Born in 1881, he was a fo
Born in 1881, he was a former stage actor and director before entering German cinema in 1914 as a screenwriter. Within months he began getting directing assignments, but after one big success his films were largely mediocre, causing historians to re-evaluate his importance. After the Nazi takeover, he emigrated to Paris, where he died in 1938 in the midst of shooting his last film, "Ultimatum." For ten points, name this director who likely would have spent his life in obscurity were it not for a 1919 expressionist cinematic smash hit, "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari."
Born in 1881, he was a former stage actor and director before entering German cinema in 1914 as a screenwriter.
Robert Wiene