As Director, As Writer
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
1923
5.1
Robert Wiene
Directing
Birth Date
April 25, 1873
Place of Birth
Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]
Date of Death
July 17, 1938
Biography
Robert Wiene was a film director of the German silent cinema. He is particularly known for directing the German silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and a succession of other expressionist films. Wiene also directed a variety of other films of varying styles and genres. Following the Nazi rise to power in Germany, Wiene fled into exile.
