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The Context

The Context. Post-war mood in Germany Production context. Post-war mood in Germany. Development of horror cinema Fear of the outsider Chaos Useless authority. Production context. Writers: Carl Mayer and Hans Janovitz

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The Context

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  1. The Context • Post-war mood in Germany • Production context

  2. Post-war mood in Germany • Development of horror cinema • Fear of the outsider • Chaos • Useless authority

  3. Production context • Writers: • Carl Mayer and Hans Janovitz • The two men considered the new film medium as a new type of artistic expression – visual storytelling that necessitated collaboration between writers and painters, cameramen, actors, directors.

  4. Janowitz – memory of a fairground murder in 1913

  5. Mayer – War experiences with military doctors

  6. Producer – Erich Pommer Commercial considerations • Initial director – Fritz Lang Changes to the framing narrative

  7. To what extent does an understanding of context influence our understanding of a sequence from Caligari?

  8. Homework Choose a Weimar film from the list. Research plot, link to other contemporary films and any key features of expressionism. • Der Student Von Prag (The Student Of Prague) (1913)– Paul Wegener/ (1926) - HenrikGaleen • Faust – 1926 F. W. Murnau • Der Lestze Mann (The Last Laugh) 1924 – F. W. Murnau • The Joyless Street (Die FreudloseGasse) 1925 - Georg Wilhelm Pabst • Schatten - EinenächtlicheHalluzination ("Shadows - a Nocturnal Hallucination", also known in English as Warning Shadows) 1923 - Arthur Robison. • Der MudeTod (Destiny) 1921 – Fritz Lang • Secrets Of A Soul (GeheimnisseeinerSeele) 1923 - Georg Wilhelm Pabst • Waxworks (Das Wachsfigurenkabinett) 1924 – Paul Leni • The Niebelungen 1924 – Fritz Lang • Dr Mabuse, The Gambler 1922 – Fritz Lang • Phantom (1922) - F. W. Murnau • From Morn To Midnight (1920)  - Karl Heinz Martin • Genuine: A Tale Of A Vampire (1920) - Robert Wiene • The Hands of Orlac (OrlacsHande) (1925) Robert Wiene

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