expressionist cinema ⓘ
O homem amarelo → influencedBy → German Expressionism ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Drums in the Night → literaryMovement → German Expressionism ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Faust (1926 film) → filmMovement → German Expressionism ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
French poetic realism → influencedBy → German Expressionism ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Bruno Cassirer → associatedWith → German Expressionism ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Seymour Nebenzal → activeIn → Weimar Republic cinema ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Erich Pommer → movement → German Expressionism ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Erich Pommer → fieldOfWork → Weimar cinema ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Metropolis (novel) → literaryMovement → German Expressionism ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Otto Hunte → movement → Weimar cinema ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Otto Hunte → movement → German Expressionist cinema ⓘ
Rotwang → associatedWithGenre → German Expressionist cinema ⓘ
Uco-Film → associatedWithMovement → Weimar cinema ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Decla-Bioscop → associatedWithMovement → German Expressionism ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Fritz Arno Wagner → movement → German Expressionism ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Fritz Arno Wagner → movement → Weimar cinema ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
German Expressionist cinema → hasStylisticOrigin → German Expressionism ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Carl Hoffmann → movement → Weimar cinema ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Günther Rittau → movement → Weimar cinema ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Rudolf Klein-Rogge → movement → German Expressionist cinema ⓘ
Max Schreck → era → Weimar Republic cinema ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Max Schreck → partOf → German Expressionist cinema ⓘ
The Last Laugh → filmMovement → German Expressionism ⓘ
linked to: German Expressionist cinema
Robert Wiene → influenced → German Expressionist cinema ⓘ
Lil Dagover → movement → German Expressionist cinema ⓘ