Spies (Fritz Lang)

Question 1

Who is the film director?

Answer 1

Fritz Lang

Question 2

What year was the film made?

Answer 2

1928

Question 3

What is the Weimar Republic?

Answer 3

German Government from 1919 to 1933
It started political turmoil and violence, economic hardship but also new social freedoms and vibrant artistic movements such as silent cinema

Question 4

Name Three Characters

Answer 4

Haghi
Kitty
Massimoto

Question 5

What paper is this topic?

Answer 5

Component 2 Paper 2

Question 6

What was the silent period?

Answer 6

It was when filmmakers started to develop film narrative and film form by communicating more effectively through purely visual means

Question 7

What is the name of the brothers who invented the Cinematographe?

Answer 7

Lumiere brothers who gave birth to the big screen

Question 8

Expressionist aesthetics

Answer 8

Multimodal communication to express ideas (themes and messages expressed by different characters and objects)

The sets are bold and geometric

Distorted, exaggerated and clashing

Chiaroscuro lighting creates extreme contrast of light and dark

Use of a shadows sometimes painted on the set

Heavy use of mirrors, reflections and glass

Dark and Synister urban worlds

Question 9

Themes included

Answer 9

Spy/action 
Surveillance 
Disguise 
Mystery 
Suspense 
Sex