German Expressionism

1920–1927

Extreme shadows, angular sets, psychological terror. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Nosferatu, Metropolis.

Orthochromatic film stock. Painted shadows on sets. Extreme lighting angles. No color — pure tonal drama.

1 artist6 colors

German Expressionist Cinema

German

Films by Wiene, Murnau, Lang — distorted reality through shadow and angle.

Orthochromatic stock rendered blue as white and red as black, producing extreme tonal contrasts.

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