Edgar G. Ulmer

Edgar G. Ulmer

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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…

Filmography

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The Astrologer ★ 5.3 The Astrologer 1976 The Cavern ★ 5.8 The Cavern 1964 The World's Greatest Sinner ★ 6.9 The World's Greatest Sinner 1962 Journey Beneath the Desert ★ 3.3 Journey Beneath the Desert 1961 Beyond the Time Barrier ★ 6.0 Beyond the Time Barrier 1960 The Amazing Transparent Man ★ 4.0 The Amazing Transparent Man 1960 Hannibal ★ 5.6 Hannibal 1959 The Naked Venus ★ 4.8 The Naked Venus 1959 Swiss Family Robinson: Lost in the Jungle ★ 5.8 Swiss Family Robinson: Lost in the Jungle 1958 Daughter of Dr. Jekyll ★ 5.8 Daughter of Dr. Jekyll 1957 The Perjured Farmer ★ 6.8 The Perjured Farmer 1956 The Naked Dawn ★ 6.2 The Naked Dawn 1955 Murder Is My Beat ★ 6.0 Murder Is My Beat 1955 Loves of Three Queens ★ 9.0 Loves of Three Queens 1954 The Fate of Two Queens ★ 8.0 The Fate of Two Queens 1954 Babes in Bagdad ★ 5.8 Babes in Bagdad 1952 St. Benny the Dip ★ 5.7 St. Benny the Dip 1951 The Man from Planet X ★ 5.9 The Man from Planet X 1951 So Young, So Bad ★ 5.2 So Young, So Bad 1950 The Pirates of Capri ★ 6.9 The Pirates of Capri 1949 Ruthless ★ 5.7 Ruthless 1948 Carnegie Hall ★ 5.8 Carnegie Hall 1947 The Strange Woman ★ 6.2 The Strange Woman 1946 Her Sister's Secret ★ 7.2 Her Sister's Secret 1946 The Wife of Monte Cristo ★ 6.4 The Wife of Monte Cristo 1946 Detour ★ 7.2 Detour 1945 Club Havana ★ 5.9 Club Havana 1945 Strange Illusion ★ 5.6 Strange Illusion 1945 Bluebeard ★ 5.4 Bluebeard 1944 Minstrel Man ★ 5.5 Minstrel Man 1944 Jive Junction ★ 6.5 Jive Junction 1943 Danger! Women at Work ★ 6.5 Danger! Women at Work 1943 Isle of Forgotten Sins ★ 5.0 Isle of Forgotten Sins 1943 Hitler's Madman ★ 5.5 Hitler's Madman 1943 Girls in Chains ★ 4.7 Girls in Chains 1943 My Son, The Hero ★ 7.0 My Son, The Hero 1943 Corregidor ★ 4.4 Corregidor 1943 Turbosupercharger: Flight Operation ★ 8.0 Turbosupercharger: Flight Operation 1943 The Turbosupercharger - Master of the sky ★ 10.0 The Turbosupercharger - Master of the sky 1943 Tomorrow We Live ★ 4.9 Tomorrow We Live 1942 Prisoner of Japan ★ 5.0 Prisoner of Japan 1942 Another to Conquer ★ 10.0 Another to Conquer 1941 Goodbye, Mr. Germ ★ 5.0 Goodbye, Mr. Germ 1940 Diagnostic Procedures in Tuberculosis Diagnostic Procedures in Tuberculosis 1940 Cloud in the Sky ★ 9.0 Cloud in the Sky 1940 They Do Come Back They Do Come Back 1940 American Matchmaker ★ 4.0 American Matchmaker 1940 Way Down South ★ 6.4 Way Down South 1939 The Light Ahead ★ 6.8 The Light Ahead 1939 Moon Over Harlem ★ 3.9 Moon Over Harlem 1939 Let My People Live ★ 7.0 Let My People Live 1939 Cossacks in Exile ★ 8.0 Cossacks in Exile 1939 The Singing Blacksmith ★ 3.0 The Singing Blacksmith 1938 Natalka Poltavka ★ 8.0 Natalka Poltavka 1937 Green Fields ★ 6.0 Green Fields 1937 From Nine to Nine ★ 7.0 From Nine to Nine 1936 We Live Again ★ 6.8 We Live Again 1934 Thunder Over Texas ★ 6.7 Thunder Over Texas 1934 I Can't Escape ★ 7.5 I Can't Escape 1934 The Black Cat ★ 6.7 The Black Cat 1934 Queen Christina ★ 6.9 Queen Christina 1934 Damaged Lives ★ 4.7 Damaged Lives 1933 Kleiner Mann – was nun? ★ 7.0 Kleiner Mann – was nun? 1933 Afraid to Talk ★ 6.5 Afraid to Talk 1932 Tabu: A Story of the South Seas ★ 7.1 Tabu: A Story of the South Seas 1931 Aloha ★ 8.0 Aloha 1931 The Secret Six ★ 5.6 The Secret Six 1931 People on Sunday ★ 7.2 People on Sunday 1930 City Girl ★ 7.5 City Girl 1930 Spiel um den Mann ★ 9.0 Spiel um den Mann 1929 Flucht in die Fremdenlegion ★ 9.0 Flucht in die Fremdenlegion 1929 4 Devils ★ 7.6 4 Devils 1928 The Street of Sin ★ 8.0 The Street of Sin 1928 Spies ★ 7.3 Spies 1928 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans ★ 7.8 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans 1927 Metropolis ★ 8.1 Metropolis 1927 The Border Sheriff ★ 10.0 The Border Sheriff 1926 Lady Windermere's Fan ★ 6.8 Lady Windermere's Fan 1925 Joyless Street ★ 6.7 Joyless Street 1925 The Last Laugh ★ 7.8 The Last Laugh 1924