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Robert Wiene
Director 1873 - 1938

Robert Wiene

Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]

Robert Wiene was a film director of the German silent cinema. He is particularly known for directing the German silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and a succession of other expressionist films. Wiene also directed a variety of other films of varying styles and genres.... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

5 titles
Orlacs Hände

Orlacs Hände

Robert Wiene 1924 1h 38m 6.5

A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he is horrified to learn they once belonged to a murderer.

Raskolnikow

Raskolnikow

Robert Wiene 1923 2h 22m

Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.

Genuine

Genuine

Robert Wiene 1920 1h 28m

Since completing a portrait of Genuine, a high priestess, Percy becomes irritable and withdrawn. He loses interest in painting and refuses to see his friends, preferring to spend his time alone with the portrait in his study.

Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

Robert Wiene 1920 1h 17m 8.6

Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the mysterious doctor shows the somnambulist Cesare, and awakens him for some moments from his death-like sleep.

Furcht

Furcht

Robert Wiene 1917 1h 13m

A millionaire steals an ancient idol causing some natives call upon him a terrible curse.

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