Robert Wiene

Biodata

Place of Birth:

Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]

Date of Birth:

4/25/1873

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.