Robert Heymann (1879–1946) was a German screenwriter and film director active during the silent era. He began as a playwright in 1901 and also wrote novels. He worked with the

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-based production company Luna Film. For them he directed the four-part '' Satan's Memoirs'', the second most expensive German film made during the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

. The 1931 film '' Panic in Chicago'' was adapted from his novel of the same title.Jung & Schatzberg p.222 Of

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heritage he had to leave Germany following the

Nazi Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in ...

takeover.

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1918) * '' Cain'' (1918) * '' Victim of Society'' (1919) * '' The Secret of the Scaffold'' (1919) * '' The Black Forest Girl'' (1920) * ''

The Haunting of Castle Kitay ''The Haunting of Castle Kitay'' (German: ''Spuk auf Schloß Kitay'') is a 1920 German silent drama film directed by Paul Legband and featuring Georg H. Schnell, Gustav Adolf Semler and Kurt Gerron. It marked the start of Gerron's career in feat ...

'' (1920) * '' Colonel Chabert'' (1920) * ''

The Deerslayer and Chingachgook ''The Deerslayer and Chingachgook'' (german: Der Wildtöter und Chingachgook) is the feature-length first part of the two-part 1920 German silent Western film ''Lederstrumpf'' (''Leatherstocking''), directed by Arthur Wellin and featuring Bela L ...

'' (1920) * ''

The Last of the Mohicans ''The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757'' is a historical romance written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1826. It is the second book of the ''Leatherstocking Tales'' pentalogy and the best known to contemporary audiences. '' The Pathfinder ...

'' (1920) * ''

Circus People ''Circus People'' (German: ''Die vom Zirkus'') is a 1922 German silent drama film directed by William Kahn and starring Anita Berber, Charles Willy Kayser and Eduard von Winterstein.Grange p.119 The film's sets were designed by the art direc ...

'' (1922) * '' In the Ecstasy of Billions'' (1922) * '' Time Is Money'' (1923) * '' The Emperor's Old Clothes'' (1923) * ''

The Blame ''The Blame'' (german: Die Schuld) is a 1924 German silent film directed by Josef Berger.Gerhard Lamprecht. ''Deutsche Stummfilme, Volume 8'' p. 405 The film's art direction was by Karl Machus Karl Machus (1884–1944) was a German art direc ...

'' (1924) * ''

The Tragedy of the Dishonoured ''The Tragedy of the Dishonoured'' (german: Die Tragödie der Entehrten) is a 1924 German silent film directed by Josef Berger and starring Cläre Lotto, Albert Steinrück, and Clementine Plessner.Gerhard Lamprecht. ''Deutsche Stummfilme, Volum ...

'' (1924)

References

Bibliography

* Giesen, Rolf. ''The Nosferatu Story: The Seminal Horror Film, Its Predecessors and Its Enduring Legacy''. McFarland, 2019. * Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. ''Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene''. Berghahn Books, 1999.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heymann, Robert 1879 births 1946 deaths German screenwriters German film directors Film people from Munich German Jews People who emigrated to escape Nazism de:Robert Heymann