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Forgotten Hollywood: German Cinema of the Weimar Period
Stylized imagery and exaggerated and distorted mise-en-scene to reflect the inner psychology of the characters were the hallmarks of German Expressionism. The stylish beauty of German cinema during the Weimar was influenced by the political and psychological effects of World War I on the minds of German filmmakers, pushing them to take subjectivity to extremes and creating strange expressionistic worlds.