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Carl Mayer
Screenwriter·Austria-Hungary [now Austria]·1894–1944
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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- 1
- 1 production
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- 1920
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Filmography
| Production | Year | Role | Format | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari | 1920 | Screenwriter | — |
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