Friedrich Feher (born Friedrich Weiß, 16 March 1889 – 30 September 1950) was an

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and

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. He first entered the film business in 1913, starting out as an actor but quickly gravitated toward directing. He is perhaps best remembered as Francis, the protagonist of ''

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' () is a 1920 German silent horror film directed by Robert Wiene and written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer. The quintessential work of early German Expressionist cinema, it tells the story of an insane hypno ...

'' (1920). He directed ''The House Without Windows'' that same year (based on a book by

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), in which his art directors mimicked the Expressionist set designs of ''Caligari''; it is now considered a

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. Feher died in 1950 in

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at age 61.

Selected filmography

Actor * ''Kabale und Liebe'' (1913) * ''Emilia Galotti'' (1913) - Odoardo * ''Die Räuber'' (1913) - Karl Moor * ''Die Ehe der jungen Felicitas'' (1913) * ''Stürme'' (1913) * ''Die Befreiung der Schweiz und die Sage vom Wilhelm Tell'' (1913) - Hermann Gessler * ''Theodor Körner'' (1914) - Theodor Körner * ''Alexandra'' (1915) - Graf Erwin * '' The Robber Bride'' (1916, Short) * ''

Lebenswogen ''Lebenswogen'' is a 1917 Austro-Hungarian silent film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Wilhelm Klitsch, Liane Haid and Hermann Benke. The term "lebenswogen" translates to "life waves". Cast * Wilhelm Klitsch as Dr. Erwin ...

'' (1917) * ''Das neue Leben'' (1918) * ''Bergblumen'' (1919) - Kunstler Daniel Thom Suhn * ''Pro domo, das Geheimnis einer Nacht'' (1919) * ''Der unsichtbare Gast'' (1919) * ''Wie das Schicksal spielt'' (1920) - Erwin Freiburg * ''

'' (1920) - Francis * '' The Three Dances of Mary Wilford'' (1920) * ''Die tote Stunde'' (1920) * ''Tyrannei des Todes'' (1920) - Toter * ''Die sieben Gesichter'' (1920) * ''Marionetten des Teufels'' (1920) * ''Die rote Hexe'' (1921) * ''Das Haus des Dr. Gaudeamus'' (1921) * ''Die Geburt des Antichrist'' (1922) * ''Die Memoiren eines Mönchs'' (1922) - Oginski * ''

The Tales of Hoffmann ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' (French: ) is an by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier, based on three short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, who is the protagonist of the story. It was Offenbach's final work; he died in ...

'' (1923) * ''

Der Rosenkavalier (''The Knight of the Rose'' or ''The Rose-Bearer''), Op. 59, is a comic opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It is loosely adapted from Louvet de Couvrai's novel ''Les amours du cheva ...

'' (1926) - Valzacchi * '' Ihr Junge'' (1931) - Michowski * '' Jive Junction'' (1943) - Frederick Feher (final film role) Director * ''

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'' (1920) * ''The House Without Windows'' (1920) aka ''Das Haus des Dr. Gaudeamus''Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 223.. * '' Confessions of a Monk'' (1922) * ''

Ssanin ''Ssanin'' is a 1924 Austrian-Polish silent film directed by Friedrich Feher and Boris Nevolin and starring Magda Sonja, Inez Allegri and Oscar Beregi Sr.Boele p.230 It is based on the novel ''Sanin (novel), Sanin'' by Mikhail Petrovich Artzybash ...

'' (1924) * '' Forbidden Love'' (1927) * '' Mary Stuart'' (1927) * '' That Murder in Berlin'' (1929) * '' Když struny lkají'' (1930) * ''

Haunted People ''Haunted People'' () is a 1932 German-Czech drama film directed by Friedrich Feher and starring Magda Sonja, Hans Feher, and Eugen Klöpfer.Goble p. 775 It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin and location shooting, on location in Marseill ...

'' (1932) * ''

The Robber Symphony ''The Robber Symphony'' is a 1936 British musical film directed by Friedrich Feher. Cast * Hans Feher as Giannino * Magda Sonja as Giannino's mother * George Graves as Giannino's grandfather * Michael Martin Harvey as Man with straw hat * ...

'' (1936)

Bibliography

* Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. ''Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene''. Berghahn Books, 1999.

References

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* 1889 births 1950 deaths Austrian Jews Austrian male film actors Austrian film directors Austrian male silent film actors Male actors from Vienna 20th-century Austrian male actors Jewish Austrian film people {{Austria-actor-stub