Friedrich Feher (born Friedrich Weiß, 16 March 1889 – 30 September 1950) was an Austrian actor 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'' (german: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari) is a 1920 German silent horror film, directed by Robert Wiene and written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer. Considered the quintessential work of German Expressionist cinema, ...

'' (1920). He directed ''The House Without Windows'' that same year (based on a book by Thea von Harbou), in which his art directors mimicked the Expressionist set designs of ''Caligari''; it is now considered a lost film. 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 ''The Robber Bride'' is a Margaret Atwood novel first published by McClelland and Stewart in 1993. Plot summary Set in present-day Toronto, Ontario, the novel is about three women and their history with old friend and nemesis, Zenia. Roz, Cha ...

'' (1916, Short) * '' Lebenswogen'' (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) - Franzis * ''

The Three Dances of Mary Wilford ''The Three Dances of Mary Wilford'' (German: ''Die drei Tänze der Mary Wilford'') is a 1920 German silent drama film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Friedrich Feher, Erika Glässner and Ludwig Hartau. It is apparently a sequel to Direct ...

'' (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'' (1923) * '' Der Rosenkavalier'' (1926) - Valzacchi * '' Ihr Junge'' (1931) - Michowski * '' Jive Junction'' (1943) - Frederick Feher (final film role) Director * '' Diamonds'' (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 ''Confessions of a Monk'' (German: ''Die Memoiren eines Mönchs'') is a 1922 Austrian Silent film, silent Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Friedrich Feher and starring Magda Sonja, Max Neufeld and Friedrich Feher.Lo ...

'' (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'' by Mikhail Petrovich Artzybashev. Cast * ...

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

Haunted People ''Haunted People'' (german: Gehetzte Menschen) 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 on location ...

'' (1932) * '' The Robber Symphony'' (1936)

Bibliography

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

References

External links

* 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 {{Austria-actor-stub