![]() ![]() ![]() Several film styles emerged during this time period, but the German Expressionism legacy has remained the most impactful in film history. These two factors led to a rising demand for cinema and the government, unstable as it was, began to support the fledgling film industry. The country’s debt led to a devastating bout of inflation and as German citizens saw their savings quickly losing value, they were more willing to spend their money immediately to maximize its value. ![]() The country retreated to isolation and the government banned the import of foreign films just as the Hollywood system was beginning to form, the German audiences had no films to program their cinemas. After Germany lost World War I, the Allies forced the country to agree to pay a crippling amount of reparations as punishment for their part in the war. In order to understand the near decade of German Expression output, context must be laid for the climate and mindset of the artists that worked in German cinema throughout the 1920s. Nosferatu (1922) has made its mark on history, not only as the first vampire film, but also as a telling artifact from a turbulent socio-political time, a prominent example of the German Expressionism artistic movement, and an achievement in early filmmaking, especially for special effects. ![]()
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