Robert Wiene

April 25, 1873 – July 17, 1938

Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]

Robert Wiene was a film director of the German silent cinema. He is particularly known for directing the German silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and a succession of other expressionist films. Wiene also directed a variety of other films of varying styles and genres. Following the Nazi rise to power in Germany, Wiene fled into exile.