1. GERMAN
EXPRESSIONISM
The horror of the silent era.
By Lewis, Katherine and Jacob.

2. Phantom of the Opera
GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM
 German Expressionism was a creative wave of silent horror films
that came about during the depression of the middle of WWI.
 It is known as being primitive art as they wanted to express their
opinions through having their characters having no motivation
towards life. They wanted to strip away the belief that only aesthetic
beauty could be seen in films.
The Phantom
Carriage

3. THEMES OF GERMAN
EXPRESSIONISM
 There were many themes that accompanied these films, such as
madness, insanity and betrayal. They wanted to believe that they could
create new men through violence, cruelty and upheaval.
HÄXAN

4. THE CABIN OF DR. CALIGARI
 The first film that was considered to be horror was ‘The Cabinet
of Dr. Caligari’ directed by Robert Weine in 1921. It was a silent film
and is considered to have being one of the best horror films ever
created in the silent era.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

5. CONTINUED
 It dealt with strong themes of traumatic
experiences, murder, asylums, psychopaths, and serial killers. In just about
every horror film that have been produced since then, some of those
themes have been present in them. It shocked many people when it was
released as they were still recovering from the war. The sets that were
used have always been regarded as amazing as they had crooked
buildings, twisted landscapes and they introduced the first ever twist
ending which was even more reason for it to cause a stir.

6. N O S F E R AT U : P H A N T O M D E R
N AC H T
 Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht, a film by Werner Herzog, uses
expressionist techniques and symbolic acting/ events to tell it’s story (this
has influenced many horrors since). Based off the Vampire mythos, it
links both the black death spread by rats and vamipires.
 The writers originally wanted this film to be themed on Bram Stoker’s
Dracula, however they did not have the film rights so they could not use
the characters names. They still had the main characters (but they changed
the names).

7. OTHER GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM
FILMS
 THE UNKNOWN
 THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI
 THE CAT AND THE CANARY
 NOSFERATU
 THE HANDS OF ORLAC
 DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
 HÄXAN
 THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE
 THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
 THE MAN WHO LAUGHS

8. T H A N K YO U F O R WAT C H I N G O U R
P R E S E N TAT I O N