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From Caligari to Hitler 2015 star_border 7.4
Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1919, when the Republic of Weimar is born, to 1933, when the Nazis come into power. (Followed by Hitler's Hollywood, 2017.)

Caligari: When Horror Came to Cinema 2014 star_border 6.7
On February 26, 1920, Robert Wiene's world-famous film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin. To this day, it is considered a manifesto of German expressionism; a legend of cinema and a key work to understand the nature of the Weimar Republic and the constant political turmoil in which a divided society lived after the end of the First World War.

The Legacy of the Nibelungen 2011 star_border 5.3

The Language of Shadows: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau and His Films: The Early Works 2008 star_border 7.7
Documentary made in two parts by Luciano Berriatúa. This first part focuses on childhood, personal life and the early works in films by German director F.W. Murnau.

The Language of Shadows: The Masterpiece: 'Faust' 2007
Luciano Berriatúa documentary on the making of Murnau’s "Faust."

The Language of Shadows: Murnau, the Early Years and 'Nosferatu' 2007 star_border 6.6
A documentary about F.W. Murnau.

Münchhausen - Ein Mythos in Agfacolor 2005
Documentary of 3 parts that narrates based on the film "The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen" (1943), the progression of color cinema developed in Europe.

The Making of 'The Last Laugh' 2003 star_border 8
This movie was featured on the DVD release of Der letzte Mann in 2004 in Germany.

The Metropolis Case 2003 star_border 6
A documentary about Fritz Langs "Metropolis" by Enno Patalas.

Dance with Death: The Ufa Star Sybille Schmitz 2000
A documentary of the life of German actress Sybille Schmitz (1909–1955) who rose to prominence in the German cinema of the 1930s and whose final years were used as the basis for Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1982 film 'Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss'.