Paul Wegener
Acting·December 11, 1874·† September 13, 1948 — 73 years old·Arnoldsdorf, West Prussia, Germany [now Jarantowice, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]
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
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2025FASCISM(s): A Film in Six PartsThe Golem (archive footage)1960The GolemThe Golem · Director1951Eyes of LoveProf. Mochmann1949Der große MandarinMandarin1945KolbergLoucadou1945The Molander CaseHolk, Generalstaatsanwalt1944Tierarzt Dr. VlimmenVan der Kalk1943Dr. Terror's House of HorrorsThe Mad Inventor1943DieselDirektor Buz1943Wenn die Sonne wieder scheintBauer Termöhlen1942Wedding in BarenhofLeonhard von Krakow1942The Great KingGen. Czernitscheff1941Das Mädchen von FanöUlerk Ohm1941My Life for IrelandSir George Beverley1940TwilightFörster Kuhnert1939Das Recht auf LiebeHerr von Salurn, Schloßgutsbesitzer in Tirol1939The Immortal HeartDr. Schedel1938Secret MissionMorrow1938Stärker als die Liebe1937Krach und Glück um KünnemannDirector1937Unter Ausschluß der ÖffentlichkeitDirector1936Moscow ShanghaiDirector1936The Hour of TemptationDirector1936August der StarkeDirector1935The Man with the PawWiegant, Präsident der Industrie-Bank1935Only a ComedianStaatsminister von Creven1934A Man Wants to Get to GermanyShip Stoker · Director1934Die Freundin eines großen MannesDirector1933Inge and the MillionsBankier Seemann1933Hans WestmarKuprikoff1932Marshal ForwardMarschall Blücher1932The Mystery of Johann OrthFürst Rostowsky Botschafter a.Wien1932The Living DeadMörder1930FundvogelProfessor Reutlinger1928A Daughter Of DestinyProfessor ten Brinken1928The Strange Case of Captain RamperWriter1927Die Welt ohne WaffenDr. Dankmar Tollen1927SvengaliSvengali1927Arme kleine Sif1927The WeaversFabrikant Dreißiger1927Glanz und Elend der KurtisanenVautrin1926Souls Aflame1926The MagicianOliver Haddo1926Der Mann aus dem Jenseits1925Living BuddhasGroßlama · Director · Writer1924The Film in the FilmSelf1923S.O.S. Die Insel der TränenJack1923Der Schatz der Gesine JakobsenNiels Nissen1922Das Liebesnest1922Monna VannaGuido Gursino1922Herzog Ferrantes EndeHerzog Ferrante · Director · Writer1922Lucrezia BorgiaMicheletto1922VaninaGouverneur von Turin1922The Loves of PharaohSamlak1921Roswolsky's MistressEugen Roswolsky1921The Lost ShadowWriter1920Steuermann HolkSteuermann Holk1920The Golem: How He Came into the WorldThe Golem · Director · Screenplay1920SumurunDer alte Scheich1920Der GaleerensträflingWriter1920Figures of the NightThomas Bezug1919Madame DuBarry1918The Pied Piper of HamelinFahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel) · Director · Writer1917Sleeping Beauty1917Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and HoneyHans Trutz · Director · Writer1917The Golem and the Dancing GirlDirector · Writer1916The YoghiYogi / Rasmus · Director · Writer1916Rübezahl's WeddingRuebezahl · Director · Screenplay1915The GolemGolem · Director · Screenplay1915Peter SchlemihlDirector1914Evinrude1913The Student of PragueBalduin - A Student / Self · Screenplay