Robert Wiene
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Robert Wiene (November 16, 1880, Dresden, Saxony – June 16, 1938, Paris, France) was a German film director.
His most memorable feature is the 1920 horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
Wiene died ten days before the end of production of his last film, Ultimatum, after having suffered from cancer. The film was finished by Wiene's friend Robert Siodmak. His first foray into film was in 1912 with his screenplay for Die Waffen der Jugend.