Acting
Paul Wegener
Born 1874-12-11
Arnoldsdorf, West Prussia, Germany [now Jarantowice, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]
Department: Acting
Biography
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
Prominent works featuring Paul Wegener
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The Golem: How He Came into the World
1920
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The Student of Prague
1913
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The Golem
1915
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Sumurun
1920
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The Magician
1926
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Madame DuBarry
1919
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Rübezahl's Wedding
1916
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A Daughter Of Destiny
1928
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Kolberg
1945
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The Loves of Pharaoh
1922
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (96 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts | The Golem (archive footage) | Movie | 2025 |
 | The Golem | The Golem | Movie | 1960 |
| The Golem | Director | Movie | 1960 |
 | Eyes of Love | Prof. Mochmann | Movie | 1951 |
| Der große Mandarin | Mandarin | Movie | 1949 | |
 | Kolberg | Loucadou | Movie | 1945 |
| The Molander Case | Holk, Generalstaatsanwalt | Movie | 1945 | |
| Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen | Van der Kalk | Movie | 1944 | |
 | Dr. Terror's House of Horrors | The Mad Inventor | Movie | 1943 |
 | Diesel | Direktor Buz | Movie | 1943 |
| Wenn die Sonne wieder scheint | Bauer Termöhlen | Movie | 1943 | |
 | Wedding in Barenhof | Leonhard von Krakow | Movie | 1942 |
 | The Great King | Gen. Czernitscheff | Movie | 1942 |
| Das Mädchen von Fanö | Ulerk Ohm | Movie | 1941 | |
| My Life for Ireland | Sir George Beverley | Movie | 1941 | |
 | Twilight | Förster Kuhnert | Movie | 1940 |
 | Das Recht auf Liebe | Herr von Salurn, Schloßgutsbesitzer in Tirol | Movie | 1939 |
 | The Immortal Heart | Dr. Schedel | Movie | 1939 |
 | Secret Mission | Morrow | Movie | 1938 |
 | Stärker als die Liebe | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1938 |
 | Krach und Glück um Künnemann | Director | Movie | 1937 |
 | Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit | Director | Movie | 1937 |
 | Moscow Shanghai | Director | Movie | 1936 |
 | The Hour of Temptation | Director | Movie | 1936 |
| August der Starke | Director | Movie | 1936 | |
 | The Man with the Paw | Wiegant, Präsident der Industrie-Bank | Movie | 1935 |
 | Only a Comedian | Staatsminister von Creven | Movie | 1935 |
 | A Man Wants to Get to Germany | Ship Stoker | Movie | 1934 |
| A Man Wants to Get to Germany | Director | Movie | 1934 |
 | Die Freundin eines großen Mannes | Director | Movie | 1934 |
 | Inge and the Millions | Bankier Seemann | Movie | 1933 |
 | Hans Westmar | Kuprikoff | Movie | 1933 |
| Marshal Forward | Marschall Blücher | Movie | 1932 | |
| The Mystery of Johann Orth | Fürst Rostowsky Botschafter a.Wien | Movie | 1932 | |
 | The Living Dead | Mörder | Movie | 1932 |
 | Fundvogel | Professor Reutlinger | Movie | 1930 |
 | A Daughter Of Destiny | Professor ten Brinken | Movie | 1928 |
 | The Strange Case of Captain Ramper | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1928 |
| The Strange Case of Captain Ramper | Writer | Movie | 1928 |
| Die Welt ohne Waffen | Dr. Dankmar Tollen | Movie | 1927 | |
 | Svengali | Svengali | Movie | 1927 |
 | Arme kleine Sif | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1927 |
 | The Weavers | Fabrikant Dreißiger | Movie | 1927 |
 | Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen | Vautrin | Movie | 1927 |
 | Souls Aflame | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1926 |
 | The Magician | Oliver Haddo | Movie | 1926 |
 | Der Mann aus dem Jenseits | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1926 |
 | Living Buddhas | Großlama | Movie | 1925 |
| Living Buddhas | Director | Movie | 1925 |
| Living Buddhas | Writer | Movie | 1925 |
 | The Film in the Film | Self | Movie | 1924 |
 | S.O.S. Die Insel der Tränen | Jack | Movie | 1923 |
| Der Schatz der Gesine Jakobsen | Niels Nissen | Movie | 1923 | |
| Das Liebesnest | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1922 | |
 | Monna Vanna | Guido Gursino | Movie | 1922 |
 | Herzog Ferrantes Ende | Herzog Ferrante | Movie | 1922 |
| Herzog Ferrantes Ende | Writer | Movie | 1922 |
| Herzog Ferrantes Ende | Director | Movie | 1922 |
 | Lucrezia Borgia | Micheletto | Movie | 1922 |
 | Vanina | Gouverneur von Turin | Movie | 1922 |
 | The Loves of Pharaoh | Samlak | Movie | 1922 |
 | Roswolsky's Mistress | Eugen Roswolsky | Movie | 1921 |
 | The Lost Shadow | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1921 |
| The Lost Shadow | Writer | Movie | 1921 |
| Steuermann Holk | Steuermann Holk | Movie | 1920 | |
 | The Golem: How He Came into the World | The Golem | Movie | 1920 |
| The Golem: How He Came into the World | Screenplay | Movie | 1920 |
| The Golem: How He Came into the World | Director | Movie | 1920 |
 | Sumurun | Der alte Scheich | Movie | 1920 |
 | Der Galeerensträfling | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1920 |
| Der Galeerensträfling | Writer | Movie | 1920 |
 | Figures of the Night | Thomas Bezug | Movie | 1920 |
 | Madame DuBarry | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1919 |
 | The Pied Piper of Hamelin | Fahrender Spielmann (Traveling Minstrel) | Movie | 1918 |
| The Pied Piper of Hamelin | Director | Movie | 1918 |
| The Pied Piper of Hamelin | Writer | Movie | 1918 |
 | Sleeping Beauty | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1917 |
 | Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey | Hans Trutz | Movie | 1917 |
| Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey | Writer | Movie | 1917 |
| Hans Trutz in the Land of Milk and Honey | Director | Movie | 1917 |
 | The Golem and the Dancing Girl | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1917 |
| The Golem and the Dancing Girl | Director | Movie | 1917 |
| The Golem and the Dancing Girl | Writer | Movie | 1917 |
 | The Yoghi | Yogi / Rasmus | Movie | 1916 |
| The Yoghi | Director | Movie | 1916 |
| The Yoghi | Writer | Movie | 1916 |
 | Rübezahl's Wedding | Ruebezahl | Movie | 1916 |
| Rübezahl's Wedding | Director | Movie | 1916 |
| Rübezahl's Wedding | Screenplay | Movie | 1916 |
 | The Golem | Golem | Movie | 1915 |
| The Golem | Screenplay | Movie | 1915 |
| The Golem | Director | Movie | 1915 |
| Peter Schlemihl | Director | Movie | 1915 | |
| Evinrude | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1914 | |
 | The Student of Prague | Balduin - A Student / Self | Movie | 1913 |
| The Student of Prague | Screenplay | Movie | 1913 |