Filmmaking History: German Expressionism in Film

German Expressionism was a creative wave/movement that had begun to flourish in Germany before the Great War. Expressionism creates the genuine emotion/mood or style of what artists express within their work of art. Such as masses of color, detailed textures, geometrical objects, beautifully distorted work, a new creative style from an artist’s perspective. The Scream by Edward Munch, surrealist paintings by Max Ernst, cubism paintings by Picaso are prime examples. This avant-garde movement within Germany flourished among music, literature, architecture, theatre, art…..but more importantly filmmaking. This inspired numerous...