defilmtv1-3, Exercise 1: The arrival of sound

Model answer:

Sound came to German cinema at the end of the 1920s and largely replaced silent films by the early 1930s. German studios were well placed because of their technical expertise, their tradition of music and theatre and their European audience, though the change raised costs and ended some silent-era careers.

Two films (any two): The Blue Angel (1930), directed by Josef von Sternberg, Marlene Dietrich's breakthrough; M (1931), directed by Fritz Lang, with Peter Lorre, an early and inventive use of sound (the murderer's whistled tune); Westfront 1918 (1930), a realistic film about trench warfare.

Check the dates in a reliable reference.