Leopold Jessner was a noted producer and director of German Expressionist theater and cinema. His first film, Hintertreppe (1921), is considered a major turning point which paved the way for the later German Expressionist experiments of German filmmakers F.W. Murnau, Fritz Lang, and G.W. Pabst.
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About this person
Country
GermanyCategory
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1878 to 1945 · aged 67
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