Directed by:
Rüdiger SuchslandScreenplay:
Rüdiger SuchslandCinematography:
Harald SchmuckCast:
Volker Schlöndorff, Fatih Akin, Robert Wiene (a.f.), Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (a.f.), Billy Wilder (a.f.), Georg Wilhelm Pabst (a.f.) (more)Plots(1)
The Weimar Republic (1918 to 1933), was the freest state on German soil; a wild era characterized by disruption, crisis and cultural brilliance. It was also the most important period of German cinema, a time full of wonders and invention. The aesthetic foundations were laid for the "seventh art"; Weimar's directors like Murnau, Lang, Lubitsch, Pabst, Wilder, Sternberg and Ruttmann are still legendary today, their stars Marlene Dietrich, Louise Brooks, Emil Jannings and Conrad Veidt are unforgotten, and films like "Nosferatu", "The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari", "Metropolis", "M", "People on Sunday", "Berlin. Symphony of a Metropolis" and "Blue Angel" unfold their unique aura. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Volker Schlöndorff
German Empire
Best movies:
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
Léon Morin, Priest (1961)
Doulos: The Finger Man (1962)
Fatih Akin
West Germany
Best movies:
Im Juli. (2000)
The Experiment (2001)
Short Sharp Shock (1998)
Robert Wiene (a.f.)
German Empire
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (a.f.)
German Empire
Billy Wilder (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Georg Wilhelm Pabst (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Walter Ruttmann (a.f.)
German Empire
Josef von Sternberg (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Ernst Lubitsch (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
One Arabian Night (1920)
Louise Brooks (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Beggars of Life (1928)
The Canary Murder Case (1929)
Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
Emil Jannings (a.f.)
Switzerland
Best movies:
The Last Laugh (1924)
Jealousy (1925)
Faust (1926)
Conrad Veidt (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Casablanca (1942)
The Hands of Orlac (1924)
Adolf Hitler (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation) - a.f.
The King's Speech (2010) - a.f.
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie) - a.f.
Fritz Lang (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Contempt (1963)
Marlene Dietrich (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Blue Angel (1930)
Elisabeth Bergner (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Der Fußgänger (1973)
Cry of the Banshee (1970)
Lilian Harvey (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
Three from the Filling Station (1930)
The Congress Dances (1931)
Gustaf Gründgens (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
Playing at Love (1933)
Uncle Kruger (1941)
Siegfried Kracauer (a.f.)
German Empire
Rudolf Klein-Rogge (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
Metropolis (1927)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924)