Carl Mayer
Writing
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.
Known for
Writing34
moviePygmalion
1938
Script Consultant
movieDreaming Lips
1937
Writer
movieAs You Like It
1936
Adaptation
movieDreaming Lips
1932
Writer
movieThe Blue Light
1932
Writer
movieAriane, Russian Maid
1932
Screenplay
movieAriane
1931
Writer
movieFräulein Else
1929
Writer
movie4 Devils
1928
Scenario Writer
movieSunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927
Screenplay
movieTartuffe
1926
Writer
movieThe Last Laugh
1924
Screenplay
movieNew Year's Eve
1924
Writer
movieEarth Spirit
1923
Writer
movieVanina
1922
Writer
movieBackstairs
1921
Writer
movieTorgus
1921
Screenplay
movieDanton
1921
Screenplay
movieThe Haunted Castle
1921
Screenplay
Der Dummkopf
1921
Screenplay
movieThe Hunchback and the Dancer
1920
Screenplay
movieJohannes Goth
1920
Writer
movieThe Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920
Screenplay
Crew1
movieDanton
1921
Dramaturgy