The Cabinet of Dr Caligari is a much better example of German Expressionism. The reason Hitler came to power was because of the decadence of the Jewish Intellectuals an unforeseen consequence of the Weimar Rep. Every perversity became commonplace and the people were sick of it. That coupled with crippling debt from the reparations of the Versailles Treaty broke Germany's economic back!
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Thanks for your thoughtful comment. It's a matter of great shame that I haven't actually seen The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari... one day.
Enjoy... I've also included the German version (für alle Fälle)
Thanks :)
NP... I've done studies about how the liberal social policies of Weimar led to cultural decay... Hitler was the backlash. Also how the early cinematographers such as Murnau, Lang, et.al. influenced the later propaganda filmmakers like Riefenstahl. Murnau's use of light and shadow, particularly in Nosferatu was masterful. the technique was used brilliantly later to paint Jews and other "undesirables" in a negative light.
Fascinating!