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Born1894-11-20
BirthplaceGraz, Styria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Carl Mayer
Writing
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.
Filmography
Production & Directing (35)
2005
6.2
1938
PygmalionScript Consultant
7.0
1937
Dreaming LipsWriter
7.0
1936
As You Like ItAdaptation
5.4
1932
The Dreamy MouthWriter
4.5
1932
Dreaming LipsWriter
8.0
1932
The Blue LightWriter
6.9
1932
Ariane, Russian MaidScreenplay
4.8
1931
ArianeWriter
5.7
1931
The Man Who Committed the MurderDialogue
5.8
1930
Storm Over Mont BlancWriter
6.6
1929
Fräulein ElseWriter
6.9
1928
4 DevilsScenario Writer
7.6
1927
Sunrise: A Song of Two HumansScreenplay
7.8
1927
7.5
1926
TartuffeWriter
7.2
1924
The Last LaughScreenplay
7.8
1924
New Year's EveWriter
5.8
1923
8.0
1923
Earth SpiritWriter
6.0
1922
VaninaWriter
5.2
1921
BackstairsWriter
6.2
1921
TorgusScreenplay
5.4
1921
Nights of TerrorScreenplay
6.5
1921
ShatteredWriter
5.6
1921
DantonScreenplay
6.5
1921
DantonDramaturgy
6.5
1921
The Haunted CastleScreenplay
6.3
1921
Journey into the NightWriter
6.1
1921
Der DummkopfScreenplay
9.0
1920
5.5
1920
The Hunchback and the DancerScreenplay
7.0
1920
Johannes GothWriter
10.0
1920
The Cabinet of Dr. CaligariScreenplay
7.9
1919
Die Frau im KäfigWriter
7.0