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Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Actor

Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Born November 24, 1885 in Cologne, GermanyDied May 29, 195576 films

Friedrich Rudolf Klein-Rogge (24 November 1885 – 29 May 1955) was a German film actor. Klein-Rogge is known for playing sinister figures in films in the 1920s and 1930s as well as being a mainstay in director Fritz Lang's Weimar-era films. He is probably best known in popular culture, particularly to English-speaking audiences, for playing the archetypal mad scientist role of C. A. Rotwang in Lang's Metropolis and as the criminal genius Doctor Mabuse.

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Metropolis posterFirst watchMetropolis19278.1as C.A. RotwangIn a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari poster7.9The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari1920The Testament of Dr. Mabuse poster7.6The Testament of Dr. Mabuse1933Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler poster7.7Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler1922Die Nibelungen: Siegfried poster7.7Die Nibelungen: Siegfried1924Destiny poster7.4Destiny1921Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge poster7.6Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge1924Spies poster7.3Spies1928

Filmography

76 films as actor
  1. 1949Witches
  2. 1942Wedding in Barenhof
  3. 1940Kora Terry
  4. 1940The Heart of a Queen
  5. 1940Die unvollkommene LiebeKonsul Henry Rasmus
  6. 1939Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des TodesRechnungsrat
  7. 1939Rheinische BrautfahrtLandrat
  8. 1939Kennwort MachinSchnellrichter in New York
  9. 1939Wibbel the TailorPangdich
  10. 1939Parkstrasse 13Direktor Bremer
  11. 1939Menschen vom VarietéKommissar Wiedemann
  12. 1938Two Women
  13. 1938After Midnight
  14. 1937Cat WalkLandrat Krotkeim
  15. 1937The Yellow FlagKapitän Ellis
  16. 1937Madame BovaryProf. Canivet
  17. 1937Die göttliche JetteStadtrat Müller
  18. 1937The SovereignDirektor Bodlfing
  19. 1937TruxaVarieté-Direktor
  20. 1936The Court ConcertOberst Flumms
  21. 1936IntermezzoPonbiquet
  22. 1936Dissatisfied WomanProfessor der Nervenklinik
  23. 1936The Hour of TemptationKriminalrat Brandt
  24. 1936MoralPolizeipräsident von Simbach
  25. 1936The Kaiser of California
  26. 1936The Cossack and the NightingaleDschahid-Bey, Tabakgroßhändler
  27. 1936A Strange GuestPolizeipräfekt
  28. 1935The Valley of LoveHerr von Roden
  29. 1935Love's Arithmetic
  30. 1935The Old and The Young KingLeopold Dessauer
  31. 1934The Tannhof WomenJakob Aigner
  32. 1934Der Fall BrenkenBert Benson
  33. 1934PaganiniGraf Hédouville, Kurier Napoleons
  34. 1934Border PatrolDer Einäugige, ein Schmuggler
  35. 1934The Assumption of HanneleMaurer Mattern
  36. 1934The World Without a MaskMerker
  37. 1934Elisabeth and the JesterMichele
  38. 1933The Testament of Dr. MabuseDr. Mabuse
  39. 1933The Testament of Dr. MabuseDr. Mabuse
  40. 1930TarakanovaLe Comte Chouvalof
  41. 1930The SharkVasseur
  42. 1929You Belong to MeBurat-Laussade
  43. 1929La maison des hommes vivants
  44. 1928Die schönste Frau von Paris
  45. 1928Wolga WolgaKosak Hadschi-Ali
  46. 1928MädchenschicksaleLormand
  47. 1928SpiesHaghi
  48. 1928Die Sandgräfin
  49. 1927Das Mädchen aus Frisco
  50. 1927Die raffinierteste Frau BerlinsWilliam Pitts
  51. 1927Tingel TangelDon Fabio Coridon
  52. 1927Loves of CasanovaPeter III
  53. 1927Fighting the White Slave TrafficSimpat Karamanian / Arut Akkunian
  54. 1927The Queen Was in the ParlourGeneral Kish
  55. 1927The Gypsy Baron
  56. 1927MetropolisC.A. Rotwang
  57. 1926Die lachende GrilleRossini
  58. 1926Der rosa Diamant
  59. 1925Pietro der Korsar
  60. 1924Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's RevengeKing Etzel (Attila)
  61. 1924Die Nibelungen: SiegfriedKing Etzel
  62. 1923Warning Shadows
  63. 1923Die Prinzessin SuwarinCyrus Proctor
  64. 1923The Stone RiderDer Herr vom Berge
  65. 1922Dr. Mabuse, the GamblerDr. Mabuse
  66. 1921DestinyDervish / Girolamo
  67. 1921Four Around the WomanUpton
  68. 1920The Wandering ImageGeorgs Vetter Wil Brand
  69. 1920The Cabinet of Dr. CaligariCriminal (uncredited)
  70. 1920Wildes Blut
  71. 1920Die Schreckensnacht im Irrenhaus IvoyDr. Harry Walker
  72. 1919Das Licht am Fenster
  73. 1919Morphium
  74. 1919Das Geheimnis der Irren
  75. 1913Der Film von der Königin Luise - 1. Abteilung: Die Märtyrerin auf dem Königsthron
  76. 1913Der Film von der Königin Luise - 2. Abteilung: Aus Preußens schwerer Zeit