!!!Mayer, Carl

b. Graz (Styria), Feb. 20, 1894, 
d. London (United Kingdom), July 1, 1944, actor, painter, dramatist, 
script writer. At first, dramaturge at the theatre in Innsbruck. From 
1919 one of the most important silent film script writers. He 
emigrated to England in 1932, his advice to many young directors in 
formal and technical aspects (mobile film camera) contributed 
substantially to the development of sound film. Worked in the USA, 
France and Great Britain. The town of Graz awards the C. M. Prize 
for Script Writers, named after him.

!Works
Das Cabinett des Dr. Caligari, 1919 (with F. W. Murnau); 
Hintertreppe, 1921; Sylvester, 1924 (first printed script); Am Ende 
der Welt, 1926; Tartuffe, 1926; Sonnenaufgang, 1927; Berlin. Die 
Symphonie einer Grossstadt, 1927; Ariane, 1931; Der traeumende Mund, 
1932.

!Literature
W. Fritz, Kino in Oesterreich. Der Stummfilm 1896-1930, 
1981; B. Frankfurter (ed.), C. M.: Im Spiegelkabinett des Dr. 
Caligari, 1997.



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