Robert Heymann (1879–1946) was a German
screenwriter and
film director active during the
silent era. He began as a
playwright in 1901 and also wrote novels. He worked with the
Berlin
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-based production company Luna Film. For them he directed the four-part ''
Satan's Memoirs'', the second most expensive German film made during the
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fig ...
. The 1931 film ''
Panic in Chicago
''Panic in Chicago'' (german: Panik in Chicago) is a 1931 German crime film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Olga Tschechowa, Hans Rehmann and Ferdinand Hart. It was based on the novel ''Panic in Chicago'' by the German writer Robert Hey ...
'' was adapted from his novel of the same title.
[Jung & Schatzberg p.222] Of
Jewish
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
heritage he had to leave Germany following the
Nazi takeover.
Selected filmography
* ''
Lola Montez'' (1918)
* ''
Cain'' (1918)
* ''
Victim of Society
''Victim of Society'' (German: ''Opfer der Gesellschaft'') is a 1919 German silent drama film directed by Willy Grunwald and starring Conrad Veidt and Kurt Brenkendorf.Jung & Schatzberg p.204 Originally shot in 1918, the film was not released unt ...
'' (1919)
* ''
The Secret of the Scaffold
''The Secret of the Scaffold'' (German: ''Das Geheimnis des Schafotts'') is a 1919 German silent historical drama film directed by Eugen Burg.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Mathieu Oostermann.
Main cast
* Eugen Burg
* Oskar M ...
'' (1919)
* ''
The Black Forest Girl'' (1920)
* ''
The Haunting of Castle Kitay'' (1920)
* ''
Colonel Chabert'' (1920)
* ''
The Deerslayer and Chingachgook'' (1920)
* ''
The Last of the Mohicans'' (1920)
* ''
Circus People'' (1922)
* ''
In the Ecstasy of Billions'' (1922)
* ''
Time Is Money'' (1923)
* ''
The Emperor's Old Clothes'' (1923)
* ''
The Blame'' (1924)
* ''
The Tragedy of the Dishonoured'' (1924)
References
Bibliography
* Giesen, Rolf. ''The Nosferatu Story: The Seminal Horror Film, Its Predecessors and Its Enduring Legacy''. McFarland, 2019.
* Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. ''Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene''. Berghahn Books, 1999.
External links
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1879 births
1946 deaths
German screenwriters
German film directors
Film people from Munich
German Jews
People who emigrated to escape Nazism
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