Robert Wiene
Known for
Directing
Born
April 25, 1873
Birthplace
Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]
Died
July 17, 1938 (aged 65)
Biography
Robert Wiene was a film director of the German silent cinema. He is particularly known for directing the German silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and a succession of other expressionist films. Wiene also directed a variety of other films of varying styles and genres. Following the Nazi rise to power in Germany, Wiene fled into exile.
Best known work
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920
The Hands of Orlac
1924
Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire
1920
Crime and Punishment
1923
Fear
1917
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
1923
The Other
1930
Panic in Chicago
1931
The Knight of the Rose
1925Police File 909
1934Filmography
2016
KitsuneThanks
1938
UltimatumDirector, Producer
1934
Police File 909Director, Writer, Producer
1934
A Night in VeniceDirector, Writer
1934
A Night in VeniceDirector
1933
TyphoonWriter, Director
1931
Panic in ChicagoDirector
1931
The Love ExpressDirector
1931
Venetian NightsDirector
1930
The Prosecutor HallersDirector, Adaptation, Producer
1930
The OtherDirector
1928
Unfug der LiebeDirector
1928
Leontines EhemännerDirector
1928
The Woman on the RackDirector
1928
The Amateur AdventureDirector
1927
Die berühmte FrauDirector
1927
Die GeliebteDirector
1926
Die Königin von Moulin RougeDirector, Executive Producer
1926
The GuardsmanDirector
1925
The Knight of the RoseDirector, Writer
1925
Boarding House GroonenDirector
1924
The Hands of OrlacDirector
1924
The Film in the Filmas Self
1924
Die Macht der FinsternisWriter
1923
I.N.R.I. – A Film of HumanityDirector, Editor, Writer