Robert Wiene

Naissance

25 avril 1873 · Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]

Décès

17 juillet 1938

• Scénariste
• Réalisateur
• Producteur

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.