Paul Wegener
Known for: Actor
Born: 11 December 1874, Arnoldsdorf, West Prussia, Germany [now Jarantowice, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]
Died: 13 September 1948
Credits: 60+ titles
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.
Filmography
FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts
The Golem
Eyes of Love
Der große Mandarin
Kolberg
The Molander Case
Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Diesel
Wenn die Sonne wieder scheint
Wedding in Barenhof
The Great King
Das Mädchen von Fanö
My Life for Ireland
Twilight
Das Recht auf Liebe
The Immortal Heart
Secret Mission
Stärker als die Liebe
The Man with the Paw
Only a Comedian
A Man Wants to Get to Germany
Inge and the Millions
Hans Westmar
Marshal Forward
The Mystery of Johann Orth
The Living Dead
Fundvogel
A Daughter Of Destiny
The Strange Case of Captain Ramper
Die Welt ohne Waffen
Svengali
Arme kleine Sif
The Weavers
Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen
Souls Aflame
The Magician
Der Mann aus dem Jenseits
Living Buddhas
S.O.S. Die Insel der Tränen
Der Schatz der Gesine Jakobsen
Das Liebesnest
Monna Vanna
Herzog Ferrantes Ende
Lucrezia Borgia
Vanina
The Loves of Pharaoh
Roswolsky's Mistress
The Lost Shadow
Steuermann Holk
The Golem: How He Came into the World
Sumurun
Der Galeerensträfling
Figures of the Night
Madame DuBarry
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Sleeping Beauty
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
The Golem and the Dancing Girl
The Yoghi
Directed / Created
The Golem
Krach und Glück um Künnemann
Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit
Moscow Shanghai
The Hour of Temptation
August der Starke
A Man Wants to Get to Germany
Die Freundin eines großen Mannes
Living Buddhas
Herzog Ferrantes Ende
The Golem: How He Came into the World
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
The Golem and the Dancing Girl
The Yoghi
Rübezahl's Wedding
The Golem
Peter Schlemihl