Carl Mayer

Writer· 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.

Filmography

11 credits across 1 departments.

Year	Title	Role	Type
1932	The Blue Light	Writer	Film
1931	Ariane	Writer	Film
1930	Storm Over Mont Blanc	Writer	Film
1929	Fräulein Else	Writer	Film
1926	Tartuffe	Writer	Film
1924	New Year's Eve	Writer	Film
1922	Vanina	Writer	Film
1921	Backstairs	Writer	Film
1921	Journey into the Night	Writer	Film
1921	Shattered	Writer	Film
1920	Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire	Writer	Film

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