Carl Mayer
Austrian screenwriter · Austria · On the map · Writers · Lived 1894 to 1944 · aged 49
Carl Mayer was an Austrian screenwriter. Mayer wrote or co-wrote the screenplays to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (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.
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F. W. Murnau Directed The Hunchback and the Dancer (1920)
Erich Pommer Produced Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire (1920)
Lupu Pick Directed Der Dummkopf and Nights of Terror
Paul Czinner Directed Fräulein Else and Ariane
Werner Krauss Carl wrote Tartuffe (1925)
Robert Wiene Directed Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire (1920)
Elisabeth Bergner Carl wrote As You Like It and Dreaming Lips- Leopold Jessner Directed Backstairs and Earth Spirit
Rudolf Meinert Produced Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire (1920)
Harry R. Sokal Produced Storm Over Mont Blanc (1930)
Leni Riefenstahl Directed The Blue Light (1932)
Emil Jannings Also in Danton and The Last Laugh
Conrad Veidt Carl wrote Journey into the Night (1921)
Henny Porten Produced Backstairs (1921)
Fritz Kortner Also in Backstairs and Danton
Julius Falkenstein Carl wrote The Haunted Castle and Earth Spirit
Adele Sandrock Also in Nights of Terror and Torgus
John Gottowt Also in Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire (1920)
Rosa Valetti Carl wrote Tartuffe and The Blockhead
Eugen Klöpfer Carl wrote Die Straße and New Year's EveAsta Nielsen Carl wrote Earth Spirit (1923)
Mathias Wieman Carl wrote Storm over Mont Blanc (1930)
Max Adalbert Carl wrote The Blockhead (1921)
Frida Richard Carl wrote New Year's Eve and The Blockhead
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About this person
Mayer was a fundamental figure in the dramatic and narrative establishment of both German expressionist cinema and Kammerspielfilm.
Country
Austria
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1894 to 1944 · aged 49
