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Georg Kaiser In 1912, Georg Kaiser wrote the play 'Von morgens bis mitternachts' about a banker who steals a large sum of money for a woman he loves. If the woman rejects his avances, this is the beginning of his demise. The piece was first performed in Munich in 1917. Karlheinz Martin In 1920 Karlheinz Martin made a film of the play. All typical German expressionist elements can be found in this film. The painted decors, the graphic titles, the underexposure, the way of acting and the construction of the story. Robert Wiene After the First World War, Germany was completely destroyed and had to pay the allies a extremely large sum of money. So you can imagine that the last amount of money was spent on the film industry. A problem for filmmakers of then, but as it often happens with creative people, they thought of a solution. When the young Robert Wiene wanted to make a film, he invented a new concept for film. One set where all the decors were to be found an