Carl Mayer

British-German screenwriter (1894-1944)

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La Reine des fées
Tractatus de vulneribus pectoris penetrantibus
Über den Zusammenhang zwischen schwerer Geburt und der Little'schen Erkrankung
Beitrag zur Casuistik des circulären Irreseins
Inaugural-Dissertation über den Keuchhusten

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Graz, Styria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

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…

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Instance of: human
Given name: Carl
Family name: Mayer
Gender: male
Citizenship: German Reich
Place of birth: Graz
Place of death: London
Occupation: screenwriter
Languages spoken: German
Genre: silent film
Image: Carl-mayer.jpg
Work location: Berlin

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place of burial: Highgate Cemetery
date of birth: 1894-11-20
date of death: 1944-07-01
Commons category: Carl Mayer
name in native language: Carl Mayer
cause of death: cancer
manner of death: natural causes
Commons Creator page: Carl Mayer
related category: Category:Films with screenplays by Carl Mayer

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