German Expressionism refers to a number of related creative movements beginning in Germany before the First World War that reached a peak in Berlin, during the 1920s. These developments in Germany were part of a larger Expressionist movement in north and central European culture. This article deals with the cinematic part of that movement. For the German movement including German Expressionism see the article Expressionism. For Theatre see Expressionist theatre. For Architecture see Expressionist architecture. For music see Expressionism (music). For dance see Expressionist dance.
The first Expressionist films, The Student of Prague,[1] The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), The Golem[1] (1920), Destiny (1921), Nosferatu[1] (1922), Phantom (1922), Schatten (1923), and The Last Laugh (1924), were highly symbolic and stylized.
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