Screenwriter

Carl Mayer

1919–present1894–1944DramaRomanceHorrorComedy

Chronicler of the Human Condition

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The Screenplays

34 total writing credits

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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

1920

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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

1927

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Full Writing Credits

2005The Cabinet of Dr. CaligariStory6.2 1938PygmalionScript Consultant7.0 1937Dreaming LipsWriter7.0 1936As You Like ItAdaptation5.4 1932Dreaming LipsWriter8.0 1932The Blue LightWriter6.9

About

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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