Paul Wegener
Acting Born Dec 11, 1874 Arnoldsdorf, West Prussia, Germany [now Jarantowice, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland] 24 credits
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.
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Frequent co-stars
Career timeline
FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts
Eyes of Love
Der große Mandarin
Kolberg
Wenn die Sonne wieder scheint
Wedding in Barenhof
My Life for Ireland
Twilight
The Immortal Heart
Secret Mission
Only a Comedian
Hans Westmar
Marshal Forward
Fundvogel
The Weavers
Living Buddhas
Herzog Ferrantes EndeDas LiebesnestMonna Vanna
Steuermann HolkThe Golem: How He Came into the WorldFigures of the Night
Rübezahl's Wedding
The Golem
Full filmography
- FASCISM(s): A Film in Six Parts (2025) as The Golem (archive footage)
- Marshal Forward (1932) as Marschall Blücher
- Der große Mandarin (1949) as Mandarin
- Kolberg (1945) as Loucadou
- Steuermann Holk (1920) as Steuermann Holk
- The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920) as The Golem
- Only a Comedian (1935) as Staatsminister von Creven
- The Weavers (1927) as Fabrikant Dreißiger
- Rübezahl's Wedding (1916) as Ruebezahl
- Secret Mission (1938) as Morrow
- Wedding in Barenhof (1942) as Leonhard von Krakow
- My Life for Ireland (1941) as Sir George Beverley
- Twilight (1940) as Förster Kuhnert
- The Golem (1915) as Golem
- Eyes of Love (1951) as Prof. Mochmann
- Hans Westmar (1933) as Kuprikoff
- Fundvogel (1930) as Professor Reutlinger
- Wenn die Sonne wieder scheint (1943) as Bauer Termöhlen
- Living Buddhas (1925) as Großlama
- Herzog Ferrantes Ende (1922) as Herzog Ferrante
- Das Liebesnest (1922)
- Figures of the Night (1920) as Thomas Bezug
- The Immortal Heart (1939) as Dr. Schedel
- Monna Vanna (1922) as Guido Gursino