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Weimar Germany: 1919–1933

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Germany · 1919–1933 · exact time + place

A culturally vibrant yet politically unstable period — marked by innovation in arts and science, under the shadow of rising extremism. Bauhaus, Brecht, Lang, and cabaret. The button below opens StoryTerra with both Germany and 1919–1933 already set. For the capital see Weimar Berlin.

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10 famous Weimar Germany stories

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Browse 36 books, 28 movies and 1 TV show set in Germany.

Cabaret

Cabaret

Allied Artists Pictures-ABC Pictures
movie

Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force.

Setting: Berlin, GermanyTime Period: 1931
The Last Laugh

The Last Laugh

UFA
movie

An aging doorman after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious Hotel is forced to face the scorn of his friends neighbours and society.

Setting: GermanyTime Period: 1920s
Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa

Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa

SQUARE ENIX-TBS-Aniplex-Nippan Group Holdings-MBS-SKY Perfect Broadcasting-BONES-Shochiku-dentsu
movie

Munich Germany 1923. Two years have passed since Edward Elric was dragged from his own world to ours leaving behind his country his friends and his younger brother Alphonse. Stripped of his alchemical powers he has been…

Setting: Munich, Germany; Fantasy WorldTime Period: 1923; Fantasy: Not known
Pandora's Box

Pandora's Box

Nero-Film AG
movie

Lulu is a young woman so beautiful and alluring that few can resist her siren charms. The men drawn into her web include respectable newspaper publisher Dr. Ludwig Schön his musical producer son Alwa circus performer…

Setting: GermanyTime Period: 1920s
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

Uco-Film GmbH
movie

Dr. Mabuse and his organization of criminals are in the process of completing their latest scheme a theft of information that will allow Mabuse to make huge profits on the stock exchange. Afterwards Mabuse disguises…

Setting: Berlin, GermanyTime Period: 1920s
Babylon Berlin

Babylon Berlin

Hendrik Handloegten,Achim von Borries
tvshow

Beneath the decadence of 1929 Berlin, lies an underworld city of sin. Police investigator Gareon Rath has been transferred from Cologne to the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden Twenties.

Setting: Berlin, GermanyTime Period: 1929
Shadow of the Vampire

Shadow of the Vampire

BBC Films-Saturn Films-Long Shot Pictures-Pilgrim Films
movie

Director F.W. Murnau makes a Faustian pact with a vampire to get him to star in his 1922 film "Nosferatu."

Setting: Slovakia; GermanyTime Period: 1921-1922
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

Deutsche Vereinsfilm AG-Fox Europa Produktion
movie

A train speeds through the country on its way to Berlin then gradually slows down as it pulls into the station. It is very early in the morning about 5:00 AM and the great city is mostly quiet. But before long there are…

Setting: Berlin, GermanyTime Period: 1920s
I and Thou

I and Thou

by Martin Buber, Walter Kaufmann (translator)
book

An alternate cover for this isbn can be found here.Martin Buber's I and Thou has long been acclaimed as a classic. Many prominent writers have acknowledged its influence on their work; students of intellectual history…

Setting: GermanyTime Period: 1923
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

Sommerhaus Filmproduktion-Hugofilm-MIA Film-La Siala Entertainment-Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany
movie

In 1933 in Berlin. Anna is only nine years old when her life changes from the ground up. To escape the Nazis her father Arthur Kemper a well-known Jewish journalist has to flee to Zurich. His family Anna her…

Setting: Berlin, Germany; Zurich, SwitzerlandTime Period: 1933

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