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Paul Leni

Director

Paul Leni

Directing: 1921 — 1928 · 5 films
Lived: 8 July 1885 — d. 1929
From: Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

German filmmaker and set designer. He died of sepsis from an untreated tooth infection in 1929 at the age of 44.

Career Signature

How Paul Leni’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.

theatrical style

architectural framing

claustrophobic tension

operatic emotion

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