Robert Wiene

Robert Wiene

Birth : 1873-04-25, Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]

Death : 1938-07-17

History

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. Following the Nazi rise to power in Germany, Wiene fled into exile.

Profile

Robert Wiene

Movies

Kitsune
Thanks
A man trapped in purgatory must come face to face with his own demons.
Ultimatum
Producer
About the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the beginning of the First World War. Focuses on the relationship between a Serbian officer and his Austrian-born wife and their involvement in espionage between the countries.
Ultimatum
Director
About the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the beginning of the First World War. Focuses on the relationship between a Serbian officer and his Austrian-born wife and their involvement in espionage between the countries.
Eine Nacht in Venedig
Writer
Eine Nacht in Venedig
Director
Polizeiakte 909
Producer
Polizeiakte 909
Writer
Polizeiakte 909
Director
Panic in Chicago
Director
Chicago gangsters use cunning and a series of false identities in a violent battle for dominance, all while attempting to dodge the police.
Eight Days of Happiness
Director
Musical about a girl typist who leaves Berlin for Venice after winning a contest. A rich bachelor pretending to be poor takes a job with her and competes for her affections with a count and a tenor.
Venice nights
Director
Prosecutor Hallers
Producer
Simultaneously filmed French version of the German film Der Andere: A strict legal official,in a variation of the Jekyll and Hyde plot, turns into a criminal at night.
Prosecutor Hallers
Adaptation
Simultaneously filmed French version of the German film Der Andere: A strict legal official,in a variation of the Jekyll and Hyde plot, turns into a criminal at night.
Prosecutor Hallers
Director
Simultaneously filmed French version of the German film Der Andere: A strict legal official,in a variation of the Jekyll and Hyde plot, turns into a criminal at night.
The Other
Director
The Other (Der Andere) is a psychological drama based on the popular Jekyll and Hyde theme.
Unfug der Liebe
Director
Leontines Ehemänner
Director
The Woman on the Rack
Director
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
The Amateur Adventure
Director
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Die berühmte Frau
Director
Die Geliebte
Director
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Die Königin von Moulin Rouge
Executive Producer
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Die Königin von Moulin Rouge
Director
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
The Guardsman
Director
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
The Knight of the Rose
Writer
The story: While her husband is becoming famous in the war, the marshal of Werdenberg's wife consoles herself in the arms of the youngster Octavian and tries to arrange the love affairs of her cousin, the baron Ochs, by presenting him to young Sophie. This baron is taken with her and the Marschallin proposes Octavian to be his "Rosenkavalier" in order to present the traditional silver rose to his fiancée. But youngsters are youngsters and sex hormones hold sway over the whole world so for that reason immediately Octavian and Sophie fall in love with each other…
The Knight of the Rose
Director
The story: While her husband is becoming famous in the war, the marshal of Werdenberg's wife consoles herself in the arms of the youngster Octavian and tries to arrange the love affairs of her cousin, the baron Ochs, by presenting him to young Sophie. This baron is taken with her and the Marschallin proposes Octavian to be his "Rosenkavalier" in order to present the traditional silver rose to his fiancée. But youngsters are youngsters and sex hormones hold sway over the whole world so for that reason immediately Octavian and Sophie fall in love with each other…
Boarding House Groonen
Director
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
The Hands of Orlac
Director
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.
The Film in the Film
Himself
The only surviving excerpt of a documentary on film production in Weimar Germany, featuring the different personalities of several famous directors of the era at work on the set including Fritz Lang, Robert Wiene, and E.A. Dupont.
Die Macht der Finsternis
Writer
Highly theatrical version of Tolstoy's play.
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
Editor
From the director of Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, this is the Passion embedded in a contemporary story. An anarchist jailed for an attempted assassination is told the Passion story by the prison chaplain.
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
Writer
From the director of Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, this is the Passion embedded in a contemporary story. An anarchist jailed for an attempted assassination is told the Passion story by the prison chaplain.
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
Director
From the director of Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, this is the Passion embedded in a contemporary story. An anarchist jailed for an attempted assassination is told the Passion story by the prison chaplain.
The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning
Producer
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning
Director
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Crime and Punishment
Writer
Student Raskolnikow, who has written an article about laws and crime, proposing the thesis, that un-ordinary people can commit crimes if their actions are necessary for the benifit of mankind, murders an old woman, who operates a crooked loaning house, as well as her sister, who made the mistake of visiting her at the wrong time. He is suspected of the crime, but somebody else confesses to the murder.
Crime and Punishment
Director
Student Raskolnikow, who has written an article about laws and crime, proposing the thesis, that un-ordinary people can commit crimes if their actions are necessary for the benifit of mankind, murders an old woman, who operates a crooked loaning house, as well as her sister, who made the mistake of visiting her at the wrong time. He is suspected of the crime, but somebody else confesses to the murder.
Die höllische Macht
Director
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Das Abenteuer des Dr. Kircheisen
Writer
Playing with fire
Director
A method actress likes living out the roles she is playing in real life. To prepare for her new play, she enters the criminal underworld and ends up being implicated in a burglary of a Duke who is one of her suitors. The film was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film received a generally positive reception from critics, although some were doubtful about the blending of farce and tragedy.
Die Rache einer Frau
Writer
"A Woman's Revenge" - In order to punish her cold, brutal aristocratic husband for murdering her lover, a woman becomes a common prostitute to shame him.
Die Rache einer Frau
Director
"A Woman's Revenge" - In order to punish her cold, brutal aristocratic husband for murdering her lover, a woman becomes a common prostitute to shame him.
The Night of Queen Isabeau
Screenplay
The film depicts the marriage between the mad Charles VI of France and his wife Queen Isabeau.
The Night of Queen Isabeau
Director
The film depicts the marriage between the mad Charles VI of France and his wife Queen Isabeau.
Das Blut der Ahnen
Writer
Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 2. Teil: Die verbotene Stadt
Writer
In Calcutta, McAllan meets the beautiful Indian woman Malatti, with whom he immediately falls in love. The engineer quickly neglects his professional obligations and follows her. After some complications, the two of them finally get closer at her home, even if Malatti's father Badhama rejects this connection. Badhama only agrees to the planned marriage when he learns how wealthy this white man must be. After some time, McAllan returns to his large construction site, where things are going haywire. Many workers die in an explosion, and McAllan is now liable with his fortune. As a result, the engineer, who became impoverished overnight, suddenly becomes uninteresting for Malatti's father as a son-in-law, especially since with a solvent Japanese man who offers a lot of money for his daughter's hand,
Die Jagd nach dem Tode - 1. Teil
Screenplay
The American engineer McAllan is appointed site manager for a major project in Asia. He is to oversee the branch line of the railway line from Calcutta to Beijing. One day, the railway company in question called him to Calcutta for an interview: they were planning to stop running the branch line for cost reasons. However, McAllan is passionate about the project and uses all his powers of persuasion not to just call off construction. In fact, the construction work will continue, and the engineer is even willing to vouch for it with his private fortune.
Panic in the House of Ardon
Director
A silent movie by Rober Wiene.
Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire
Director
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. After turning down a wealthy patron's offer to buy the picture, Percy falls asleep while reading stories of Genuine's life. Genuine comes to life from the painting and escapes. The film's sets were designed by the Expressionist painter César Klein.
Die drei Tänze der Mary Wilford
Writer
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Die drei Tänze der Mary Wilford
Director
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen
Director
a slient movie by Robert Wiene
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Director
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.
Satanas
Writer
A lost film. Only 40 seconds survive today.
Monika Vogelsang
Writer
Ein gefährliches Spiel
Writer
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Ein gefährliches Spiel
Director
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Die beiden Gatten der Frau Ruth
Writer
her sport
Writer
Her Sport is a 1919 German silent comedy film directed by Rudolf Biebrach and starring Henny Porten, Georg H. Schnell and Hermann Thimig. A man-hating young woman tries to break up her friend's new marriage, but while in the Alps she meets her own ideal man.
Irrungen
Writer
Die Hindernisehe
Writer
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Die Hindernisehe
Director
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Der verführte Heilige
Writer
a slient movie by Robert Wiene
Der verführte Heilige
Director
a slient movie by Robert Wiene
Die Dame, der Teufel und die Probiermamsell
Screenplay
Die Heimkehr des Odysseus
Writer
Agnes Arnau und ihre drei Freier
Writer
Das Geschlecht derer von Ringwall
Writer
Auf Probe gestellt
Screenplay
Countess Kitchenmaid
Writer
Henny Porten plays the dual role of a rather indecorous Countess and her kitchen maid Karoline Blum, an amateur actress.
The Giant's Fist
Writer
Veilchen Nr. 4
Director
a silent movie
Gefangene Seele
Writer
Die Prinzessin von Neutralien
Writer
Billionaire's daughter Ethel Vandergolt has rejected so many lovers that they set up a club to get revenge on her.
Der Liebesbrief der Königin
Writer
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Der Liebesbrief der Königin
Director
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Der standhafte Benjamin
Writer
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Der standhafte Benjamin
Director
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Fear
Writer
A millionaire steals an ancient idol causing some natives call upon him a terrible curse.
Fear
Director
A millionaire steals an ancient idol causing some natives call upon him a terrible curse.
Die Ehe der Luise Rohrbach
Writer
Der wandernde Blumentopf
Director
a silent movie by Rober Wiene
Lehmann's Honeymoon
Writer
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Lehmann's Honeymoon
Director
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
The Robber Bride
Writer
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
The Robber Bride
Director
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Das wandernde Licht
Writer
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Das wandernde Licht
Director
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Der Schirm mit dem Schwan
Writer
Frau Eva
Writer
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Frau Eva
Director
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
The Queen's Secretary
Writer
A silent movie by Robert Wiene.
The Queen's Secretary
Director
A silent movie by Robert Wiene.
Life is a Dream
Screenplay
A silent movie by Robert Wiene
Life is a Dream
Director
A silent movie by Robert Wiene
The Man in the Mirror
Writer
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
The Man in the Mirror
Director
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Der springende Hirsch
Writer
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Der springende Hirsch
Director
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Die Konservenbraut
Director
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Arme Maria
Writer
Lotteken's Campaign
Writer
a silent movie by Bruno Ziener
Dear Eva
Director
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
Die Waffen der Jugend
Writer
Die Waffen der Jugend
Director