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Born Hubert August Piel, Harry Piel (12 July 1892 Düsseldorf – 27 March 1963) in Munich, Germany was a prolific German actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer who was involved in over 150 films.
Piel became a director in 1912, turning out such box-office successes as Mann Gegen Mann (1928), Achtung! - Auto-Diebe! (1930) and Artisten (1935). His last directorial effort was 1953's Gesprengte Gitter (Elephant Fury, aka Panic), which he also produced, wrote, and starred.
After attending elementary school in Benrath and High School, Piel became a cadet in 1909 on a sailing ship, the Grand Duchess Elizabeth. In 1911, however, he finished his cadethood and moved to Berlin in 1912 where he created the "Art Film Publishing House Company" and made, as a director, screenwriter and producer, his first feature Black Blood (1912) with Curt Goetz in the lead role. Further films followed, based on adventure and action.
Soon Piel received the nickname "the dynamite director" because of his penchant for including explosion sequences in his films. These were authentic: Piel had befriended a demolition engineer who was often commissioned to dynamite bridges and other condemned structures slated for demolition. The engineer notified Piel of these assignments in advance: Piel filmed the explosions, then inserted the footage into his films.
I can't exist anymore
Till I destroy you
I'm hating everyone
Don't know what to do
Ingesting flesh and bone
Makes me a cannibal
Or am I criminal?
I feel so horrible
Horrible!
Horrible!
Horrible!
Sucking on colorforms
Becoming see through
Still hating everyone
As I digest you
I do not feel wrong
Am I incurable?
Or am I criminal?
I'm so damn horrible
Horrible!
Horrible!
Horrible!
I will ingest you
So to protect you
Then they can't take you
Away from me
I will ingest you
So to protect you
Then they can't take you
Away from me
Fade into yesterday
Searching for my youth
Try to detest it all
Searching for the truth
Self-centered devil spawn
This makes me durable
Or am I criminal?
I feel so horrible
Horrible!
Horrible!
Horrible!
Horrible!
Horrible!