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Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau was a German film director. He was greatly influenced by Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Shakespeare and Ibsen plays he had seen at the age of 12, and became a friend of director Max Reinhardt. During World War I he served as a company commander at the eastern front and was in the German air force, surviving several crashes without any severe injuries.
Birth Name
Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe
Born
Friday, 28 December 1888
Died
Wednesday, 11 March 1931
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Nosferatu - Ein Film wie ein Vampir | Self | 2022 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses | Self | 2015 |
| Tabu: dernier voyage | Self | 1996 |
| Solang' noch Unter'n Linden | Self | 1958 |
| Sunrise | Dancer | 1927 |
| Der Film Im Film | Himself | 1924 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Nosferatu - Ein Film wie ein Vampir | Self | 2022 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses | Self | 2015 |
| Tabu: dernier voyage | Self | 1996 |
| Solang' noch Unter'n Linden | Self | 1958 |
| Sunrise | Dancer | 1927 |
| Der Film Im Film | Himself | 1924 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Tabu: A Story of the South Seas | 1931 |
| City Girl | 1930 |
| 4 Devils | 1928 |
| Sunrise | 1927 |
| Faust | 1926 |
| Tartuffe | 1925 |
| The Last Laugh | 1924 |
| Finances of the Grand Duke | 1924 |
| Die Austreibung | 1923 |
| Phantom | 1922 |
| The Burning Soil | 1922 |
| Nosferatu | 1922 |
| Marizza | 1922 |
| The Haunted Castle | 1921 |
| Desire | 1921 |
| Journey into the Night | 1921 |
| Evening - Night - Morning | 1920 |
| The Head of Janus | 1920 |
| The Hunchback and the Dancer | 1920 |
| Satanas | 1920 |
| Emerald of Death | 1919 |
Producer Filmography
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