Before Hollywood's golden age, German expressionist film was arguably
the most important cinematic movement in the medium's history. These
'symphonies of... iridescent movement' of Weimar cinema provide some of
cinema's most iconic images, and its vivid contrasts and dark spaces
constitute a major influence on Hollywood classics such as Citizen
Kane (1941) and Sunset Boulevard (1950). This volume also offers
insights into the technical and thematic developments of the Weimar
film. Covering classics such as The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari (1920)
and Nosferatu (1922) as well as under-appreciated examples such as
Asphalt (1929), this volume forms an essential introduction to one of
cinema's most historically important movements.