The years between the end of World War I and the rise of Hitler were tough times for the German people as they were recovering from a monstrous defeat. Still, aspects of German life were humming. 1919 ...
"What a radiant beginning, yet what a miserable end," are words uttered early in Rudiger Suchsland's 2014 documentary "From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses." The film ...
The cinema of the Weimar Republic remains astonishing to this day for its sheer variety and productivity. Some of the German films from 1918–1933 featured in this Berlinale retrospective are real ...