Person
Paul Wegener
Acting · 1874–1948 · Arnoldsdorf, West Prussia, Germany [now Jarantowice, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]
Biography
Paul Wegener was a German actor known for his pioneering roles in Expressionist films. He can also be considered a father of horror for his breakout role in The Student of Prague (1913). Wegener maintained a career throughout and after the Nazi era, starring in his last film in 1948.
Known for
The Golem
Golem
Kolberg
Loucadou
The Golem: How He Came into the World
The Golem
My Life for Ireland
Sir George Beverley
Svengali
Svengali
Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit
Director
Figures of the Night
Thomas Bezug
Marshal Forward
Marschall Blücher
Twilight
Förster Kuhnert
Steuermann Holk
Steuermann Holk
Filmography
- 2025FASCISM(s): A Film in Six PartsThe Golem (archive footage)
- 1960The GolemThe Golem
- 1951Eyes of LoveProf. Mochmann
- 1949Der große MandarinMandarin
- 1945KolbergLoucadou
- 1945The Molander CaseHolk, Generalstaatsanwalt
- 1944Tierarzt Dr. VlimmenVan der Kalk
- 1943Dr. Terror's House of HorrorsThe Mad Inventor
- 1943DieselDirektor Buz
- 1943Wenn die Sonne wieder scheintBauer Termöhlen
- 1942Wedding in BarenhofLeonhard von Krakow
- 1942The Great KingGen. Czernitscheff
- 1941Das Mädchen von FanöUlerk Ohm
- 1941My Life for IrelandSir George Beverley
- 1940TwilightFörster Kuhnert
- 1939Das Recht auf LiebeHerr von Salurn, Schloßgutsbesitzer in Tirol
- 1939The Immortal HeartDr. Schedel
- 1938Secret MissionMorrow
- 1938Stärker als die Liebe
- 1937Krach und Glück um KünnemannDirector
- 1937Unter Ausschluß der ÖffentlichkeitDirector
- 1936Moscow ShanghaiDirector
- 1936The Hour of TemptationDirector
- 1936August der StarkeDirector
- 1935The Man with the PawWiegant, Präsident der Industrie-Bank
- 1935Only a ComedianStaatsminister von Creven
- 1934A Man Wants to Get to GermanyShip Stoker
- 1934Die Freundin eines großen MannesDirector
- 1933Inge and the MillionsBankier Seemann
- 1933Hans WestmarKuprikoff
- 1932Marshal ForwardMarschall Blücher
- 1932The Mystery of Johann OrthFürst Rostowsky Botschafter a.Wien
- 1932The Living DeadMörder
- 1930FundvogelProfessor Reutlinger
- 1928A Daughter Of DestinyProfessor ten Brinken
- 1928The Strange Case of Captain Ramper
- 1927Die Welt ohne WaffenDr. Dankmar Tollen
- 1927SvengaliSvengali
- 1927Arme kleine Sif
- 1927The WeaversFabrikant Dreißiger
- 1927Glanz und Elend der KurtisanenVautrin
- 1926Souls Aflame
- 1926The MagicianOliver Haddo
- 1926Der Mann aus dem Jenseits
- 1925Living BuddhasGroßlama
- 1924The Film in the FilmSelf
- 1923S.O.S. Die Insel der TränenJack
- 1923Der Schatz der Gesine JakobsenNiels Nissen
- 1922Das Liebesnest
- 1922Monna VannaGuido Gursino
- 1922Herzog Ferrantes EndeHerzog Ferrante
- 1922Lucrezia BorgiaMicheletto
- 1922VaninaGouverneur von Turin
- 1922The Loves of PharaohSamlak
- 1921Roswolsky's MistressEugen Roswolsky
- 1921The Lost Shadow
- 1920Steuermann HolkSteuermann Holk
- 1920The Golem: How He Came into the WorldThe Golem
- 1920SumurunDer alte Scheich
- 1920Der Galeerensträfling
- 1920Figures of the NightThomas Bezug
- 1919Madame DuBarry
- 1918The Pied Piper of HamelinFahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)
- 1917Sleeping Beauty
- 1917Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and HoneyHans Trutz
- 1917The Golem and the Dancing Girl
- 1916The YoghiYogi / Rasmus
- 1916Rübezahl's WeddingRuebezahl
- 1915The GolemGolem
- 1915Peter SchlemihlDirector
- 1914Evinrude
- 1913The Student of PragueBalduin - A Student / Self
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