Writing
Carl Mayer
EN, DE, FR cinema · 34 credits
Born
20 November 1894
Died
1 July 1944 (aged 49)
Birthplace
Graz, Styria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
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.
Known for
Filmography
Pygmalion
Script Consultant
As You Like It
Adaptation
Ariane, Russian Maid
Screenplay
Ariane
Writer
4 Devils
Scenario Writer
Tartuffe
Writer
The Last Laugh
Screenplay
Earth Spirit
Writer
Vanina
Writer
Danton
Screenplay, Dramaturgy
The Haunted Castle
Screenplay
Backstairs
Writer
Torgus
Screenplay
Der Dummkopf
1921
Der Dummkopf
Screenplay
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Screenplay
The Hunchback and the Dancer
Screenplay
