Robert Reinert (born 22 April 1872 in Vienna; died 30 August 1928 in Berlin) was a

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director and screenwriter. Born in

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, he moved to

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around 1900. He wrote several novels, including "Der Weg zur Sonne" (1906) and "Krieg" (1907). His successful script for the film ''

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'' (1916) led him to direct several films, most notably ''Opium'' and ''Nerven''. ''Nerven'' opened in Munich in 1919. People were hospitalized after watching the movie and one woman, after seeing it, woke up one night, went out on the street in her nightshirt and screamed "Now I am going to die! Now I am going to die!" About ''Nerven'', one recent critic wrote "''Nerven'' is a disorienting, highly experimental work. Released in 1919, before ''

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, ...

'' (early 1920), it might have become a prototype of

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cinema if it had been widely seen." Reinert married actress Thea Steinbrecher in 1921. Reinert's films were not a commercial success, and in 1925 he got a job with

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, where he worked until his death of a heart attack in 1928.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1916) * ''

The Path of Death ''The Path of Death'' (German: ''Der Weg des Todes'') is a 1917 German silent drama film directed by Robert Reinert and starring Maria Carmi, Carl de Vogt and Conrad Veidt. It marked the screen debut of Veidt.Bock & Bergfelder p.497 The film wa ...

'' (1917) * '' When the Dead Speak'' (1917) * ''Ahasver'', 1. Teil (1917) * ''Ahasver'', 3. Teil: ''Das Gespenst der Vergangenheit'' (1917) * ''Ahasver'', 2. Teil (1917) * ''Der Herr der Welt'' (1918) * '' Nerven'' (1919) * ''

Opium Opium (or poppy tears, scientific name: ''Lachryma papaveris'') is dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the opium poppy ''Papaver somniferum''. Approximately 12 percent of opium is made up of the analgesic alkaloid morphine, which i ...

'' (1919) * ''

A Dying Nation ''A Dying Nation'' or ''Dying Peoples'' (german: Sterbende Völker) is a 1922 German silent historical drama film directed by Robert Reinert and starring Paul Wegener, Otto Gebühr, and Fritz Kortner. It was released in two parts ''Heimat in No ...

'' (1922, 2 parts) * ''

The Four Last Seconds of Quidam Uhl ''The Four Last Seconds of Quidam Uhl'' (german: Die vier letzten Sekunden des Quidam Uhl) is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Robert Reinert and starring Carl de Vogt, Helena Makowska and John Mylong. The film was not a success on i ...

'' (1924) * ''

Countess Ironing-Maid ''Countess Ironing-Maid'' (German: ''Gräfin Plättmamsell'') is a 1926 German silent comedy film directed by Constantin J. David and starring Ossi Oswalda, Curt Bois, and Robert Garrison.Bock & Bergfelder p.353 The film's sets were designed ...

'' (1926) * ''

The Bordellos of Algiers ''The Bordellos of Algiers'' (german: Die Frauengasse von Algier) is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Wolfgang Hoffmann-Harnisch and starring Maria Jacobini, Camilla Horn and Warwick Ward. The film was shot on location in North Afri ...

'' (1927) * ''

Eva and the Grasshopper ''Eva and the Grasshopper'' (German: ''Jugendrausch'') is a 1927 German silent film directed by Georg Asagaroff and Wladyslaw Starewicz and starring Camilla Horn, Gustav Fröhlich, and Warwick Ward.Krautz p. 361 The film's art direction was by ...

'' (1927) * '' Die Todesschleife'' (1928) (

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) * ''

The Mysterious Mirror ''The Mysterious Mirror'' (german: Der geheimnisvolle Spiegel), aka ''The Mystic Mirror'' is a 1928 Cinema of Germany, German silent film, silent fantasy film directed by Carl Hoffmann and Richard Teschner, and starring Fee Malten, Fritz Rasp and ...

'' (1928)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reinert, Robert Film people from Munich 1928 deaths 1872 births