German Expressionism

DARKNESS. LONELINESS. EVIL. TERROR. 

These were the emotions that were prevalent during and mostly after the World War I in Germany. They were in huge trouble then. Their economy hit rock bottom, their morale was at all time low. But the German Government sought a way to somehow fix their internal problems in the movie industry when they collaborated with Deutsche bank,and they made the Universum Film Aktiengesellschaft or UFA which propagate the pro-war movies at the start of 1917.

The movies in the German Expressionism era really reflects what it happening to their society then because the nature of most of the films is about crime and the mis-en-scene is commonly a dark environment. in the films also, they need to exaggerate some actions to bring more the suspense factor.

The movie that I liked the most in that era is Metropolis (1927) because I never really thought that kind of movie quality was actually possible at that time. There were special effects, awesome cinematography and a great storyline.

It was sad knowing that the reign of German Expressionism only lasted for a couple of 7-8 good years but it HIGHLY influenced not just the German cinema but also the world cinema up to now.

Yey! I found the full movie of the film, Metropolis, watch it here! 

-KC