German Expressionist Films

Want to know where Alfred Hitchcock learnt the art of suspense? Where Ridley Scott got his ideas for the set design of Blade Runner? Where Marlene Dietrich first broke mens' hearts? This Pocket Essential introduces you to one of the most influential film movements of the twentieth century. In Germany of the swinging 1920s, the First World War had just ended, Nazis and Communists were fighting on the streets of Berlin, but in the nation's film studios some of the most creative film-makers the world has ever seen were at work, setting the standard for generations to come.

Paul Cooke is a lecturer in German Studies at the University of Leeds. He has published widely on aspects of German literature, politics and film