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.
Filmography
all 36
Movies 36
Writer 33
Screenplay 1
Script Consultant
Pygmalion (1939)
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Screenplay
Ariane, Russian Maid (1932)
Movie
Writer
Ariane (1931)
Movie
Writer
4 Devils (1928)
Movie
Writer
Tartuffe (1926)
Movie
Writer
Earth Spirit (1923)
Movie
Writer
The Street (1923)
Movie
Writer
Vanina (1922)
Movie
Writer
Backstairs (1921)
Movie
Writer
Torgus (1921)
Movie
Writer
Shattered (1921)
Movie
Writer
Danton (1921)
Movie
Writer
Der Dummkopf (1921)
Movie
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1894-11-20
Deathday1944-07-01 (49 years old)
Birth PlaceGraz, Styria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
CitizenshipsGerman Empire, United Kingdom, Austria
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