Paul Wegener

Paul Wegener

Acting

Born December 11, 1874 · Arnoldsdorf, West Prussia, Germany [now Jarantowice, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]

18 films as director · Active 1915–1960

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 maint…

Known for

FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts

FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts

2025

Marshal Forward

Marshal Forward

1932

Der große Mandarin

Der große Mandarin

1949

Kolberg

Kolberg

1945

Steuermann Holk

Steuermann Holk

1920

The Golem: How He Came into the World

The Golem: How He Came into the World

1920

Only a Comedian

Only a Comedian

1935

The Weavers

The Weavers

1927

Directed(18)

The Golem

Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit

1937Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit★ 10.0

Krach und Glück um Künnemann

1937Krach und Glück um Künnemann★ 7.0

Moscow Shanghai

1936Moscow Shanghai★ 8.0

The Hour of Temptation

1936The Hour of Temptation★ 10.0

1936August der Starke★ 10.0

A Man Wants to Get to Germany

1934A Man Wants to Get to Germany★ 5.8

Die Freundin eines großen Mannes

1934Die Freundin eines großen Mannes★ 10.0

Living Buddhas

1925Living Buddhas★ 7.0

Herzog Ferrantes Ende

1922Herzog Ferrantes Ende★ 8.0

The Golem: How He Came into the World

1920The Golem: How He Came into the World★ 7.0

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

1918The Pied Piper of Hamelin★ 5.5

The Golem and the Dancing Girl

1917The Golem and the Dancing Girl★ 6.0

Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey

1917Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey

Rübezahl's Wedding

1916Rübezahl's Wedding★ 5.0

The Yoghi

1916The Yoghi★ 8.0

The Golem

1915The Golem★ 6.7

1915Peter Schlemihl

Acting(65)

2025FASCISM(s): A Film in Six PartsThe Golem (archive footage)

1960The GolemThe Golem

1951Eyes of LoveProf. Mochmann

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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

1935The Man with the PawWiegant, Präsident der Industrie-Bank

1935Only a ComedianStaatsminister von Creven

1934A Man Wants to Get to GermanyShip Stoker

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

1913The Student of PragueBalduin - A Student / Self