Anthology of German Expressionist Drama: A Prelude to the Absurd

336 pp. "German Expressionism refers to a number of related creative movements beginning in Germany before the First World War that reached a peak in Berlin, during the 1920s. These developments in Germany were part of a larger Expressionist movement in north and central European culture in fields such as architecture, painting and cinema. German Expressionist painting produced a great number of works, and led to Neo-expressionism. German silent cinema was arguably far ahead of cinema in Hollywood.[5] As well as the direct influence of film makers who moved from Germany to Hollywood, developments in style and technique, which were developed through Expressionism in Germany impressed contemporary film makers from elsewhere and were incorporated into their work and so into the body of international cinema from the 1930s onward." --Wikipedia