German expressionist cinema : the world of light and shadow /
Roberts, Ian,1967-
London : Wallflower Press,
2008.
Introduction : immanence, imagination and immortality -- Origins : expressionism and Weimar film -- Authority overthrown, or, lunatics in the asylum : Robert Wiene's Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari -- Demons without and within : F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu -- Images of the past, visions of the future : Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen and Metropolis -- Virgins and vamps : G.W. Pabst's Die Büchse der Pandora -- Street life and the end of expressionism : Joe May's Asphalt -- Conclusion : Weimar cinema's flights of fantasy.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-129), filmography (p. 121-124) and index.
Motion pictures
Expressionism in motion pictures.