A Beginner's Guide to German Cinema

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This video is intended as a beginner’s guide to the world of German cinema. I discuss the New German Cinema and German Expressionism movements as well as directors such as Fritz Lang, Werner Herzog, Rainer Fassbinder, Wim Wenders, Wolfgang Peterson, and F.W. Murnau.
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0:08 German Expressionism
6:32 Nazis
7:01 New German Cinema
13:13 The 1980s
14:15 The 21st Century

[@kubricklynch]

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[@thekingisfun-channel6258]

I'd love to get begginer's guide to soviet cinema.

[@kubricklynch]

I am definitely considering it!

[@lindanorris2455]

A SLAVE OF LOVE. MOSCOW DOES NOT BELIEVE IN TEARS... TWO FANTASTIC USSR FILMS.

[@Nov-5062]

Run Lola Run is such a cool movie

[@Woodception]

There is also something to note about Klaus Kinsky with his performance and behavior on the set of Aguirre: apparently he was so choleric one time that the natives proposed to Herzog that they would kill him and let him "vanish" in the jungle.

[@MrDukeSilverr]

I believe that was during the production of Fitzcarraldo, but he did hit a guys head with his sword, dude only survived cause he was wearing a helmet

[@stirbjoernwesterhever6223]

@@MrDukeSilverr Yes, that was during Fitzcarraldo

[@lindanorris2455]

RIGHT ON. KINKSKI WAS A MASTER!

[@peterpfenninger8990]

As german speaking swiss Im am blown away by your selection of german films. Since the late sixties I have seen most of these in Cinema when they came out. Many of the older ones you can still see in retrospectives, on TV or DVD. Missed only a few ones, but thats absolutely no critisism. Left an abo, pushed the bell :)

[@SkinnyEMedia]

Do a video on Finnish cinema? Would love to hear your thoughts on Aki Kaurismaki or J. P. Valkepaa or Renny Harlin. Hungarian cinema, post-USSR, post-Orbanist

[@marcialarts787]

This was a very well researched synopsis of German cinema. Glad to see some appreciation for the cinema from my country! Unfortunately, the quality of german films has decreased massively in the past decades, as audiences apparently only want to watch easily digestible rom-coms produced by and starring Til Schweiger anymore, so that's the type of film they produce now :D

[@Ubercoolband]

Fortunately Heino didn't try to be a movie star!

[@jandron94]

A "rich" country of 84 million "educated" people that never really had a strong an thriving cinéma (except in the 20s and early 30s as well as glimpses from the mid 70s to the early 80s). Whose talented regisseurs and acteurs mostly opted for a foreign exile (some never wanting to evercome back) : Fritz Lang, Max Ophüls, Marlène Dietrich, Brigitte Helm, Dita Parlo, Hardy Krüger, Romy Schneider, Volker Schlöndorff, Wim Wenders, etc. Well at least it benefited to other cinémas (French, Italian and US American). The greatest French actress in the cinéma history is German ! On the other hand poor Pierre Brice !

[@Verschlimmbesserung]

@@jandron94 I think that was the result of the Nazi Party coming to power and then the subsequent aftermath of WW2. Watching those old German movies, I see tremendous talent and innovativeness that was squashed before it could flourish. But there seems to be a tentative resurgence of that artistic creativity with the release of the Dark series in particular. I'm not German, though, so this is only the opinion of a fellow European...

[@sarstenstahlsarsten6577]

German Movies were always pretentious trash will always stay pretentious trash.

[@Thomas-oc2ln]

​@@VerschlimmbesserungGerman cinema maintained it's quality through the 30s, a golden age for Germany. Nothing declined until the war, and it's amazing how well the quality of culture maintained even during the war. Germany lost most of it's historically significant cities near the end of the war, and with it thousands of years of high culture. Don't let preconceptions cloud your ability to recognize beauty wherever it may be found.

[@kubricklynch]

0:08 German Expressionism 6:32 Nazis 7:01 New German Cinema 13:13 The 1980s 14:15 The 21st Century

[@juniorjames7076]

Head-On is my favorite late modern European film. Insight into to Turkish society within Germany in the late '90s/2000s. Inspired me to visit Turkey.

[@dw9524]

Same. It was very interesting to watch. I didn't know Germany had a large Turkish population either.

[@romaneberle]

old films are often underrated from today's point of view - but "M" is one of those AWESOME old films!!! i've seen it a hundred (no, maybe ten) times, and it's still as thrilling as Psycho or Silence of the Lambs!

[@JanoschNr1]

Ängste essen die Seele auf ... wie wahr, wie wahr.

[@immatureeffects6634]

I love these videos, so concise and informative. Will definitely watch some of these. Thank you and keep going.

[@johnpresnell]

Excellent video, thank you for making it! You have a new fan.

[@linusmaximilian6568]

Great Video thank you 😊

[@Lord_Heron]

A current German director who I think is well worth checking out is Christian Petzold. A good place to start would be 'Jerichow' or 'Phoenix'.

[@ItsGregKon]

I love Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari. It's like a twisted Tim Burton nightmare. The silence genuinely helps make it feel creepier too.

[@BogdanSorlea]

saying it's like a twisted Tim Burton nightmare is an insult.

[@ItsGregKon]

@@BogdanSorlea I mean, Burton's work is less stylish and interesting, but that's how I'd pitch Cabinet to anyone who hasn't seen it.

[@idr121]

Great video! I've been studying a course of movie history and the study material really challenges me, since it just barrages me with different movies and changes the subject as soon as I manage to focus up. This really helped to summarize the major observations I had.

[@chrisenn3084]

The white ribbon - One of my favorite movies.

[@Querenciatv]

Awesome Work 👍

[@Titanium6]

Excellent rrview@!

[@Akuryoutaisan21]

Cool, this is what I was looking for.

[@odpieces]

Wow, thank you so much for this list! I knew of so few of these films but loved the ones I had seen so I'm super excited to make my way through this list (and through all your other videos!!!)

[@kubricklynch]

Glad you liked it!!

[@joejankoski8471]

Thank you once again. Watching Aquirre now. Have saved Metropolis and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari in my Tubi account. Had already seen Run Lola Run. Really appreciate the recommendations.

[@mrpablox127]

¡Such a great video! I always love these to show to some friends that want to now more about cinema. You are a great teacher. I would add as a great german movie and a great inspiratio for directors as Gaspar Noé and movies like Victoria, the 1983 serial killer movie ANGST. Great video, greatings from Colombia.

[@kubricklynch]

Thank you!!

[@dzenanabuljubasic1913]

You are a genius! I get thrilled everytime you post a new video. Laser sharp, educational, motivating. Not like those "top 10s". I hope you continue doing what you're doing. True cinema fans appreciate your point of view and keep coming back for more. Think about writing a cinema guide (for dummies). I'd be the first one to pre-order it!

[@kubricklynch]

Aw thank you so much!!!

[@mariaalexea4756]

Glad to see you growing and educating people! Great work again!

[@kubricklynch]

Thank you!!!!

[@luciekulhankova7278]

Love these! Would you consider making a watch list of films mentioned? I keep having to pause to note them down :D.

[@kubricklynch]

Way ahead of you! letterboxd.com/kubricklynch23/list/a-beginners-guide-to-german-cinema/

[@luciekulhankova7278]

@@kubricklynch My man, I don't know you, but I love you! Thanks a lot as a language learner and a cinema fan, this is legit amazing.

[@abcdefatana]

Hey! Im from Germany and didnt know alot of this stuff.. definetly have some things to watch now!

[@kubricklynch]

Glad you liked it!

[@mxrln._4349]

sehr schönes Video:)

[@kubricklynch]

Danke!

[@victim2617]

great video

[@kubricklynch]

Thanks!

[@Paula-vz8fl]

System Crasher (2019) by Nora Fingscheidt and Pelican Blood (2019) by Katrin Gebbe are also great examples for modern german films. Sadly they (and almost all films in this video) are not known by the mainstream audience. Germany has a lot of problems with producing decent films cause of the "Filmförderung". Thank you very much for your work.

[@kubricklynch]

I have not seen those, I will have to check them out.

[@octaviusfooks7194]

11:35 - I bet they took inspiration from the 1945 film, A Matter of Life and Death (aka Stairway to Heaven)

[@antagonist8392]

Well done and very interesting, I like all similar videos of yours. By the way, very beautiful accent and clear speech, i can rarely find something really understandable, my native language is russian. good luck and keep going!

[@kubricklynch]

Thank you so much!

[@jgcooper]

you should make an imdb list with these films

[@jklol1680]

Yes

[@FanickLP]

You sure know more about the cinema of my country than me.

[@eugenekranz6981]

I'd like to give some honourable mentions: 23 - Nichts ist so wie es scheint, Der bewegte Mann and Bang Boom Bang - ein todsicheres Ding. Not necessarily high impact movies but good ones.

[@dw9524]

Another German film I like is Christian f. It's very Berlin. I don't know how to describe it. So dark and raw. A real representation of German youth in the 60's/70's. Fassbinder is my fave German director.

[@caturaebenton2886]

14:02 😊

[@octaviusfooks7194]

16:54 - I studied Good Bye, Lenin! for A-Level German

[@ruff1draft]

I watched the wave like four years ago

[@adamgombrowiesz8334]

Italian cinema video coming, i hope so.

[@kubricklynch]

Korea is next but Italy is definitely on the list!

[@mdzeeshan579]

Marcello Mastroianni>>

[@jamespfp]

Not a bad synopsis; I'd have added "Vier Minuten" to the list.

[@zubingeorge2826]

Is there any countries not producing cinema?

[@leosharman8630]

Die wegge! The wave!

[@BogdanSorlea]

correction: 45-year split

[@kubricklynch]

Ah yes, good catch.

[@qwobot]

lol i have to watch this for german work at school

[@booobbo9]

no "Triumph of Will"?

[@sebastiancandiabarria7449]

Hi! First time here and I love this video. I'm starting to learn german so this help me a lot. A question: any film from the east side of Germany (RDA) that would you recommend? Thanks

[@shieldsluck1969]

Solo Sunny 1980, Gevatter Tod (Grim Reaper TV production) around 1980, Jakob der Lügner (Jacob the Liar) 1974, Das Kaninchen bin ich (The Rabbit That's Me) 1965

[@keepkcool]

How about a video about German animation? It's not that much but worth mentioning.

[@kubricklynch]

I’ll look into it!

[@MarvinFalz]

I don't suggest to watch Nazi propaganda either, but I would suggest to watch The Blue Light (1932), which is a mountain movie genre-wise and was directed by Leni Riefenstahl. She plays a young woman who's able to climb to the mountain top into a cave where a mysterious blue light is shining due to the crystals in that cave. She was outcast from the village because many young men died climbing up the mountain in an attempt to follow her. She's also believed to be a witch. It's quite a haunting movie and Riefenstahl mastered cinematography and acting beautifully.

[@audrey9561]

Fatih Akin has to be one of my favorite German directors. The way he merges German and Turkish cultures is realistic and intriguing

[@froggo7215]

I love expressionism cinema and I love Haneke movies a looooootttt This series are bomb thanks for these

[@kubricklynch]

No problem! I'm a huge Haneke fan as well.

[@froggo7215]

@Small Mexican Chihuahua sometimes artists say things like this that doesn't make sense

[@froggo7215]

@Small Mexican Chihuahua 😁😁

[@SkinnyEMedia]

My favourite German language film still remains ANGST ESSEN SEELE AUF. SOUL KITCHEN, DIE WELLE, AUS DEM NICHT, DER BAADER MEINHOF KOMPLEX und FUNNY GAMES und DIE FALSCHER (which are Österreichen / Austrian).

[@acdragonrider]

Silent films are pure cinema at least for me

[@danielk934]

You have to better cover cinema of East Germany, for example German Western movies about Indians and cowboys

[@leosharman8630]

No ‘The children of Zoo station’??

[@kubricklynch]

That is Christiane F., which is mentioned.

[@andyfung7878]

china hk next

[@booobbo9]

OOpps

[@cheetahluv210]

What about a beginners guide to Mexican cinema

[@kubricklynch]

I definitely plan to do that at some point!

[@lindanorris2455]

FITZCARRALDO.

[@Ubercoolband]

Gut gemacht. Auch keine schlechte Aussprache!

[@kubricklynch]

Danke! I've been learning a bit of German, but still have a lot to learn.

[@moestrei]

Das Buut, haha

[@Narragorth]

Nosferatu calligaryli fears eats the soul nowhere to afrikq experiment

[@lindanorris2455]

NO MENTIONS EVER MENTIONS DAS WEISSBAND...VERY GERMAN FIM.

[@dd1530]

Hitchcock made his first films in Germany 🙂

[@joyliro8344]

The bast hack is here in inserted johnhack1754

[@reb7855]

you skipped over the best part...

[@joyliro8344]

Really the bast hack johnhack1754 in inserted

[@tulip811]

When I see "Constantin Film" I know the film is cringe