Stellan Rye

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Stellan Rye (born July 4, 1880 in Randers , Denmark , † November 14, 1914 in France ) was a screenwriter and film director .

Life

After a military career, Rye began acting in Copenhagen . He came to film as a screenwriter. Hanns Heinz Ewers discovered him through his script for the film Det Blaa Blod (The Blue Blood) (1912) and brought him to Berlin .

In 1913 he directed the film Der Student von Prag , which was one of the first artistically significant German films, based on scripts by Ewers , and Evinrude in 1914 . Rye worked with leading German artists in his films. Paul Wegener and Ernst Lubitsch played under his direction , Guido Seeber often directed the camera and Hanns Heinz Ewers was responsible for the scripts. His last film was the unfinished psychodrama Das Haus ohne Tür in 1914 .

Rye is considered to be the forerunner of Expressionism in German film . He can be seen as one of the leading and most influential directors in Germany in the period before the First World War. His promising film career was ended by the war. Stellan Rye went into the field on the German side and died on November 14, 1914 after being wounded in French captivity.

Filmography

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 7: R - T. Robert Ryan - Lily Tomlin. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 9.

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personal data
SURNAME Rye, Stellan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish screenwriter and film director
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Randers , Denmark
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 1914
Place of death France