Robert Wiene  

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Robert Wiene (27 April 1873 – 17 July 1938) was a film director of the silent era of German cinema. He is particularly known for directing the German silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and a succession of other expressionist films. Wiene also directed a variety of other films of varying styles and genres. Following the Nazi rise to power in Germany, Wiene, who was of Jewish descent, fled into exile.

He also directed The Hands of Orlac (1924).

Director

• 1912 Die Waffen der Jugend (The Weapons of Youth) {probably co-director of Friedrich Müller}
• 1914 Er rechts, sie links (He This Way, She That Way)
• 1915 Die Konservenbraut (The Canned Bride)
• 1915 Der springende Hirsch oder Die Diebe von Günsterburg (The Leaping Stag) (directed together with Walter Turszinsky)
• 1916 Höhen und Tiefen (Highs and Lows) {Short film}
• 1916 Frau Eva (Mrs. Eva)
• 1916 Der Liebesbrief der Königin (The Queen's Love Letter)
• 1916 Der Sekretär der Königin (The Queen's Secretary)
• 1916 Das wandernde Licht (The Wandering Light)
• 1916 Die Räuberbraut (The Robber Bride)
• 1916 Der Mann im Spiegel (The Man in the Mirror)
• 1916 Lehmanns Brautfahrt (Lehmann's Honeymoon)
• 1917 Das Leben ein Traum (Life Is a Dream)
• 1917 Der standhafte Benjamin (Steadfast Benjamin)
• 1917 Veilchen Nr. 4 (Violet no. 4) {probably director}
• 1917 Furcht (Fear)
• 1920 Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari)
• 1920 Die drei Tänze der Mary Wilford (The Three Dances of Mary Wilford)
• 1920 Genuine (Genuine)
• 1920 Die Nacht der Königin Isabeau (The Night of Queen Isabeau)
• 1920 Der Schrecken im Hause Ardon (Panic in the House of Ardon)
• 1921 Die Rache einer Frau (A Woman's Revenge)
• 1922 Die höllische Macht (The Infernal Power)
• 1923 Raskolnikow (Raskolnikow)
• 1923 Der Puppenmacher von Kiang-Ning (The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning)
• 1923 I.N.R.I. (I.N.R.I.)
• 1924 Orlac’s Hände (The Hands of Orlac)
• 1924 Pension Groonen (Boarding House Groonen)
• 1925 Der Leibgardist (= Der Gardeoffizier) (The Guardsman)
• 1926 Der Rosenkavalier (Der Rosenkavalier)
• 1926 Die Königin vom Moulin Rouge (The Queen of Moulin Rouge)
• 1927 Die Geliebte (The Mistress)
• 1927 Die berühmte Frau (The Famous Woman)
• 1928 Die Frau auf der Folter (The Woman on the Rack)
• 1928 Leontines Ehemänner (Leontine's Husbands)
• 1928 Die grosse Abenteuerin (The Great Adventuress)
• 1928 Unfug der Liebe (Folly of Love)
• 1930 Der Andere (The Other)
• 1930 Le procureur Hallers (The Prosecutor Hallers)
• 1931 Nuits de Venise (co-director Pierre Billon)
• 1931 Der Liebesexpress (The Love Express)
• 1931 Panik in Chicago (Panic in Chicago)
• 1933 Polizeiakte 909 (= Taifun) (Typhoon)
• 1934 Eine Nacht in Venedig (One Night in Venice)
• 1938 Ultimatum (Ultimatum) {finished after his death by Robert Siodmak)

Writer

• The Weapons of Youth (1913)
• The Marriage of Luise Rohrbach (1917)
• Frank Hansen's Fortune (1917)
• Imprisoned Soul (1917)
• The Princess of Neutralia (1917)
• Countess Kitchenmaid (1918)
• The Blue Lantern (1918)
• The Ringwall Family (1918)
• Put to the Test (1918)
• Precious Stones (1918)
• The Lady, the Devil and the Model (1918)
• Agnes Arnau and Her Three Suitors (1918)
• The Homecoming of Odysseus (1918)
• Her Sport (1919)
• The Man of Action (1919)
• Victim of Society (1919)
• A Drive into the Blue (1919)
• The Living Dead (1919)
• Ruth's Two Husbands (1919)
• Diamonds (1920)
• Monika Vogelsang (1920)
• The Adventure of Doctor Kircheisen (1921)
• The Power of Darkness (1924)
• The Guardsman (1925)
• Strauss Is Playing Today (1928)
• Typhoon (1933)