Friedrich Feher

Friedrich Feher
Feher in 1920
Born
Friedrich Weiß

(1889-03-16)16 March 1889
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died30 September 1950(1950-09-30) (aged 61)
Stuttgart, West Germany
Other namesFriedrich Fehér
Occupation(s)Actor, director
Years active1913–1950
SpouseMagda Sonja
ChildrenHans Feher

Friedrich Feher (born Friedrich Weiß, 16 March 1889 – 30 September 1950) was an Austrian[1] actor and film director. He first entered the film business in 1913, starting out as an actor but quickly gravitated toward directing.[2]

He is perhaps best remembered as Francis, the protagonist of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920). He directed The House Without Windows that same year (based on a book by Thea von Harbou), in which his art directors mimicked the Expressionist set designs of Caligari; it is now considered a lost film.[3]

Feher died in 1950 in Stuttgart at age 61.

  1. ^ Siegbert Salomon Prawer, Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933, Berghahn Books (2007), p. 211
  2. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 223.ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  3. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 223.ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.