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5 September – Elisabeth Volkenrath, German Nazi concentration camp supervisor (died 1945) 22 September – Franz Peter Wirth , German film director (died 1999 ) 29 September – Margot Hielscher , German actress and singer (died 2017 )
This is a list of the most notable films produced in Germany of the Weimar Republic era from 1919 until 1932, in year order. This period, between the end of World War I and the advent of the Nazi regime, is considered an early renaissance in world cinema, with many influential and important films being made.
Cinema outside Germany benefited both from the emigration of German film makers and from German expressionist developments in style and technique that were apparent on the screen. The new look and techniques impressed other contemporary film makers, artists and cinematographers, and they began to incorporate the new style into their work.
The film production company DEFA was founded on 17 May 1946, and took control of the film production facilities in the Soviet Zone which had been confiscated by order of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany in October 1945. [36]
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1919: Alkohol: Ewald André Dupont, Alfred Lind: Wilhelm Diegelmann, Ernst Rückert: Drama: Alraune und der Golem : Nils Olaf Chrisander: Lost, possibly never made [1]
Made in Germany during the Weimar period, Metropolis is set in a futuristic urban dystopia and follows the attempts of Freder, the wealthy son of the city master, and Maria, a saintly figure to the workers, to overcome the vast gulf separating the classes in their city and bring the workers together with Joh Fredersen, the city master.
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List of East German films from the 1949–1990 German Democratic Republic; In 1949, both the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) came into existence, in 1990 they reunited as the Federal Republic, again informally referred to as simply Germany.