- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 11, 1874
- Place of Birth
- Arnoldsdorf, West Prussia, Germany [now Jarantowice, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]
- Died
- September 13, 1948
Paul Wegener
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
movieFASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts
2025 · The Golem (archive footage)
movieThe Golem
1960 · The Golem, Director
movieEyes of Love
1951 · Prof. Mochmann
Der große Mandarin
movieDer große Mandarin
1949 · Mandarin
movieKolberg
1945 · Loucadou
The Molander Case
movieThe Molander Case
1945 · Holk, Generalstaatsanwalt
Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen
movieTierarzt Dr. Vlimmen
1944 · Van der Kalk
movieDr. Terror's House of Horrors
1943 · The Mad Inventor
movieDiesel
1943 · Direktor Buz
Wenn die Sonne wieder scheint
movieWenn die Sonne wieder scheint
1943 · Bauer Termöhlen
movieWedding in Barenhof
1942 · Leonhard von Krakow
movieThe Great King
1942 · Gen. Czernitscheff
Das Mädchen von Fanö
movieDas Mädchen von Fanö
1941 · Ulerk Ohm
My Life for Ireland
movieMy Life for Ireland
1941 · Sir George Beverley
movieTwilight
1940 · Förster Kuhnert
movieDas Recht auf Liebe
1939 · Herr von Salurn, Schloßgutsbesitzer in Tirol
movieThe Immortal Heart
1939 · Dr. Schedel
movieSecret Mission
1938 · Morrow
movieStärker als die Liebe
1938
movieKrach und Glück um Künnemann
1937 · Director
movieUnter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit
1937 · Director
movieMoscow Shanghai
1936 · Director
movieThe Hour of Temptation
1936 · Director
August der Starke
movieAugust der Starke
1936 · Director
movieThe Man with the Paw
1935 · Wiegant, Präsident der Industrie-Bank
movieOnly a Comedian
1935 · Staatsminister von Creven
movieA Man Wants to Get to Germany
1934 · Ship Stoker, Director
movieDie Freundin eines großen Mannes
1934 · Director
movieInge and the Millions
1933 · Bankier Seemann
movieHans Westmar
1933 · Kuprikoff
Marshal Forward
movieMarshal Forward
1932 · Marschall Blücher
The Mystery of Johann Orth
movieThe Mystery of Johann Orth
1932 · Fürst Rostowsky Botschafter a.Wien
movieThe Living Dead
1932 · Mörder
movieFundvogel
1930 · Professor Reutlinger
movieA Daughter Of Destiny
1928 · Professor ten Brinken
movieThe Strange Case of Captain Ramper
1928 · , Writer
Die Welt ohne Waffen
movieDie Welt ohne Waffen
1927 · Dr. Dankmar Tollen
movieSvengali
1927 · Svengali
movieArme kleine Sif
1927
movieThe Weavers
1927 · Fabrikant Dreißiger
movieGlanz und Elend der Kurtisanen
1927 · Vautrin
movieSouls Aflame
1926
movieThe Magician
1926 · Oliver Haddo
movieDer Mann aus dem Jenseits
1926
movieLiving Buddhas
1925 · Großlama, Director, Writer
movieThe Film in the Film
1924 · Self
movieS.O.S. Die Insel der Tränen
1923 · Jack
Der Schatz der Gesine Jakobsen
movieDer Schatz der Gesine Jakobsen
1923 · Niels Nissen
Das Liebesnest
movieDas Liebesnest
1922
movieMonna Vanna
1922 · Guido Gursino
movieHerzog Ferrantes Ende
1922 · Herzog Ferrante, Writer, Director
movieLucrezia Borgia
1922 · Micheletto
movieVanina
1922 · Gouverneur von Turin
movieThe Loves of Pharaoh
1922 · Samlak
movieRoswolsky's Mistress
1921 · Eugen Roswolsky
movieThe Lost Shadow
1921 · , Writer
Steuermann Holk
movieSteuermann Holk
1920 · Steuermann Holk
movieThe Golem: How He Came into the World
1920 · The Golem, Screenplay, Director
movieSumurun
1920 · Der alte Scheich
movieDer Galeerensträfling
1920 · , Writer
movieFigures of the Night
1920 · Thomas Bezug
movieMadame DuBarry
1919
movieThe Pied Piper of Hamelin
1918 · Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel), Director, Writer
movieSleeping Beauty
1917
movieHans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey
1917 · Hans Trutz, Writer, Director
movieThe Golem and the Dancing Girl
1917 · , Director, Writer
movieThe Yoghi
1916 · Yogi / Rasmus, Director, Writer
movieRübezahl's Wedding
1916 · Ruebezahl, Director, Screenplay
movieThe Golem
1915 · Golem, Screenplay, Director
Peter Schlemihl
moviePeter Schlemihl
1915 · Director
Evinrude
movieEvinrude
1914
movieThe Student of Prague
1913 · Balduin - A Student / Self, Screenplay