German film also experienced ups and downs over the past few centuries . Germany is a country torn World War II . In 1950 , just after World War II has ended , Germany still paying the consequences. Social and economic status of the country is poor, the country is divided into East and West Germany , which is the main downfall of Germany when . The poor economic status of the country 's film industry to take a toll . The film is being produced , but the German citizens are too engrossed in their own lives , including redress , such as financial and social percent of the population visited a handful of cinema entertainment. This therefore leads to the demise of the industry .
Before World War II , German film lacks story , plot, and even different characters. However , after the war , things changed. Despite the economic situation in the country is not yet stable , a group of young filmmakers is the art of Alexander Kluge , Edgar Reitz , Peter Franz Josef Spieker Chamonix and come together to form an alliance . Their plan was simply to upgrade from the old way of German movies and creating and presenting a new, fresh art form film to the audience. They actively declared " Der alte Film IST Tottenham World Investment Report glauben den Neuen ," which is German for "old cinema is dead and we believe that in the new movie ." They do so , and officially on February 28, 1962 , which states that the same issue of the Declaration of Oberhausen . Soon, other young upcoming filmmakers have similar ideas and beliefs to join this group . Some of them are沃尔克施隆多夫, Werner Herzog , Jean - Marie Straub , Wim Wenders , Werner Schroeter and Hans - Jurgen Syberberg and Law Si Binde ( the " marriage of Maria Braun " director ) . This is how the German film industry began to take a different route.