Historical TurnsHistorical Turns reassesses Weimar cinema in light of the "crisis of historicism" widely diagnosed by German philosophers in the early twentieth century. Through bold new analyses of five legendary works of German silent cinemaThe Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Destiny, Rhythm 21, The Holy Mountain, and MetropolisNicholas Baer argues that films of the Weimar Republic lent vivid expression to the crisis of historical thinking. With their experiments in