Draft:Waldemar Roger

Waldemar Roger (* 1875; † 15. Dezember 1958) was a german Educator, Film distributor and Producer.

For a long time of his life he was active as an educator in the Quickborn movement. In order to be able to carry out “financial transactions” of a private nature, he came into contact with smaller film productions and distributors in the early twenties. He can already be identified in a still photo from the filming of “Nosferatu” in October 1921. He later appears in a production photo for “Alraune” in 1927 and from 1929 onwards he worked as an artistic editor in three different silent and sound versions of the reissued “Nosferatu” from 1921. From 1929 onwards he was also involved in the distribution of the sound film version of “Shadow” from 1923 and showed it mainly in provincial areas. Already in the early 1930s he disappeared from professional film work and only worked on films on the crucifixion theme as editor of the 16 mm narrow film versions.

1928 acquires the permanent usage rights of the film Nosferatu - A Symphony of Horror from producer Albin Grau. and assembled the sound film versions of Nosferatu the Vampyr and The Twelfth Hour - A Night of Horror. He also incorporated cut material from the classic that Murnau did not use into the film. He also re-shot scenes, e.g. B. a funeral mass with Hans Behal as priest.

Waldemar Roger died in southern Germany on the Austrian border in 1958.