Robert Wiene

Expanding the boundaries of visual narrative in the early days of cinema, Robert Wiene was born in 1873 in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), and was active in the film industry from 1913 until his death in 1938. He primarily worked in the expressionist genre, directing masterpieces such as "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (1920) and "Raskolnikow" (1923), although he did not receive any major awards. Wiene's authorial style is characterized by his innovative and surreal set designs, and his use of shadows and exaggerated camera angles that became a trademark of German expressionist cinema. From the heart, Robert Wiene was a visionary, his haunting and unconventional storytelling pushing the boundaries of cinema and forever etching his name in the annals of film history.