Carl Mayer
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For other people named Carl Mayer, see Carl Mayer (disambiguation).
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 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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Born | (1894-11-20)November 20, 1894 |
Died | July 1, 1944(1944-07-01) (aged 49) London, England |
Resting place | Highgate Cemetery, London |
Occupation | Screenwriter |
Years active | 1919–1940 |
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