F. W. Murnau

Director. Born 28 December 1888 in Bielefeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Died 11 March 1931.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m scoreas director · 4 titles

Born

28 December 1888, Bielefeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Died

11 March 1931

Active

1922–1931

Frequently works with

Carl Mayer, Emil Jannings, Erich Pommer

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

85Fi1m

81Critics

We rate F.’s work 4 points above the press, across 4 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above4

60 to 790

Under 600

Of 4 reviewed titles as director.

In numbers

Reviewed: 4 films
Screen time: 6 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $2m across 3 films with figures
Active: 1922–1931

Genres

Drama3
Romance2
Adventure1
Fantasy1
Horror1

Best and worst on Fi1m

88BestSunrise: A Song of Two Humans1927

80WorstTabu: A Story of the South Seas1931

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

201920s

31930s

11940s

12010s

12020s

Co-stars most worked with

Emil Jannings2 titles

Producers most worked with

Erich Pommer2 titles