Robert Wiene

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
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920
The Hands of Orlac
The Hands of Orlac
1924
Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire
Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire
1920
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
1923
Fear
Fear
1917
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
1923
The Other
The Other
1930
Panic in Chicago
Panic in Chicago
1931
The Knight of the Rose
The Knight of the Rose
1925
Police File 909
Police File 909
1934

Filmography

  1. 2016

    Kitsune

    Thanks

  2. 1938

    Ultimatum

    Director, Producer

  3. 1934

    Police File 909

    Director, Writer, Producer

  4. 1934

    A Night in Venice

    Director, Writer

  5. 1934

  6. 1933

    Typhoon

    Writer, Director

  7. 1931

  8. 1931

  9. 1931

  10. 1930

    The Prosecutor Hallers

    Director, Adaptation, Producer

  11. 1930

    The Other

    Director

  12. 1928

  13. 1928

  14. 1928

  15. 1928

  16. 1927

  17. 1927

    Die Geliebte

    Director

  18. 1926

    Die Königin von Moulin Rouge

    Director, Executive Producer

  19. 1926

  20. 1925

    The Knight of the Rose

    Director, Writer

  21. 1925

  22. 1924

  23. 1924

  24. 1924

  25. 1923

    I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity

    Director, Editor, Writer

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