Movies by Robert Wiene

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the mysterious doctor shows the somnambulist Cesare, and awakens him for some moments from his death-like sleep.

The Hands of Orlac

The Hands of Orlac

A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he is horrified to learn they once belonged to a murderer.

The Guardsman

The Guardsman

a silent movie by Robert Wiene

The Prosecutor Hallers

The Prosecutor Hallers

The simultaneously filmed French language version of the 1930 German film The Other. A psychological drama based on the popular Jekyll and Hyde theme involving a strict legal official.

The Other

The Other

A psychological drama based on the popular Jekyll and Hyde theme involving a strict legal official. The simultaneously filmed French language version of the film is titled The Prosecutor Hallers.

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

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, as well as her sister, who made the mistake of visiting her at the wrong time. He is suspected of the crime, but somebody else confesses to the murder.

The Knight of the Rose

The Knight of the Rose

The story: While her husband is becoming famous in the war, the marshal of Werdenberg's wife consoles herself in the arms of the youngster Octavian and tries to arrange the love affairs of her cousin, the baron Ochs, by presenting him to young Sophie. This baron is taken with her and the Marschallin proposes Octavian to be his "Rosenkavalier" in order to present the traditional silver rose to his fiancée. But youngsters are youngsters and sex hormones hold sway over the whole world so for that reason immediately Octavian and Sophie fall in l...

Life is a Dream

Life is a Dream

A silent movie by Robert Wiene

Die drei Tänze der Mary Wilford

Die drei Tänze der Mary Wilford

a silent movie by Robert Wiene

Panic in the House of Ardon

Panic in the House of Ardon

A silent movie by Rober Wiene.

Frau Eva

Frau Eva

An ambitious wife spends all of her husband's hard-earned money and then commits suicide out of remorse.

Lehmann's Honeymoon

Lehmann's Honeymoon

a silent movie by Robert Wiene

The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning

The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning

a silent movie by Robert Wiene

Die Königin von Moulin Rouge

Die Königin von Moulin Rouge

a silent movie by Robert Wiene

The Night of Queen Isabeau

The Night of Queen Isabeau

The film depicts the marriage between the mad Charles VI of France and his wife Queen Isabeau.

Die Waffen der Jugend

Die Waffen der Jugend