2 screened german history discussion

1. Please read Erlin’s essay on Murnau’s film Faust (1926) and answer the following two questions: Why were German critics initially so hostile to Murnau’s film Faust (pp. 156-58)? Which contemporary concerns of the Weimar politics and culture does Erlin find reflected in Murnau’s film about medieval Germany (pages 160f. and 170)? No more than 150 hundred words.

2.What political, economical, and cultural circumstances during the 1910s made it possible that the German film industry could grow and expand as well as develop its own stylistic characteristics and preferences? (100-150 words)