Paul Leni
German film director (1885-1929) · Germany · On the map · Directors · Died at 44
Paul Leni was a German filmmaker and a key figure in German Expressionism, making Hintertreppe (1921) and Waxworks (1924) in Germany, and The Cat and the Canary (1927), The Chinese Parrot (1927), The Man Who Laughs (1928), and The Last Warning (1928) in the United States.
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The Last WarningFilm, Director
The Man Who LaughsFilm, 1928Director1927
The Cat and the CanaryFilm, Director1925Rebus Film Nr. 3Film, Director
Rebus-Film Nr. 1Film, 1925Director, Writer1924
The Film in the FilmFilm
WaxworksFilm, 1924Director1921
BackstairsFilm, Director1920PatienceFilm, DirectorThe White PeacockFilm, 1920Writer1919
Prinz KuckuckFilm, Director1918
The Diary of Dr. HartFilm, Director
The Mystery of BangaloreFilm, 1918Director, Writer1917
Sleeping BeautyFilm, Director1885Born8 July 1885Known for
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The Man Who Laughs 1928
The Cat and the Canary 1927
Waxworks 1924
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Conrad Veidt Paul directed The Man Who Laughs and Waxworks
William Dieterle Paul directed Waxworks and Hintertreppe
Fritz Kortner Paul directed Hintertreppe (1921)
Harry Liedtke Paul directed The Mystery of Bangalore (1918)
Georg Kaiser Paul directed Dornröschen (1917)
Henny Porten Paul directed Hintertreppe (1921)
Laura La Plante Paul directed The Cat and the Canary (1927)
George Siegmann Paul directed The Cat and the Canary (1927)
Carrie Daumery Paul directed The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Erna Morena Paul directed The Conspiracy in Genoa (1921)
Heinrich Schroth Paul directed Dr. Hart's Diary (1917)
Käthe Dorsch Paul directed Dornröschen (1917)
Käthe Haack Paul directed Dr. Hart's Diary (1917)
Paul Biensfeldt Paul directed Waxworks (1924)
Magnus Stifter Paul directed The Conspiracy in Genoa (1921)
Dagny Servaes Paul directed Dr. Hart's Diary (1917)
Hans Mierendorff Paul directed The Conspiracy in Genoa (1921)
Hermann Picha Paul directed Dornröschen (1917)
Maria Fein Paul directed The Conspiracy in Genoa (1921)
Ernst Hofmann Paul directed Dr. Hart's Diary (1917)
Adolf Klein Paul directed Dr. Hart's Diary (1917)Torben Meyer Paul directed The Last Warning (1929)
Creighton Hale Paul directed The Cat and the Canary (1927)
Cesare Gravina Paul directed The Man Who Laughs (1928)
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