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Carl Mayer

Born November 20, 1894 in Graz, Styria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Died July 1, 1944

5 films

Carl Mayer (20 November 1894 – 1 July 1944) was an Austrian screenwriter who wrote or co-wrote the screenplays to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), The Head of Janus (1920), The Haunted Castle (1921), Der Letzte Mann (1924), Tartuffe (1926), Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), and 4 Devils (1928), most of them being films directed by F. W. Murnau. Mayer was a fundamental figure in the dramatic and narrative establishment of both German Expressionist cinema and Kammerspielfilm.

Filmography 5

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) movie poster
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans1927
Tartuffe (1926) movie poster
Tartuffe1926
The Last Laugh (1924) movie poster
The Last Laugh1924
The Haunted Castle (1921) movie poster
The Haunted Castle1921
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) movie poster
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari1920