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Robert Wiene

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.

  • Known ForDirecting
  • Born25 April 1873 (age 152)
  • Place of BirthBreslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]

Robert Wiene

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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.

  • Known ForDirecting
  • Born25 April 1873 (age 152)
  • Place of BirthBreslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]
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