Arthur Robison
Arthur Robison (born June 25, 1883 in Chicago , Illinois , † October 20, 1935 in Berlin ) was a German film director and screenwriter .
Life
Arthur Robison was the son of a German-American. He studied medicine in Munich and then worked as a stage actor in Germany and Switzerland. In 1914 he began working as a film writer. He made his directorial debut in 1916 with The Neighbor Woman .
Among his most important contributions to German film that both the counts Expressionism and the Chamber movie zuzählende plant shade from the year 1923. The without intertitles film produced was developed in close collaboration with cinematographer Fritz Arno Wagner and film designer Albin Grau ; Robison stands for the expressive actor leadership.
In 1927 he directed The Last Waltz , Parufamet's first production . In 1929 he filmed The Informer by Liam O'Flaherty and then worked in Hollywood for MGM . From 1933 Robison was filming for UFA again in Germany . Arthur Robison died two months after filming The Student from Prague ended . He also wrote the script for many of his films.
Filmography
- 1916: The neighbor's wife
- 1916: Nights of horror
- 1923: Shadow - A nocturnal hallucination
- 1923: Between evening and morning
- 1925: Pietro, the corsair
- 1926: Manon Lescaut
- 1927: The last waltz
- 1928: Looping the Loop
- 1929: The Night After The Betrayal (The Informer)
- 1931: Mary Dugan murder trial
- 1933: The young Dessauer's great love
- 1934: Prince Woronzeff
- 1935: make me happy
- 1935: The student from Prague
literature
- Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 6: N - R. Mary Nolan - Meg Ryan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 583.
Web links
- Arthur Robison in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Arthur Robison at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ according to the large personal dictionary of films and Billy H. Doyle: The Ultimate Directory of Film Technicians (Lanham, Maryland, London 1999), p. 225, as well as various other US sources (including Variety obituary of November 6, 1935, P. 63), who give Robison's age at the time of his death as 52 years. Older sources name the year "1888"
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Robison, Arthur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 25, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 20, 1935 |
| Place of death | Berlin , German Empire |