Weimar Germany Republic Culture Cabaret and Nightlife Theatre

Cabaret and Nightlife Weimar cabaret and nightlife was a feature of late 1920s Germany, which has become known for its high living, vibrant urban life and the popularization of new styles of music and dance.

Theatre Provocative Theatre and cabaret flourished Many works had a satirical edge The playwright Erwin Piscator developed the Proletarian Theatre, which produced plays that challenged the values of traditional middle class Another famous playwright of the time was a Marxist called Bertolt Brecht who voiced his communist opinions in his works.

Cinema in the Weimar Republic

Famous Directors Robert Wiene- ‘The cabinet of Dr Caliagri’ Paul Wegener- ‘The Golem: How He Came Into the World’ Fritz Lang- ‘Metropolis’

German Expressionism Symbolism Artistic imagery Shadows WHY: Low budgets (did not need realistic sets) Favoured Horror and crime films (grim post war feeling)

Right Wing Against Cinema Proof of decadent and degenerate nature of Republic. Undermining Traditional German Values

Architecture The Bauhaus Saved time, money, material and space People against because it was very different to pre war architecture Very plain

Painting during the Weimar Period

What was “New objectivity” or “Neue Sachlichkeit”? Artists start depicting everyday life in an attempt to be understood by wider audience Given the name “new objectivity” because it portrays the ordinary in new, objective ways. Famous painters include George Grosz and Otto Dix Otto Dix artist behind Big City

Big City

Effects Many Germans strongly against new styles and ideas coming about Afraid of losing what made their country “German” When the Nazis under Adolf Hitler seized power in 1933, the New Objectivity movement came to an abrupt close Nazis considered it “degenerate art” Many works destroyed