Carl Wilhelm 4278306 181281670 2007-12-31T23:02:37Z PixelBot 5570079 robot Modifying: [[de:Carl Wilhelm (Regisseur)]] {{for|Carl or Karl Wilhelm the composer of "Die Wacht am Rhein"|Karl Wilhelm}} '''Carl Wilhelm''' (born [[1885]] in [[Germany]]<ref>Walter Fritz, 1996, p. 302</ref>; date and place of death unknown) was a prolific [[Germany|German]] [[film director]], [[film producer]] and [[screenwriter]] of the [[silent film]] era, at the end of which his career apparently entirely faded away and he vanished into obscurity. == Life == After his first work, the short documentary film ''Ein vergnügter Wintertag im Berliner Grunewald'', made for the producer [[Oskar Messter]] in 1909, Wilhelm worked for many other [[Berlin]] production companies. For example, in the years before [[World War I]], he filmed for ''Deutsche Mutoskop- und Biograph GmbH'' in [[Lankwitz]] and ''BB-Film-Fabrikation Bolten-Baeckers'' in [[Berlin-Steglitz|Steglitz]] a series of comedies starring the silent film star [[Leo Peukert]]. The two comedies he shot in 1913 and 1914 with [[Ernst Lubitsch]] - ''Die Firma heiratet'' and ''Der Stolz der Firma'' - were very successful. As late as 1919 a critic could write: "''Die Firma heiratet'' and ''Meyer aus Berlin'' are still our best films."<ref>Bobby E. Lüthge im ''Film-Kurier'', Nr. 15, 22 June 1919</ref> In 1915, with his company ''Cewe-Films'', and in 1920/21, with ''Carl-Wilhelm-Film GmbH'', he also operated as his own producer. In 1917 and 1918 he made a number of films in [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]. Carl Wilhelm remained a sought-after director until the end of the silent film period. He then ceased to work almost entirely - he is last heard of as a production assistant in 1935 - and nothing is known of the date or place of his death. == Filmography == === As director === * 1909: ''Ein vergnügter Wintertag im Berliner Grunewald'' – also actor * 1911: ''Leibeigenschaft'' (with [[Leo Peukert]]) * 1912: ''Der abgeführte Liebhaber'' * 1912: ''Brüderchens Heldentat'' * 1912: ''Das elfte Gebot: Du sollst nicht stören Deines Nächsten Flitterwochen'' * 1912: ''Die Hand des Schicksals'' (with [[Leopoldine Konstantin]]) – co-director with [[Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers]] * 1912: ''Leo, der Witwenfreund'' / ''Leo als Witwenfreund'' (with [[Leo Peukert]]) * 1912: ''Mama: Roman aus dem Leben einer Schauspielerin'' * 1912: ''Die Nachbarskinder'' – co-director with [[Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers]] * 1912/13: ''Leo, der schwarze Münchhausen'' (with [[Leo Peukert]]) * 1913: ''Die Kunstschützin'' (with [[Leo Peukert]]) – also actor; co-director with [[Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers]] * 1913: ''Der Shylock von Krakau'' (with [[Rudolph Schildkraut]]); screenplay: [[Felix Salten]]) – also actor) * 1913: ''Tangofieber'' * 1913/14: ''Die Firma heiratet'' (with [[Ernst Lubitsch]], [[Ressel Orla]]) * 1914: ''Fräulein Leutnant'' / ''Fräulein Feldgrau'' (also screenplay together with [[Walter Turszinsky]]) * 1914: ''Die Marketenderin'' (with [[Else Eckersberg]]; also screenplay together with [[Arno Arndt]]) * 1914: ''Der Stolz der Firma. Die Geschichte eines Lehrlings'' (with [[Ernst Lubitsch]]) * 1915: ''Der Barbier von Flimersdorf'' (with [[Oscar Sabo]]) – also screenplay * 1915: ''Berlin im Kriegsjahr'' (documentary film produced by [[Erich Pommer]] on commission from the ''Verein der Zentralstelle für den Fremdenverkehr'') * 1915: ''Carl und Carla'' (with [[Lisa Weise]]) * 1915: ''Frau Annas Pilgerfahrt. Episode aus dem Wien-Berliner Leben 1914/15'' – also screenplay together with [[Julius Wilhelm]], and production * 1916: ''Sami, der Seefahrer'' * 1916: ''Ein Zirkusmädel'' * 1917: ''Albert läßt sich scheiden'' * 1917: ''Doktor Lauffen'' * 1917: ''Az elátkozott család'' * 1917: ''Fabricius úr leánya'' * 1917: ''Fekete gyémántok'' * 1918: ''A Gazdag szegények'' * 1918: ''A Szerelem bolondjai'' * 1919: ''Die Himmelskönigin'' / ''Du meine Himmelskönigin'' (with [[Margarete Schön]], [[Gustav Adolf Semler]]) – also screenplay * 1919: ''Die Pflicht zu leben'' * 1919: ''Prinzessin Tatjana oder Wenn ein Weib den Weg verliert'' * 1919/20: ''Der gelbe Tod – 1. Teil'' (with [[Gustav Adolf Semler]], [[Rosa Valetti]]) * 1919/20: ''Der gelbe Tod – 2. Teil'' (with [[Ernst Deutsch]], [[Margarete Schön]], [[Gustav Adolf Semler]]) * 1920: ''Anständige Frauen'' * 1920: ''Die Augen der Welt'' (with [[Conrad Veidt]]) – also screenplay together with [[Ruth Goetz]], and production * 1920: ''Das Götzenbild der Wahrheit'' * 1920: ''Der langsame Tod'' / ''Die nach Liebe schmachten'' (with [[Lucie Höflich]], [[Eduard von Winterstein]]) – also screenplay together with [[Ruth Goetz]], production * 1920: ''Die Sippschaft'' - also screenplay together with [[Ruth Goetz]], production * 1920/21: ''Das Haus der Qualen'' – also screenplay and production * 1921: ''Das gestohlene Millionenrezept'' – also production * 1921: ''Landstraße und Großstadt'' / ''Musikanten des Lebens'' (with [[Carola Toelle]], [[Fritz Kortner]], [[Conrad Veidt]]) – also production * 1921: ''Der Liebling der Frauen'' – also production * 1921: ''Perlen bedeuten Tränen'' / ''Tragische Abenteuer des Japaners Dr. Rao'' (with [[Albert Steinrück]], [[Aud Egede Nissen]]) * 1921: ''Unrecht Gut'' * 1921/22: ''Menschenopfer'' (with [[Hans Albers]]) * 1922: ''Lumpaci Vagabundus'' / ''Der böse Geist Lumpaci Vagabundus'' (with [[Hans Albers]]) – also screenplay * 1924: ''Soll und Haben'' (with [[Theodor Loos]], [[Olga Tschechowa]]) - also screenplay, together with [[Karl Figdor]] based on the novel by [[Gustav Freytag]] * 1925: ''Nick, der König der Chauffeure'' * 1925: ''Die vertauschte Braut'' (with [[Ida Wüst]]) * 1926: ''Die dritte Eskadron'' (with [[Claire Rommer]], [[Ralph Arthur Roberts]], [[Camilla Spira]]) – also screenplay together with [[Bobby E. Lüthge]] * 1926: ''Mikoschs letztes Abenteuer'' – also screenplay * 1926: ''Wenn der junge Wein blüht'' – also screenplay, together with [[Max Jungk]] based on a story by [[Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson]] * 1927: ''Es zogen drei Burschen …'' / ''Drei Seelen – ein Gedanke'' / ''Eine verliebte Garnison'' (with [[Hans Albers]], [[Hertha von Walther]]) * 1927: ''Die Pflicht zu schweigen'' (with [[Gustav Fröhlich (Schauspieler)|Gustav Fröhlich]], [[Kurt Gerron]]) – also screenplay * 1928: ''Kaczmarek'' * 1928/29: ''Der Zigeunerprimas'' – also screenplay * 1929: ''Drei machen ihr Glück'' / ''Teure Heimat'' (with [[Renate Müller]], [[Hans Brausewetter]], [[Hans Albers]], [[Lotte Werkmeister]]) - produced by [[Erich Engels]] * 1929: ''Ruhiges Heim mit Küchenbenutzung'' / ''Das Mädel von der Operette'' (with [[Henry Bender]], [[Ida Wüst]], [[Albert Paulig]]) – also screenplay, together with [[Bobby E. Lüthge]] * 1930: ''Die Firma heiratet'' (with [[Ralph Arthur Roberts]], [[Charlotte Ander]], [[Oskar Karlweis]], [[Ida Wüst]], [[Theo Lingen]], [[Julius Falkenstein (Schauspieler)|Julius Falkenstein]], [[Trude Westerberg]]) === Other === * 1910: ''Hexenlied'' (with [[Henny Porten]]; directed by [[Franz Porten]]) – actor * 1910: ''Die Vernunft des Herzens'' (directed by [[Charles Decroix]]) – actor * 1910: ''Pro patria. Ein Unterseebootsfilm'' (with [[Leo Peukert]]; directed by [[Charles Decroix]]) – director's assistant * 1910/11: ''Vater und Sohn'' (directed by [[Walter Schmidthässler]]) – actor * 1911: ''Das Herz einer Gattin'' (directed by [[Charles Decroix]]) – actor * 1913/14: ''Eine venezianische Nacht'' (directed by [[Max Reinhardt]]) – director's assistant * 1932: ''Im Bann des Eulenspiegels'' (directed by [[Frank Wisbar]]) – "collective direction", together with [[Herbert Ephraim]] * 1935: ''J'aime toutes les femmes'' (directed by [[Karel Lamač|Carl Lamač]]) – production assistant == Notes == {{reflist}} == External links == * {{imdb name|id=0928910|name=Carl Wilhelm}} * {{de icon}} [http://www.cinegraph.de/etc/ateliers/muto.html Short article about the "Deutsche Mutoskop- und Biograph GmbH" ("Muto")] incl photo of Carl Wilhelm * {{de icon}} [http://www.deutsches-filminstitut.de/dt2tp0071.htm Deutsches Filminstitut: photo of Carl Wilhelm] ==Sources== * Fritz, Walter, 1996. ''Im Kino erlebe ich die Welt – 100 Jahre Kino und Film in Österreich.'' Verlag Christian Brandstätter: Vienna. ISBN 3-85447-661-2 {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilhelm, Carl}} [[Category:German film directors]] [[Category:German silent film actors]] [[Category:German film producers]] [[Category:German screenwriters]] [[Category:1885 births]] [[Category:Year of death unknown]] [[de:Carl Wilhelm (Regisseur)]]