21L011 The Film Experience
Professor David Thorburn

Lecture 6 - German Film

1. German Film and Expressionism
   • Lotte Eisner, The Haunted Screen (1969)
   • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Weine, 1919)
   • Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1926)
     
     
2. F.W. Murnau (1889-1931)
   • Nosferatu (1922)
   • Sunrise(1927)
   • Tabu (w/ Robert Flaherty, 1931)
     
     
3. The Last Laugh (1924)
   • The unchained camera
• Themes: working class tragedy
• Character: work and personal identity
• The ending: true or false