Writer

Carl Mayer

1894 – 1944
Active years (films on this site)
1920–1927
Genres
RomanceDramaFantasyHorror
Schools and movements
German ExpressionismHorror and the Uncanny

Directors worked with

F.W. Murnau2 filmsRobert Wiene1 film

Biography

Carl Mayer was an Austrian screenwriter. Mayer wrote or co-wrote the screenplays to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (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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3 films on this site

  1. Genuine 1920 · Robert Wiene · IMDb 5.9 · Writer
  2. The Last Laugh 1924 · F.W. Murnau · IMDb 8.0 · Writer
  3. Sunrise 1927 · F.W. Murnau · IMDb 8.1 · Writer