Rüdiger Suchsland’s riveting documentary tells the story of German Cinema in the Twenties between Expressionism and New Sobriety. This was arguably the most important period of German Cinema, a time full of wonders and invention in which the aesthetic foundations were laid for the “seventh art”. An entertaining trip into the abyss of sub-consciousness, the breadth and diversity of archive clips and interview subjects is astonishing.
Find out more about the Weimar Cinema season in this short intro from The University of Salford’s Andy Willis