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Robert Heymann

German film director and screenwriter (1879-1946) · Germany · On the map · Directors · Died at 66

Robert Heymann (1879-1946) was a German screenwriter and film director active during the silent era. He began as a playwright in 1901 and also wrote novels. He worked with the Berlin-based production company Luna Film.

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1946Died23 January 19461931Panic in ChicagoFilm, Writer1924Die Tragödie der EntehrtenFilm, Writer1923Time Is MoneyFilm, Writer1921CocaineFilm, Writer1920DeerslayerFilm, Writer1919Der violette TodFilm, WriterOpfer der GesellschaftFilm, 1919Writer1918Der Fluchbeladene. Die Memoiren des Satans. 3. TeilFilm, Director, WriterDer Sturz der Menschheit. Die Memoiren des Satans. 4. TeilFilm, 1918Director, WriterLola MontezFilm, 1918Director, Writer1917Börse und AdelFilm, WriterDas geborgte LebenFilm, 1917WriterDie Memoiren des Satans. 2. Fanatiker des LebensFilm, 1917Director, Writer1916Die aus dem Jenseits kamFilm, Writer1879Born28 February 1879

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For them he directed the four-part Satan's Memoirs, the second most expensive German film made during the First World War. The 1931 film Panic in Chicago was adapted from his novel of the same title. Of Jewish heritage he had to leave Germany following the Nazi takeover.

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Country
Germany
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1879 to 1946 · aged 66

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