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Robert Wiene

German film director (1873–1938)

0.64body-of-work score · ranked #1254 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
April 27, 1873 · Wrocław
Died
July 17, 1938 · Paris
Nationality
Hungary, Czechoslovakia
Work
film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Robert Wiene
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Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    The Cabinet of Dr. CaligariDas Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 · Germany · silent, horror, crime

    Kurosawa's 100 favorite films · Roger Ebert's Great Movies · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.534 citations
  2. 2
    Crime and PunishmentRaskolnikow

    1923 · Weimar Republic / Germany · silent, drama

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 48 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1913The Weapons of Youth
  • 1914Frau Eva
  • 1915Der springende Hirsch oder Die Diebe von Günstersburg
  • 1915He This Way, She That Way
  • 1915The Canned Bride
  • 1916Höhen und Tiefen
  • 1916Lehmann's Honeymoon
  • 1916The Queen's Love Letter
  • 1916The Queen's Secretary
  • 1916The Robber Bride
  • 1916The Wandering Light
  • 1917Fear
  • 1917Life Is a Dream
  • 1917Steadfast Benjamin
  • 1917The Man in the Mirror
  • 1917Veilchen Nr. 4
  • 1918Countess Kitchenmaid
  • 1920Genuine
  • 1920Panic in the House of Ardon
  • 1920The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
  • 1920The Night of Queen Isabeau
  • 1920The Three Dances of Mary Wilford
  • 1921A Woman's Revenge
  • 1921Playing with Fire
  • 1922The Infernal Power
  • 1923Crime and Punishment
  • 1923I.N.R.I.
  • 1923The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning
  • 1924The Hands of Orlac
  • 1925Boarding House Groonen
  • 1925The Knight of the Rose
  • 1926The Guardsman
  • 1926The Queen of Moulin Rouge
  • 1927The Famous Woman
  • 1927The Mistress
  • 1928Folly of Love
  • 1928Leontine's Husbands
  • 1928The Great Adventuress
  • 1928The Woman on the Rack
  • 1930The Other
  • 1930The Prosecutor Hallers
  • 1931Panic in Chicago
  • 1931The Love Express
  • 1931Venetian Nights
  • 1934A Night in Venice
  • 1934A Night in Venice
  • 1934Typhoon
  • 1938Ultimatum