Henrik Galeen (1881–1949)

Writer | Director | Actor

Henrik Galeen was born on January 7, 1881 in Stryj, Galicia, Austria-Hungary. He was a writer and ...

Born: January 7, 1881
Died: July 30, 1949 (age 68)

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Filmography

Known For

Nosferatu Writer (1922)
The Golem Writer (1914)
A Daughter of Destiny Writer (1928)
Known For

The Student of Prague Writer (1926)
Writer

The Student of Prague (1935)
Ombres des bas fonds (1931)
Bobby geht los (1931)
Schatten der Unterwelt (1931)
Acci-Dental Treatment (1929)
The Lady with the Mask (1928)
A Daughter of Destiny (1928)
The Big Bluff (1927)
The Student of Prague (1926)
Neck or Nothing (1926)
Das Fräulein vom Amt (1925)
Zigano (1925)
Liebesbriefe der Baronin von S... (1924)
Waxworks (1924)
Dangerous Paths (1924)
Stadt in Sicht (1923)
Nosferatu (1922)
Die Geliebte Roswolskys (1921)
The Golem (1920)
Der verbotene Weg (1920)
Die beiden Gatten der Frau Ruth (1919)
Die rollende Kugel (1919)
Writer

The Golem (1914)
Director

A Daughter of Her People (1933)
Salon Dora Green (1933)
After the Verdict (1929)
The Gorno Marionettes (1928)
A Daughter of Destiny (1928)
The Big Bluff (1927)
The Student of Prague (1926)
Liebesbriefe der Baronin von S... (1924)
Stadt in Sicht (1923)
Judith Trachtenberg (1920)
Der verbotene Weg (1920)
Director

The Golem (1914)
Actor

Zigano (1925)
Dangerous Paths Francis Margreit (1924)
Das Haus ohne Lachen William Blent (1923)
Die sterbende Stadt Iwan Gorski (1921)
Schlemihl (1915)
Actor

The Golem Troedler (1914)
Additional Crew

Mr. Smith Wakes Up (1929)
Archive footage

From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses (2014)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Acci-Dental Treatment (1929)

Did You Know

One of the great figures in early German expressionist cinema. A master of symbolism. First worked as a journalist. By 1906 was assistant to Max Reinhardt and applied for German citizenship. Wrote screenplays from 1915, notably The Golem (1914) and ...