Beyond Caligari : The films of Robert Wiene

Originally published in German, this monograph marks the first substantial biographical portrait of Wiene. More than that, through the provocative and prolific career of Wiene, a wider view of fantasy production in the Weimar Republic is revealed, enabing the reader to better appreciate the complex shapes of Weimar cinema, its inimitable blend of modernism and mass culture, of avantgarde enterprise and generic production.