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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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Total trailers found: 34
02 February 1937
Dreaming Lips was lovingly assembled by filmmaker Paul Czinner as an "ideal" vehicle for his popular actress wife Elizabeth Bergner.
01 November 1923
a silent movie by Robert Wiene
22 February 1923
When the old, wealthy Doctor Schön takes Lulu under his wing, he has no idea that she will be his certain death.
23 January 1931
The story is about Conrad Veidt as military attache in Turkey where he learns to know an English consul (Heinrich George) and his attractive wife who is treated badly.
07 January 1921
An overly trusting young man inherits the fortune of his great uncle and his scheming relatives plot to get their hands on the money.
27 February 1920
Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through.
23 December 1924
An aging doorman, after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel, is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbours and society.
25 December 1930
Hannes is employed at the Mont Blanc Observatory; the only outside connection is a pilot and Hella over the radio.
04 November 1927
A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.
03 October 1928
Four orphans, raised by an aging clown, becomes a high wire act in a circus. Lost film.
03 May 1921
At the height of Reign of Terror Maximilien Robespierre orchestrates the trial and execution of several of his fellow leading French revolutionaries including Georges Danton.
07 April 1921
The sinister Count Oetsch scandalizes the aristocratic social gathering at Castle Vogelod as he announces his intention to "crash" the festivities.
27 May 1921
The everyday lives of a poverty-stricken railway trackman, his wife and daughter in a remote, isolated house in a winter landscape.
06 October 1938
When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet.
23 September 1927
A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides an insight into the living and working conditions at that time.
02 September 1936
Film version of Shakespeare's comedy of a young woman who disguises herself as a man to win the attention of the one she loves.
12 September 1932
The young Gaby is happily married to the musician Peter but cannot ignore the impression that his friend Michael, a violin virtuoso, makes on her.
07 March 1929
While staying with her aunt at a fashionable spa, Else receives an unexpected telegram from her mother, begging her to save her father from debtor’s jail.
26 February 1932
Arianne, a young Russian maid living in France, meets a man twice her age she falls in love with.
25 January 1926
A young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's play "Tartuffe" in order to expose the old man's hypocritical governess who covets the young man's inheritance.
09 February 1931
Ariane was Hungarian director Paul Czinner's first talking picture. Starring in the title role is Czinner's charming wife, Elizabeth Bergner, likewise making her talkie debut.
22 October 2005
Remake of Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920). Shot entirely on green screen. Some exact shots from the 1920 film were superimposed to properly replicate the original.
20 October 1932
The story begins at a concert during which Beethoven's Concerto in D major for violin and orchestra is performed.
21 January 1921
Dr. Egil Börne, an eminent physician, comes under the spell of an unscrupulous cabaret dancer and deserts his fiancée.
24 March 1932
As sole female Junta is the only one who can climb a dangerous mountain, villagers deem her as a witch.
02 September 1920
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.
08 July 1920
Wilton, a hunchback, who was always scorned and ridiculed by women, returns from Java a rich man after having discovered a diamond mine.
25 August 1921
The young Evelyne lives with a man, her fiancee Frank, with whom she has a child. But her fiancee is a rundown drunk constantly hanging over the bottle.
11 December 1921
In a poor neighborhood of a big city, a crippled mailman is in love with a maid who lives in his building.
05 October 1922
Vanina loves rebel leader Octavio, who gets caught. He gets a pardon and marries Vanina. When he is captured again, Vanina helps him to escape prison.
20 October 1921
John, a young man raised by his aunt, is in love with Anna, a servant girl who is going to have his baby.
03 January 1924
A man must choose between his mother and his wife as the rivalry ratchets up throughout New Year's Eve.
