defilmtv1-2, Exercise 2: Features of Expressionist film

Model answer:

Features (any three): distorted, stylised sets; strong contrasts of light and shadow; exaggerated acting; stories about madness, fear and authority; inner feeling favoured over realism.

Two films with directors (any two): The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), Robert Wiene; Nosferatu (1922), F. W. Murnau; The Last Laugh (1924), F. W. Murnau; Metropolis (1927), Fritz Lang.