Erich Pommer

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Erich Pommer was a pioneering German film producer and studio executive of the Weimar era, best known for shaping German Expressionist cinema and producing influential classics like "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" and "Metropolis."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German person
film producer
human
studio executive
awardReceived Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany NERFINISHED
causeOfEmigration Nazi persecution
citizenship Germany
United States of America
countryOfBirth German Empire NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath United States of America
countryOfExile France NERFINISHED
United States of America NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1889-07-20
dateOfDeath 1966-05-08
employer Decla-Bioscop NERFINISHED
Decla-Film NERFINISHED
Fox Film NERFINISHED
MGM NERFINISHED
Parufamet NERFINISHED
UFA NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Jews
surface form: Jewish people
familyName Pommer NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Weimar cinema NERFINISHED
film production
silent film
genre Expressionist film
givenName Erich NERFINISHED
languageSpoken English
German
militaryService German Army in World War I NERFINISHED
movement German Expressionism NERFINISHED
notableWork Die Nibelungen NERFINISHED
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler NERFINISHED
Faust NERFINISHED
Metropolis NERFINISHED
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari NERFINISHED
The Last Laugh NERFINISHED
Varieté NERFINISHED
occupation film executive
film producer
film studio manager
participatedIn Weimar Republic film industry NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Hildesheim NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Los Angeles
positionHeld head of production at Decla-Film
head of production at UFA
production chief at UFA
religion Judaism
returnedTo Germany NERFINISHED
roleIn rebuilding the German film industry after World War II

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Metropolis producer Erich Pommer
The Blue Angel producer Erich Pommer