Carl Mayer

British-German screenwriter (1894-1944)

Carl Mayer was an Austrian screenwriter. Mayer wrote or co-wrote the screenplays to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (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.

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 13 films (1919–1977) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 5 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1919	The cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Germany, 1919) :	The abduction of Jane director, Robert Wiene ; screenplay, Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer.	11	16mm	B&W	silent
1921	Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire	Hans Heinrich von Twardowski; Ernst Gronau; Carl Mayer; Harald Paulsen; Robert Wiene; Fern Andra
1921	Hintertreppe	Henny Porten-Film GmbH	0:40:00	16mm	B&W	silent
1921	Hintertreppe.	Henny Porten-Film	50 min	16mm	B&W
1921	The Haunted Castle	F. W. Murnau	69		B&W
1922	Vanina oder Die Galgenhochzeit	Paul Hartmann; Stendhal; Paul Wegener; Carl Mayer; Albrecht Viktor Blum; Arthur von Gerlach; Asta Nielsen
1923	Erdgeist	Gustav Rickelt; Carl Ebert; Carl Mayer; Frank Wedekind; Leopold Jessner; Albert Bassermann; Asta Nielsen
1924	The Last Laugh	F. W. Murnau	90		B&W
1925	Tartuffe	West Glen Communications	74 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1931	ARIANE.	Blue Ribbon Photoplays Inc.	9 reels		B&W
1932	The Blue Light	Béla Balázs, Leni Riefenstahl	80 min		B&W
1976	The last laugh (Germany, 1924), the drunken sequence	UFA ; producer, Erich Pommer ; director, F.W. Murnau ; screenplay, Carl Mayer.	17	16mm	B&W	silent
1977	Das cabinet des Dr. Caligari	Berkeley Films presents ; produced by Decla-Bioscop ; director, Robert Wiene ; scriptwriters, Carl Mayer, Hans Janowitz.	76	16mm	B&W	silent