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Carl Mayer
Writing
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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 32
TMDB ID: 2792
IMDb ID: nm0562346
Known for: Writing
Born: November 20, 1894
Died: July 1, 1944
Age: 49
Place of birth: Graz, Styria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1919 - 2005
Years active: 87
Average TMDB rating: 6.96
Wikidata: Q78758
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Writer (17)Screenplay (9)Adaptation (1)Dialogue (1)Idea (1)Scenario Writer (1)Script Consultant (1)Story (1)
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.
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Screenplay
The Last Laugh
1924 • Movie
Screenplay
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920 • Movie
Writer
Dreaming Lips
1932 • Movie
Screenplay
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 • Movie
Writer
Ariane
1931 • Movie
Writer
The Dreamy Mouth
1932 • Movie
Screenplay
Ariane, Russian Maid
1932 • Movie
Writer
The Blue Light
1932 • Movie
Writer
Fräulein Else
1929 • Movie
Writer
Johannes Goth
1920 • Movie
Writer
Backstairs
1921 • Movie
Script Consultant
Pygmalion
1938 • Movie
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Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Carl Mayer.
Story
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
2005 • Movie
Script Consultant
Pygmalion
1938 • Movie
Writer
Dreaming Lips
1937 • Movie
Adaptation
As You Like It
1936 • Movie
Writer
The Dreamy Mouth
1932 • Movie
Writer
Dreaming Lips
1932 • Movie
Writer
The Blue Light
1932 • Movie
Screenplay
Ariane, Russian Maid
1932 • Movie
Writer
Ariane
1931 • Movie
Dialogue
The Man Who Committed the Murder
1931 • Movie
Writer
Storm Over Mont Blanc
1930 • Movie
Writer
Fräulein Else
1929 • Movie
Scenario Writer
4 Devils
1928 • Movie
Screenplay
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 • Movie
Idea
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
1927 • Movie
Writer
Tartuffe
1926 • Movie