golden twenties

• Aspects of Weimar Culture in the 'Golden Twenties'

  • Decadence
  • Less censorship than under the Kaiser
  • Creativity
  • Flourishing of the arts & sciences
  • Berlin became the cultural centre of Europe
• Cinema


  • Fritz Lang directed the film Metropolis - technically very advanced
  • Marlene Dietrich became a global star
• Literature


  • People had 120 magazines and newspapers to choose from
  • A German anti-war novel, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque became a best seller
• Bauhaus


  Showed that designs should be modern and practical
• Artists


  • Otto Dix and George Grosz believed that art should show the reality of everyday life