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Line 1: {{~~trope~~Useful Notes}} {{quote\|''Germany was having trouble, what a sad, sad story...''}} \|''[[The Producers]]''}} If you're ever on ''[[QI]]'' and [[Stephen Fry]] asks you what Germany was called in 1930 (he hasn't done it yet, but it's bound to come up at some point), don't say "The Weimar Republic". That name is an invention of historians and was not used at the time (like [[The Bonn Republic]]). The correct term is "Deutsches Reich" (German Realm). Weimar (so called because that's where the constitution was written - Berlin remained the capital <ref>but when the constitution was made, there was too much unrest there (again), so the delegates, fearing for their lives, moved to the much-quieter city of Weimar</ref>) was the government that ran Germany from the end of [[World War I]] until [[Those Wacky Nazis]] gained power. Ironically Friedrich Ebert, the chief founder and first president of the Weimar Republic had not wanted to establish a republic at all. Though a social democrat, he was also a monarchist and wanted to keep the Hohenzollerns (albeit reduced to figurehead status as in Britain); the declaration of the republic was only a desperate move by a member of his cabinet to stop the communists declaring one instead. Technically, it failed in that - the Communists declared a Council Republic a few hours later. Very few people cared about the second declaration. After that there was no going back, even if the monarchists wished so. Line 21 ⟶ 22: Mostly, though people was just concerned with economical hardships and crushed national pride, and manipulating these two sore points was what allowed Nazis to eventually gain control over the society. ~~----~~ == Films made in this era ==▼ ▲== {{examples\|Films made in this era ==:}} * ''[[The Blue Angel]]'' * ''[[The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari]]'' Line 31 ⟶ 32: * ''[[Nosferatu]]'' == {{examples\|Works of fiction set in this era ==:}} * The musical and movie ''[[Cabaret]]'' takes place during this time. The rise of the Nazis helps lead to a {{spoiler\|[[Downer Ending]]}}. * ''[[The Tin Drum]]'' is partially set in this era, though it also covers [[World War Two]] and the [[West Germany\|aftermath]]. * "Ich Erinnere Mich an die Weimarer Republik", a song by [[~~The World Inferno Friendship Society\|~~The World/Inferno Friendship Society]], told from the point of view of [[Peter Lorre]] and other German exiles. * The part of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)\|Fullmetal Alchemist]]: [[The Movie\|Conqueror of Shamballa]]'' which takes place in our world is mostly in this era; in fact, the Munich Beer Putsch occurs on-screen during the events of the film. * ''[[Shadow of the Vampire]]'', a movie that mythologizes the production of ''Nosferatu''. The movie fairly quickly switches locations from Germany to Czechoslovakia, however.