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Carl Mayer

Writing · 1894–1944 · Graz, Styria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Biography

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.

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Filmography

2005The Cabinet of Dr. CaligariStory
1938PygmalionScript Consultant
1937Dreaming LipsWriter
1936As You Like ItAdaptation
1932The Dreamy MouthWriter
1932Dreaming LipsWriter
1932The Blue LightWriter
1932Ariane, Russian MaidScreenplay
1931ArianeWriter
1931The Man Who Committed the MurderDialogue
1930Storm Over Mont BlancWriter
1929Fräulein ElseWriter
19284 DevilsScenario Writer
1927Sunrise: A Song of Two HumansScreenplay
1927Berlin: Symphony of a Great CityIdea
1926TartuffeWriter
1924The Last LaughScreenplay
1924New Year's EveWriter
1923The Doll Maker of Kiang-NingWriter
1923Earth SpiritWriter
1922VaninaWriter
1921BackstairsWriter
1921TorgusScreenplay
1921Nights of TerrorScreenplay
1921ShatteredWriter
1921DantonScreenplay
1921The Haunted CastleScreenplay
1921Journey into the NightWriter
1921Der DummkopfScreenplay
1920Genuine: The Tragedy of a VampireWriter
1920The Hunchback and the DancerScreenplay
1920Johannes GothWriter
1920The Cabinet of Dr. CaligariScreenplay
1919Die Frau im KäfigWriter

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