Robert Reinert

Robert Reinert (born April 22, 1872 in Vienna , † August 30, 1928 in Berlin ) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter .

Life

Reinert moved to Munich around 1900 . He wrote several scripts, including The Road to the Sun (1906) and War (1907).

His screenplay for Homunculus (1916) was a great success, and other works, particularly Opium und Nerven , followed. The film Nerven, which premiered in Munich in 1919, had an enormous impact on the audience. Under the fresh impressions of the last World War I and because of the current acute social and economic problems of the population, many viewers collapsed during the film showing and had to be hospitalized. Even after the screening, there were scenes of desperation among the audience, so that the film was finally banned.

Reinert, who was an important representative of German Expressionism , was hired by the UFA in 1925 , where he worked as an employee until his death. However, commercial success was denied him.

Reinert was married to the actress Thea Steinbrecher in the 1920s . He had shot the film Dying Peoples with her in 1921/22 .

Filmography (selection)

• 1915: The ghost seer
• 1915: The mysterious wanderer
• 1916: The junk dealer from Prague
• 1916: The miracle of the Madonna
• 1916: The Hradschin's magic lamp
• 1916: Homunculus
• 1916: The way of death
• 1917: Ahasver
• 1917: Princess Wolkowska's lace shawl
• 1917: When the dead speak
• 1919: opium
• 1919: nerves
• 1928: The death loop

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Article ( Memento of the original from August 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the Süddeutsche Zeitung on August 4, 2008. 
2. ↑ entry on davidbordwell.net, the website of David Bordwell .

Web links

• Robert Reinert in the Internet Movie Database (English)