During the Great War (WWI) and in its aftermath many German artists like George Grosz, Emil Nolde and Otto Dix became politically involved. This film uses their art and their own words to explore that volatile period in Germany. The Weimar Republic, established between the end of World War I and the Nazi rise to power, was a thriving laboratory of art and culture. As the country experienced unprecedented and often tumultuous social, economic, and political upheaval, many artists rejected Expressionism in favor of a new realism to capture this emerging society.
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