This film symbolises German people’s obedience towards authoritarian figures, according to a book named for its title character and Hitler. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this German expressionist film directed by Robert Wiene (“VEE-nuh”). In this film, Conrad Veidt (“fight”) plays the somnambulist Cesare (“CHEZ-ah-ray”), who kidnaps the fiancée of the possibly insane Franzis.
ANSWER: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari [or Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari] (The book is From Caligari to Hitler by Siegfried Kracauer.)
[10e] One of the other pioneers of German expressionism, F. W. Murnau, made this 1922 unofficial adaptation of Dracula starring Max Schreck as Count Orlok. This film was remade in 2024 by Robert Eggers.
ANSWER: Nosferatu [or Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror; or Nosferatu - Eine Symphonie des Grauens]
[10h] In his book Transcendental Style on Film, Paul Schrader analyzed the competing styles of transcendentalism and expressionism in this director’s films. This director exclusively used the expressionist style in his early sound film Vampyr (“vam-PEER”).
ANSWER: Carl Theodor Dreyer [or Carl Th. Dreyer]
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