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1 day ago · Metropolis. (1927 film) Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist science-fiction silent film directed by Fritz Lang and written by Thea von Harbou in collaboration with Lang [4][5] from von Harbou's 1925 novel of the same name (which was intentionally written as a treatment). It stars Gustav Fröhlich, Alfred Abel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, and ...
- Brigitte Helm
Helm's first movie role was that of Maria in Metropolis,...
- Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Friedrich Rudolf Klein (24 November 1885 – 29 May 1955),...
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Toho-Towa Distribution, the foreign film distribution...
- Maschinenmensch
The Maschinenmensch (literally 'machine-human' in German) is...
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Michael Joseph of The Bookman wrote about the novel: "It is...
- Moloch
The etymology of Moloch is uncertain: a derivation from the...
- Heinrich George
George was born in Pomerania to August Friedrich Schulz, a...
- Theodor Loos
Theodor August Konrad Loos (18 May 1883 – 27 June 1954) was...
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Rotwang is a brilliant scientist and inventor, whose...
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Parufamet was the name of a distribution company established...
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Sep 5, 2024 · From the earliest translations by Wulfila to Martin Luther’s influential translation during the Reformation, the story of the German Bible reflects not only the linguistic and cultural changes in Europe but also the desire to make the Scriptures accessible to ordinary people.
4 days ago · In 1925 in Mannheim the artistic exhibition Neue Sachlichkeit ("New Objectivity") had given its name to the new post-Expressionist movement in the German arts.
Sep 12, 2024 · Expressionism, artistic style in which the artist seeks to depict not objective reality but rather the subjective emotions and responses that objects and events arouse within a person. The artist accomplishes this aim through distortion, exaggeration, primitivism, and fantasy and through the vivid, jarring, violent, or dynamic application of ...
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Sep 12, 2024 · Expressionism in literature arose as a reaction against materialism, complacent bourgeois prosperity, rapid mechanization and urbanization, and the domination of the family within pre- World War I European society. It was the dominant literary movement in Germany during and immediately after World War I. In forging a drama of social protest ...
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2 days ago · Wings of Desire (German: Der Himmel über Berlin, pronounced [deːɐ̯ ˈhɪml̩ ˈʔyːbɐ bɛɐ̯ˈliːn] ⓘ; lit.'The Heaven/Sky over Berlin') is a 1987 romantic fantasy film written by Wim Wenders, Peter Handke and Richard Reitinger, and directed by Wenders.
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Aug 31, 2024 · Gutenberg Bible, the first complete book extant in the West and one of the earliest printed from movable type. It is named after its printer, Johannes Gutenberg, who completed it about 1455 working at Mainz, Germany. The number of copies originally printed is unknown; about 40 still exist.
