Robert Wiene
Directing
April 25, 1873
Died at age 65
July 17, 1938
Date of Death
Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]
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Biography
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.
