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Paul Wegener

Actor

Paul Wegener

Born December 11, 1874 in Arnoldsdorf, West Prussia, Germany [now Jarantowice, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]Died September 13, 194862 films

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.

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The Golem: How He Came into the World posterFirst watchThe Golem: How He Came into the World19207.0as The GolemIn 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.View film

Filmography

62 films as actor
  1. 1960The GolemThe Golem
  2. 1951Eyes of LoveProf. Mochmann
  3. 1949Der große MandarinMandarin
  4. 1945KolbergLoucadou
  5. 1945The Molander CaseHolk, Generalstaatsanwalt
  6. 1944Tierarzt Dr. VlimmenVan der Kalk
  7. 1943Dr. Terror's House of HorrorsThe Mad Inventor
  8. 1943DieselDirektor Buz
  9. 1943Wenn die Sonne wieder scheintBauer Termöhlen
  10. 1942Wedding in BarenhofLeonhard von Krakow
  11. 1942The Great KingGen. Czernitscheff
  12. 1941Das Mädchen von FanöUlerk Ohm
  13. 1941My Life for IrelandSir George Beverley
  14. 1940TwilightFörster Kuhnert
  15. 1939Das Recht auf LiebeHerr von Salurn, Schloßgutsbesitzer in Tirol
  16. 1939The Immortal HeartDr. Schedel
  17. 1938Secret MissionMorrow
  18. 1938Stärker als die Liebe
  19. 1935The Man with the PawWiegant, Präsident der Industrie-Bank
  20. 1935Only a ComedianStaatsminister von Creven
  21. 1934A Man Wants to Get to GermanyShip Stoker
  22. 1933Inge and the MillionsBankier Seemann
  23. 1933Hans WestmarKuprikoff
  24. 1932Marshal ForwardMarschall Blücher
  25. 1932The Mystery of Johann OrthFürst Rostowsky Botschafter a.Wien
  26. 1932The Living DeadMörder
  27. 1930FundvogelProfessor Reutlinger
  28. 1928A Daughter Of DestinyProfessor ten Brinken
  29. 1928The Strange Case of Captain Ramper
  30. 1927Die Welt ohne WaffenDr. Dankmar Tollen
  31. 1927SvengaliSvengali
  32. 1927Arme kleine Sif
  33. 1927The WeaversFabrikant Dreißiger
  34. 1927Glanz und Elend der KurtisanenVautrin
  35. 1926Souls Aflame
  36. 1926The MagicianOliver Haddo
  37. 1926Der Mann aus dem Jenseits
  38. 1925Living BuddhasGroßlama
  39. 1923S.O.S. Die Insel der TränenJack
  40. 1923Der Schatz der Gesine JakobsenNiels Nissen
  41. 1922Das Liebesnest
  42. 1922Monna VannaGuido Gursino
  43. 1922Herzog Ferrantes EndeHerzog Ferrante
  44. 1922Lucrezia BorgiaMicheletto
  45. 1922VaninaGouverneur von Turin
  46. 1922The Loves of PharaohSamlak
  47. 1921Roswolsky's MistressEugen Roswolsky
  48. 1921The Lost Shadow
  49. 1920Steuermann HolkSteuermann Holk
  50. 1920The Golem: How He Came into the WorldThe Golem
  51. 1920SumurunDer alte Scheich
  52. 1920Der Galeerensträfling
  53. 1920Figures of the NightThomas Bezug
  54. 1919Madame DuBarry
  55. 1918The Pied Piper of HamelinFahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel)
  56. 1917Sleeping Beauty
  57. 1917Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and HoneyHans Trutz
  58. 1917The Golem and the Dancing Girl
  59. 1916The YoghiYogi / Rasmus
  60. 1916Rübezahl's WeddingRuebezahl
  61. 1915The GolemGolem
  62. 1914Evinrude