Danish and German Silent Cinema review: the rich entanglements of transnational filmmaking
Danish and German Silent Cinema: Towards a Common Film Culture, Edited by: Lars-Martin Sørensen and Casper Tybjerg, Edinburgh University Press, 2023
This is a guest post by Alex Barrett for Silent London. Alex Barrett is an award-winning independent filmmaker based in London.
At its simplest, the history of silent film in Denmark and Germany can be seen as a story of two halves, divided by…
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some rare and gorgeous mugshots photos of Conrad Veidt as Cesare the Somnambulist in the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari which I sadly don't know the original source or context for
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The First Horror Movie
The Cabinet of Dr.Calligari
Director and German Expressionist Robert Wiene makes use of expressionist architecture and narrative through extreme distortion of both the physical set of the movie and it’s plot. The Cabinet of Dr.Calligari is famously recognized as the very first horror movie made in 1920 written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer. The Story follows Cesar, a sleepwalker and his keeper, Dr.Calligari. Cesar is said to be all knowing and is later revealed as a murderer.
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Vintage poster for the movie Lucrezia Borgia, 1922
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Fritz Lang, Dr Mabuse der Spieler (1922)
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fritz kortner and francis lederer |1929|
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