German cinema can be traced back to 1895 when the Skladanowsky brothers demonstrated one of the first film projectors and presented short films in Berlin. Major technical and artistic contributions to film originated from early German filmmakers and pioneers. Some of Germany's most renowned directors include Wim Wenders, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Volker Schlöndorff, and Margarethe von Trotta, all of whom directed influential and acclaimed films. Two highly rated German films are The Nasty Girl, about a woman who investigates her town's Nazi past, and The Harmonists, which tells the story of a famous German male sextet from the 1920s.

2. Cinema of Germany refers to the film
industry based in Germany. Cinema in
Germany can be traced back to the late
19th century.
German cinema has made major
technical and artistic contributions to
film.

4. The history of cinema in Germany can be traced back
to the years shortly after the medium's birth. On
November 1, 1895 Max Skladanowsky and his
brother Emil demonstrated their self-invented film
projector the Bioscop at the Wintergarten music
hall in Berlin. A 15-minute series of eight short films
The Berlin Wintergarten theatre was the site of the
first cinema ever,
with a short movie presented by the Skladanowsky
brothers
on 1 November 1895.

5. Sound film

7. 1908 poster advertising Gaumont's
sound films. The Chronomégaphone,
designed for large halls, employed
compressed air to amplify the recorded
sound.[

8. A sound film is a motion picture
with synchronized sound, or sound
technologically coupled to image, as
opposed to asilent film.
The first known public exhibition of
projected sound films took place in
Paris in 1900, but decades passed
before sound motion pictures were
made commercially practical.

9. The first feature film originally presented as
a talkie was The Jazz Singer, released in
October 1927.
A major hit, it was made with Vitaphone, the
leading brand of sound-on-disc technology.
Sound-on-film, however, would soon
become the standard for talking pictures.

10. Other German film pioneers included Skladanowsky
brothers the Berliners Oskar Messter and Max Gliewe,
The first German "artistic" films began to be produced
from around 1910, an example being the Edgar Allan
Poe adaptation The Student of Prague (1913) which was
co-directed by Paul Wegener and Stellan Rye,
photographed by Guido Seeber and starring actors
from Max Reinhardt's company.

11. Best Directors

12. Wim Wenders

13. Director, Wings of Desire
Wim Wenders is an Oscar-nominated German
filmmaker who was born Ernst Wilhelm
Wenders on August 14, 1945 in Düsseldorf,
which then was located in the British
Occupation Zone of what became the
Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic
of Germany, known colloquially as West
Germany until reunification)...

14. Rainer Werner Fassbinder

15. Volker Schlöndorff

16. Volker Schlöndorff
Director, The Tin Drum
Has studied economy and political sciences as
well as at the Institute des Hautes Etudes
Cinematographique (IDHEC) in Paris, France.
Worked as an assistant director with Louis
Malle, Jean-Pierre Melville and Alain Resnais.
Founded his own production company Bioskop
Film together with Reinhard Hauff andEberhard
Junkersdorf in 1973...

17. argarethe von Trotta
7.
Margarethe von Trotta
Director, Hannah Arendt
Margarethe von Trotta was born in Berlin in 1942. In the 1960s she moved to
Paris where she worked for film collectives, collaborating on scripts and co-
directing short films. She also pursued an acclaimed acting career, starring in
films by well known German directors such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder,
andVolker Schlöndorff...

18. Director, Hannah Arendt
Margarethe von Trotta was born in Berlin in
1942.
In the 1960s she moved to Paris where
she worked for film collectives,
collaborating on scripts and co-directing
short films.
She also pursued an acclaimed acting
career, starring in films by well known
German directors such as Rainer Werner
Fassbinder, andVolker Schlöndorff...

19. Best cinema

20. 1.
The Nasty Girl (1990)
When a young woman investigates her town's Nazi past, the
community turns against her. (94 mins.)
Director: Michael Verhoeven
Stars: Lena Stolze, Hans-Reinhard Müller, Monika Baumgartner, Elisabeth
Bertram

21. The Harmonists (1997)
Comedian Harmonists tells the story of a
famous, German male sextet, five vocals and
piano, the "Comedian Harmonists"... (126 mins.)
Director: Joseph Vilsmaier
Stars: Ben Becker, Heino Ferch, Ulrich Noethen, Heinrich
Schafmeister

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