FILM DIRECTOR

Robert Wiene

1873 - 1938

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Robert Wiene (German: [ˈviːnə]; 27 April 1873 – 17 July 1938) was a German film director, screenwriter and producer, active during the silent era. He is widely-known for directing the landmark 1920 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Wiene is the 236th most popular film director (down from 221st in 2019), the 290th most popular biography from Poland (down from 268th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Polish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Robert Wiene ranks 236 out of 2,041. Before him are Julien Duvivier, Ryan Murphy, Richard Donner, Věra Chytilová, Yılmaz Güney, and Michael Cacoyannis. After him are John Schlesinger, Otto Preminger, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Ruggero Deodato, Franklin J. Schaffner, and Nicholas Ray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Robert Wiene ranks 44. Before him are Christian Rakovsky, Ivanoe Bonomi, Tullio Levi-Civita, Charles Péguy, Hayim Nahman Bialik, and Constantin Carathéodory. After him are Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, Eliel Saarinen, Arnold van Gennep, Max Adler, Jakob Wassermann, and Hugo Simberg. Among people deceased in 1938, Robert Wiene ranks 52. Before him are Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Andrej Hlinka, Nikolay Krestinsky, Yakov Yurovsky, Harvey S. Firestone, and William Henry Pickering. After him are Reginald Johnston, Yevhen Konovalets, Alfonsina Storni, Ernst vom Rath, César Vallejo, and Alexandru Averescu.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Robert Wiene ranks 290 out of 1,694. Before him are Stanisława Walasiewicz (1911), Adam Czerniaków (1880), David Seymour (1911), Mieczysław Weinberg (1919), Victor Klemperer (1881), and Leopold Infeld (1898). After him are Edward Gierek (1913), Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński (1776), Erich Fellgiebel (1886), Gunderic (379), Albert Barillé (1920), and Bolesław II the Generous (1041).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Poland

Among film directors born in Poland, Robert Wiene ranks 9. Before him are Andrzej Wajda (1926), Dziga Vertov (1896), Fred Zinnemann (1907), Jerzy Grotowski (1933), Agnieszka Holland (1948), and Jerzy Skolimowski (1938). After him are Jean Epstein (1897), Jerzy Stuhr (1947), Krzysztof Zanussi (1939), Walerian Borowczyk (1923), Paweł Pawlikowski (1957), and Jerzy Hoffman (1932).

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