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Carl Mayer

Writer · 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.

Wrote 31

2000s

2005
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Story
53

1930s

1938
Pygmalion
Script Consultant
82
1937
Dreaming Lips
Writer
1936
As You Like It
Adaptation
47
1932
The Dreamy Mouth
Writer
Dreaming Lips
Writer
The Blue Light
Writer
Ariane, Russian Maid
Screenplay
1931
Ariane
Writer
The Man Who Committed the Murder
Dialogue
1930
Storm Over Mont Blanc
Writer

1920s

1929
Fräulein Else
Writer
1928
4 Devils
Scenario Writer
1927
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Screenplay
87
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
Idea
78
1926
Tartuffe
Writer
1924
The Last Laugh
Screenplay
85
New Year's Eve
Writer
1923
Earth Spirit
Writer
1922
Vanina
Writer
1921
Backstairs
Writer
Torgus
Screenplay
Nights of Terror
Screenplay
Danton
Screenplay
The Haunted Castle
Screenplay
56
Journey into the Night
Writer
1920
Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire
Writer
The Hunchback and the Dancer
Screenplay
Johannes Goth
Writer
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Screenplay
84

1910s

1919
Die Frau im Käfig
Writer

Other crew 1

1920s

1921
Danton
Dramaturgy