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Hans Janowitz

Biography

Hans Janowitz

02 DEC 1890 - 25 MAY 1954

Janowitz was a poet and writer whose pacifist disillusionment post-WWI heavily influenced the anti-authoritarian subtext of Caligari.

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Filmography

1 film

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

1920

Writer