Robert Wiene

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Born: 27 April 1873 Died: 16 July 1938

Country of origin: Germany

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Description: Robert Wiene (27 April 1873–16 June 1938) was an important film director of the German silent cinema. Robert Wiene was born in Breslau, as the elder son of the successful theatre actor Carl Wiene. His younger brother Conrad also became an actor, but Robert Wiene at first studied law at the University of Berlin. In 1908 he also started to act, at first in small parts on stage. His first involvement with film was in 1912, writing and directing Die Waffen der Jugend. His most memorable feature films are the 1920 horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Raskolnikow (1923), an adaptation of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punish ... (more)