 This article deals primarily with developments in German Expressionist cinema before and immediately after World War I.Among the first Expressionist films, "The Student of Prague" (1913), "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (1920), "From Morn to Midnight" (1920), "" (1920), "Destiny" (1921), "Nosferatu" (1922), "Phantom" (1922), and "Schatten" (1923) were highly symbolic and stylized.The German Expressionist movement was initially confined to Germany due to the isolation the country experienced during World War I.