Direction: Robert Wiene
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Robert Wiene. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 51
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920 · Movie · 77 min. · Germany
Direction Robert Wiene
Cast Werner Krauss · Conrad Veidt · Friedrich Feher · Lil Dagover
Synopsis The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) is a German Expressionist silent film that follows Francis as he recounts a haunting tale. In a small German town, the mysterious Dr. Caligari arrives with a somnambulist named Cesare, who awakens only under...
8.1
19K votes
8.1
19K votes
The Hands of Orlac
1924 · Movie · 92 min. · Germany
Direction Robert Wiene
Cast Conrad Veidt · Alexandra Sorina · Fritz Kortner · Carmen Cartellieri
Synopsis After a terrible accident, famous pianist Orlac receives the hands of an executed murderer. The operation is a success, yet Orlac starts to feel his new hands have desires of their own...
6.8
534 votes
6.8
534 votes
Crime and Punishment
1923 · Movie · 135 min. · Germany
Direction Robert Wiene
Cast Gregori Chmara · Elisabeta Skulskaja · Alla Tarasova · Andrei Zhilinsky
Synopsis Student Raskolnikow, who has written an article about laws and crime, proposing the thesis, that un-ordinary people can commit crimes if their actions are necessary for the benifit of mankind, murders an old woman, who operates a crooked loaning house,...
6.6
67 votes
6.6
67 votes
Genuine: A Tale of a Vampire
1920 · Movie · 88 min. · Germany
Direction Robert Wiene
Cast Fern Andra · Albert Bennefeld · Lewis Brody · John Gottowt
6.0
218 votes
6.0
218 votes
Direction Robert Wiene
Cast Bruno Decarli · Bernhard Goetzke · Mechthildis Thein · Conrad Veidt
5.5
26 votes
5.5
26 votes
Pension Groonen
1925 · Movie · Austria
Direction Robert Wiene
Cast Anton Edthofer · Karl Forest · Nestor Ariany · Claude France
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Countess Kitchenmaid
1918 · Movie · 64 min. · Germany
Direction Robert Wiene
Cast Henny Porten · Heinrich Schroth · Martin Lübbert · Ernst Hofmann
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The Wandering Light
1916 · Movie · 72 min. · Germany
Direction Robert Wiene
Cast Theodor Becker · Bruno Decarli · Henny Porten · Emil Rameau
Synopsis A Count marries a woman who come to wrongly believe that he is mad.
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Veilchen Nr. 4
1917 · Movie · 53 min. · Germany
Direction Conrad Wiene · Robert Wiene
Cast Otto Gebühr · Marie Grimm-Einödshofer · Käthe Haack · Arnold Rieck
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Der Rosenkavalier
1925 · Movie · 105 min. · Austria
Direction Robert Wiene
Cast Michael Bohnen · Huguette Duflos · Paul Hartmann · Jaque Catelain
Synopsis On January 10, 1926, fifteen years after the premiere of the opera “Der Rosenkavalier”, a second Rosenkavalier premiere was staged in the Sächsische Staatsoper in Dresden, Germany: this time it was a film, accompanied by Richard Strauss’s opera music –...
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The Queen's Secretary
1916 · Movie · Germany
Direction Robert Wiene
Cast Alexander Antalffy · Käthe Dorsch · Guido Herzfeld · Margarete Kupfer
Synopsis A young Queen secretly marries the commander of her bodyguard, but things are complicated when his ex-lover arrives with a touring opera company.
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Polizeiakte 909
1933 · Movie · 81 min. · Germany
Direction Robert Wiene
Cast Liane Haid · Viktor de Kowa · Valery Inkijinoff · Veit Harlan
Synopsis About a group of Japenese living in Paris and planning a terrorist act against the French government. Liane Haid, a nightclub singer, falls in love with Inkijinov and leaves her boyfriend de Kowa. She steals an important document, de Kowa...
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Life Is a Dream
1916 · Movie · Germany
Direction Conrad Wiene · Robert Wiene
Cast Bruno Decarli · Emil Jannings · Emil Rameau · Alexander Antalffy
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Steadfast Benjamin
1917 · Movie · 73 min. · Germany
Direction Robert Wiene
Cast Arnold Rieck · Guido Herzfeld · Martha Altenberg · Magda Madeleine
Synopsis After inheriting a large sum of money, a shoe store worker has to continue in his job due to his ten-year contract, but lives the high life each night.
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Direction Robert Wiene · Robert Siodmak
Cast Erich von Stroheim · Abel Jacquin · Bernard Lancret · Dita Parlo
Synopsis About the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the beginning of the First World War. Focuses on the relationship between a Serbian officer and his Austrian-born wife and their involvement in espionage between the countries.
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The Queen of Moulin Rouge
1926 · Movie · Austria
Direction Robert Wiene
Cast Mady Christians · André Roanne · Livio Pavanelli · Ly Josyanne
Synopsis A young Prince in Paris for his education, inherits the throne when his father abdicates. But a clause in the constitution states that the new King needs to be sworn in by noon the following day or he will forfeit...
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The Weapons of Youth (S)
1913 · Movie · Germany
Direction Friedrich Müller · Robert Wiene
Cast Gertrud Gräbner · Curt Maler · Hans Staufen · Conrad Wiene
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The Amateur Adventure
1928 · Movie · Germany
Direction Robert Wiene
Cast Lili Damita · Georg Alexander · Fred Solm · Félix de Pomés
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The Queen's Love Letter
1917 · Movie · 48 min. · Germany
Direction Robert Wiene
Cast Rudolf Biebrach · Paul Biensfeldt · Henny Porten · Frida Richard
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The Night of Queen Isabeau
1920 · Movie · 50 min. · Germany
Direction Robert Wiene
Cast Fern Andra · Fritz Kortner · Hans Heinrich von Twardowski · Elsa Wagner
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