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** Germany **



** Key Movements/Eras ** German Expressionism:
 * Refers to all aspects of the arts; literature, drama, painting, film, etc.
 * Occurred as a result of World War I; following the war the German economy was suffering, so filmmakers couldn't afford to make expensive films to compete with those in Hollywood. To compensate for this, they began their own style, of using symbolism and Mise en scene to establish mood, and convey dark subject matter.
 * Used to portray a "distorted reality"; the plots of German Expressionism often depicted intellectual topics, such as insanity and betrayal.

** Key Players (Directors/Writers/Actors/Producers etc) ** Fritz Lang (1890-1976)
 * He was a Director, Writer and Producer.
 * He was born in Vienna, Austria, and initially became a painter. He traveled Europe from 1910-1914, including spending some time in Paris studying paintings, before returning to Vienna and enlisting in the army in 1915 during World War I. A year later he became severely injured, and while recovering wrote some rough screenplays.
 * After being sent home in 1918 for shell shock, he did some acting in Viennese theatre, and was later offered a job as a writer, in Erich Pommer's production company in Berlin. He started working as a directer, and in the 1920s formed a relationship with Actress and Writer Thea Von Harbou, who worked with him on the scripts of his key films. Lang and Harbou married in 1922 and divorced in 1933.
 * In 1933 Lang was offered the job of head of German Cinema Institute by Nazi Propaganda minister Josef Goebbels, which he turned down due to his Catholic upbringing. Following this, he left Germany and went to Paris for about a year, then moved to the USA, under contract with MGM.
 * Some of his films include:
 * Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922)
 * Siegfried (1924)
 * Metropolis (1927)
 * M (1931)

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 * He was an Austrian-American actor, often portraying a sinister character.

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