Film Under Nazi Regime
Early German Cinema was renown for “German Expressionism”, a style which much influenced the Universal reign of horror in the USA. The early period between world war I and world war II was the era of the Weimar Republic, the other popular style of this time was films about the city… “City Symphonys”, similar to travelogues but in most cases exploring the worries of industrialisation and the loneliness of the City, rather than celebrating it. Influenced by these films was the first feature length science fiction, Metropolis.
However Germany was in a state of depression, after World War I the Mark had become completely worthless, it is said in some parts of the country people burned money to keep themselves warm as it was all it was good for! The military had been totally disarmed and soldiers were not even allowed to carry guns. The country had, had to pay severe damages to all the allied countries.
This lead too much unrest and led many citizens to look for a scapegoat as society always does for its problems, in 1933, one particular young man brought the NATIONALSOZIALISTICSHE DEUTSCHE ARBEITERPARTER” to power abolishing by law any other political party, Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party spread their propaganda around the country.
They believed that citizens owned unquestioning...
