film

• Berlin now a world hub of cinema, with many important Jewish figures being involved, including Josef von Sternberg who directed the most famous Weimar film "the blue anger"
• directors like fritz lang shifting from traditionalism to dystopian styles
• film portrayed urban themes like class issues aaand had political messages such as Kuhle Wampe (1932) which commented on unemployment and inequality
• films like Dr. Caligari (1920) use distortion, lighting, and shadows the convey psychological themes