Beyond Caligari The Films of Robert Wiene
by Jung Uli
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Berghahn, 1999. Hardcover . Very Good. 238 pp. His most memorable feature films are the 1920 horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Raskolnikow (1923), an adaptation of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, both of which had a deep influence on the German cinema of that time.After Hitler took power in Germany, Wiene left Berlin, and went first to Budapest, where he directed One Night in Venice (1934), later to London, and finally to Paris where together with Jean Cocteau he tried to produce a sound remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Wiene died in Paris ten days before the end of production of a spy film, Ultimatum, after having suffered from cancer. The film was finished by Wiene's friend Robert Siodmak. This documentary account of the work of a leading director and scriptwriter of German silent films provides a detailed examination of the films he made during the various periods of his career with background information on his life.'.
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- Title
- Beyond Caligari The Films of Robert Wiene
- Author
- Jung Uli
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- Publisher
- Berghahn
- Date Published
- 1999
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