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Carl Mayer

Writer, Additional Credits
Born November 20, 1894Died July 1, 1944 (49 years)
Carl Mayer (20 November 1894 – 1 July 1944) was an Austrian screenwriter who wrote or co-wrote the screenplays to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), The Head of Janus (1920), The Haunted Castle (1921), Der Letzte Mann (1924), Tartuffe (1926), Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), and 4 Devils (1928), most of them being films directed by F. W. Murnau. Mayer was a fundamental figure in the dramatic and narrative establishment of both German Expressionist cinema and Kammerspielfilm.

Known For

  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
  • Sunrise
  • The Last Laugh
  • Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis
  • Pygmalion
  • Tartuffe
  • Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire
  • The Haunted Castle
  • The Blue Light
  • As You Like It
  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
  • Storm Over Mont Blanc
  • Earth Spirit
  • Ariane, jeune fille russe
  • Dreaming Lips

Filmography

2025
1937
1932
1932
Ariane, jeune fille russe · as Screenplay
1931
1930
1929
1927
Sunrise · as Screenplay
1925
1924
The Last Laugh · as Screenplay
1924
1923
1922
1921
1921
Torgus · as Screenplay
1921
Danton · as Screenplay
1921
1921
The Haunted Castle · as Screenplay
1921
1920
1920
1920
1919

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