Robert Reinert (born 22 April 1872 in Vienna; died 30 August 1928 in Berlin) was a German film director and screenwriter. Born in

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

, he moved to

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

around 1900. He wrote several novels, including "Der Weg zur Sonne" (1906) and "Krieg" (1907). His successful script for the film ''

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'' (1916) led him to direct several films, most notably ''Opium'' and ''Nerven''. ''Nerven'' opened in Munich in 1919. People were hospitalized after watching the movie and one woman, after seeing it, woke up one night, went out on the street in her nightshirt and screamed "Now I am going to die! Now I am going to die!" About ''Nerven'', one recent critic wrote "''Nerven'' is a disorienting, highly experimental work. Released in 1919, before ''

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' () is a 1920 German silent horror film directed by Robert Wiene and written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer. The quintessential work of early German Expressionist cinema, it tells the story of an insane hypno ...

'' (early 1920), it might have become a prototype of

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cinema if it had been widely seen." Reinert married actress Thea Steinbrecher in 1921. Reinert's films were not a commercial success, and in 1925 he got a job with UFA, where he worked until his death of a heart attack in 1928.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1916) * '' The Path of Death'' (1917) * '' When the Dead Speak'' (1917) * ''Ahasver'', 1. Teil (1917) * ''Ahasver'', 3. Teil: ''Das Gespenst der Vergangenheit'' (1917) * ''Ahasver'', 2. Teil (1917) * ''Der Herr der Welt'' (1918) * '' Nerven'' (1919) * ''

Opium Opium (also known as poppy tears, or Lachryma papaveris) is the dried latex obtained from the seed Capsule (fruit), capsules of the opium poppy ''Papaver somniferum''. Approximately 12 percent of opium is made up of the analgesic alkaloid mor ...

'' (1919) * ''

A Dying Nation ''A Dying Nation'' or ''Dying Peoples'' () is a 1922 German silent historical drama film directed by Robert Reinert and starring Paul Wegener, Otto Gebühr, and Fritz Kortner. It was released in two parts ''Heimat in Not'' and ''Brennendes Meer ...

'' (1922, 2 parts) * ''

The Four Last Seconds of Quidam Uhl ''The Four Last Seconds of Quidam Uhl'' () is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Robert Reinert and starring Carl de Vogt, Helena Makowska and John Mylong. The film was not a success on its release.Bordwell p. 266 Cast * Carl de Vogt ...

'' (1924) * ''

Countess Ironing-Maid ''Countess Ironing-Maid'' (German: ''Gräfin Plättmamsell'') is a 1926 German silent comedy film directed by Constantin J. David and starring Ossi Oswalda, Curt Bois, and Robert Garrison.Bock & Bergfelder p.353 The film's sets were designed ...

'' (1926) * '' The Bordellos of Algiers'' (1927) * ''

Eva and the Grasshopper ''Eva and the Grasshopper'' (German: ''Jugendrausch'') is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Georg Asagaroff and Wladyslaw Starewicz and starring Camilla Horn, Gustav Fröhlich, and Warwick Ward.Krautz p. 361 It was shot at the Tempelh ...

'' (1927) * '' Die Todesschleife'' (1928) (

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) * ''

The Mysterious Mirror ''The Mysterious Mirror'' (), aka ''The Mystic Mirror'' is a 1928 German silent fantasy film directed by Carl Hoffmann and Richard Teschner, and starring Fee Malten, Fritz Rasp and Rina De Liguoro. The film was about a magic mirror which allow ...

'' (1928)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reinert, Robert Film people from Munich 1928 deaths 1872 births