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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edgar Georg Ulmer (September 17, 1904 – September 30, 1972) was an Austrian-American film director. He is best remembered for the movies The Black Cat (1934) and Detour (1945). These stylish and eccentric works have achieved cult status, whereas Ulmer's other films remain relatively unknown. The first feature he directed in North America, Damaged Lives (1933), was a low-budget exploitation film exposing the horrors of venereal disease. His next film, The Black Cat (1934), starring Béla Lugosi and Boris Karloff, was made for a major studio, Universal Pictures. Demonstrating the striking visual style that would be Ulmer's hallmark, the film was Universal's biggest hit of the season. Ulmer, however, had begun an affair with Shirley Beatrice Kassler, who had been married since 1933 to independent producer Max Alexander, nephew of Universal studio...
Known for
MetropolisMovie • 1927
MMovie • 1931
Sunrise: A Song of Two HumansMovie • 1927
The Last LaughMovie • 1924
DetourMovie • 1945
The Golem: How He Came into the WorldMovie • 1920
The Black CatMovie • 1934
Queen ChristinaMovie • 1934
HannibalMovie • 1959
The Strange WomanMovie • 1946
Tabu: A Story of the South SeasMovie • 1931
People on SundayMovie • 1930
The Man from Planet XMovie • 1951
City GirlMovie • 1930
SpiesMovie • 1928
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's RevengeMovie • 1924
Die Nibelungen: SiegfriedMovie • 1924
Joyless StreetMovie • 1925
Lady Windermere's FanMovie • 1925
Murder Is My BeatMovie • 1955
Daughter of Dr. JekyllMovie • 1957
Beyond the Time BarrierMovie • 1960
RuthlessMovie • 1948
The Amazing Transparent ManMovie • 1960