Kammerspielfilm is a type of German film that offers an intimate, cinematic portrait of lower middle class life.
[1][2] The name derives from a theater, the Kammerspiele, opened in 1906 by a major stage director Max Reinhardt to stage intimate dramas for small audiences.
[3] Kammerspielfilme (the plural form) formed a German film movement of the 1920s silent film period that was developed around the same time as the more commonly known Expressionist movement in cinema.
[4] It is characterised by its focus on character psychology and its lack of intricate set design.
Also, unlike Expressionist films, Kammerspielfilme seldom used intertitles to narrate the story.