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Edgar G. Ulmer

Highest Rated: 100% The Man From Planet X (1951)

Lowest Rated: 33% Moon Over Harlem (1939)

Birthday: Sep 17, 1904

Birthplace: Olmütz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary

Prolific director of relatively minor fare who nevertheless created a wide assortment of odd, low-budget gems. Originally a stage actor and set designer, Ulmer did his first film work as an art director as early as 1919, became an assistant to theater impresario Max Reinhardt and crossed the Atlantic several times, working in both theater and film. After serving as F.W. Murnau's assistant for six years, he made his feature debut in Germany, co-directing with Robert Siodmak the landmark documentary-style slice-of-life drama, "People on Sunday" (1929).

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 39% The Man From Planet X
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100% 88% The Last Laugh
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100% 77% People on Sunday
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100% 45% Ruthless
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100% 37% Bluebeard
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100% 43% Murder Is My Beat
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98% 77% Detour
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97% 92% Metropolis Watchlist
89% 69% The Black Cat
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86% 36% Strange Illusion
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Filmography

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The Cavern 1965 Director Beyond the Time Barrier 67% 33% 1960 Director Hannibal 38% 1960 Director, Screenwriter The Amazing Transparent Man 33% 17% 1960 Director The Naked Venus 1959 Director Daughter of Dr. Jekyll 62% 1957 Director The Naked Dawn 67% 1955 Director Murder Is My Beat 100% 43% 1955 Director The Loves of Three Queens 1953 Director Babes in Bagdad 1952 Director St. Benny the Dip 1951 Director The Man From Planet X 100% 39% 1951 Director The Pirates of Capri 1949 Director Captain Sirocco 1949 Director Ruthless 100% 45% 1948 Director Carnegie Hall 40% 1947 Director Her Sister's Secret 60% 1946 Director The Strange Woman 40% 57% 1946 Director The Wife of Monte Cristo 1946 Director, Writer Detour 98% 77% 1945 Director Club Havana 1945 Director Strange Illusion 86% 36% 1945 Director Bluebeard 100% 37% 1944 Director Jive Junction 1944 Director Monsoon 29% 1943 Director
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