The Haunted Screen: German Film After World War I (1998)

The Haunted Screen: German Film After World War I (1998) - Documentary Movies 61 minutes. . In this film essay, critic Peter Buchka explores the German cinema of the 1920s, ranging from the disquieting images of Fritz Lang's Metropolis to the castrating sexuality of Marlene Dietrich in Die Blaue Engel. The program provides an introduction to Weimar cinema, with Buchka's essay narrated over the images from film clips of 1920s era German films. republic of weimar, post war germany, expressionism, weimar, germany, adolf hitler, german expressionism