Haunted Screens: German Cinema in the 1920s

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), in collaboration with La Cinémathèque française, presents  Haunted Screens: German Cinema in the 1920s (September 21, 2014–April 26, 2015), an exhibition that explores the height of German Expressionist film history through nearly 250 objects. Augmenting a vast collection of set design drawings—on loan from the Cinémathèque—an array of film clips, photographs, posters, documents, and cameras represent 25 films, 20 artists, and 14 directors. In addition to significant loans from the Cinémathèque, objects featured in Haunted Screens draw from the rich collections of LACMA’s Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Margaret Herrick Library, and Los Angeles-based private collectors. The exhibition is designed by Amy Murphy and Michael Maltzan, with Michael Maltzan Architecture, Inc.

Image credits: 

Otto Hunte, set design drawing for The Nibelungen: The Death of Siegfried (Die Nibelungen:Siegfrieds Tod), 1923, gouache, directed by Fritz Lang, BiFi, collection Cinémathèque française, Paris, photo courtesy Cinémathèque française, France, Paris.

Emil Hasler, set design drawing for The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse),1923, pastel, gouache, and ink wash, directed by Fritz Lang, BiFi, collection Cinémathèque française, Paris, photo courtesy Cinémathèque française, France, Paris.

Walter Röhrig, set design drawing for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Kabinett des Dr. Caligari),1919, directed by Robert Wiene, BiFi, collection Cinémathèque française, Paris, photo courtesy Cinémathèque française, France, Paris.

Otto Erdmann, set design drawing for The Joyless Street (Die Freudlose Gasse), 1923, directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, BiFi, collection Cinémathèque française, Paris, photo courtesy Cinémathèque française, France, Paris.

Exhibition: Haunted Screens: German Cinema in the 1920s On View: September 21, 2014–April 26, 2015 Location: Art of the Americas building, Ground Floor