The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, 100 years ! (4)

Robert Wiene, the director

Here are three of the most important figures behind Dr Caligari:

Robert Wiene (1873-1938) was a film director of the silent era of German cinema. He is known for directing several expressionist films, but he also directed films in other styles.

Carl Mayer, the screenplay

Carl Mayer (1894 -1944), born en Graz, Austria, wrote or co-wrote the screenplays to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) and Der Letzte Mann (1924) among other films.

Erich Pommer, the producer

Erich Pommer (1889 – 1966) was a film producer and executive, perhaps the most powerful person in the German and European Film Industries in the 1920s and early 1930s. The list of films in which he was involved is revealing : The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922), Die Nibelungen (1924), Der Letzte Mann / The Last Laugh (1924), Faust (1926), Metropolis (1927) and The Blue Angel (1930). He later worked in the U.S. before returning to Germany to help rebuild the film industry after World War II.

Interior of the Marmorhaus theatre

Premier of Caligari in France

Last minute: 

Dozens of 100-Year-Old Photos From the Making of ‘Dr. Caligari’ Go Up For Auction:

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