German expressionist cinema

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German expressionist cinema

Conrad Veidt in Robert Wiene's 1920 silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Years active	1910s–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

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 north and central European culture in fields such as architecture, dance, painting, sculpture and cinema.