Carl Mayer | |
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 Carl Mayer (c. 1920s) | |
| Born | 20 November 1894 |
| Died | 1 July 1944 (aged 49) London, England |
| Resting place | Highgate Cemetery, London |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1919–1940 |
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Carl Mayer (20 November 1894 – 1 July 1944) was an Austrian screenwriter who 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.