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Werner Krauss

Acting Born Jun 23, 1884 Gestungshausen, Sonnefeld, Bavaria, Germany 24 credits

Biography

Werner Johannes Krauss (Krauß in German; 23 June 1884 – 20 October 1959) was a German stage and film actor. Krauss dominated the German stage of the early 20th century. However, his participation in the 1940 antisemitic propaganda film Jud Süß (Süss, the Jew) and his collaboration with the Nazis made him a controversial figure.

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Known for

Landesschau Baden-Württemberg

as self
Film

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

as Dr. Caligari

Full filmography

  • Landesschau Baden-Württemberg (1957) as self
  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) as Dr. Caligari
  • Nana (1926) as Count Muffat
  • Süss, the Jew (1940) as Rabbi Loew
  • Universal Horror (1998) as (archive footage)
  • Danton (1921) as Robespierre
  • Paracelsus (1943) as Paracelsus
  • Joyless Street (1925) as Josef Geiringer
  • Looping the Loop (1928) as Botto
  • Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes (1939) as Geheimrat Rudolf Virchow
  • Secrets of a Soul (1926) as Martin Fellman
  • Waxworks (1924) as Jack the Ripper / Spring-Heeled Jack
  • Lady Hamilton (1921) as Lord William Hamilton
  • Die Frau im Himmel (1920) as Tatjana's father
  • The Dismissal (1942) as Geheimrat von Holstein
  • Variety (1925)
  • The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning (1923)
  • The Treasure (1923) as Svetelenz
  • Mazeppa, Folk Hero of the Ukraine (1919) as Mazeppa
  • Tartuffe (1926) as Herr Orgon
  • Superfluous People (1926) as Ortspolizist Suka
  • Yorck (1931) as General Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg
  • Napoleon at St. Helena (1929) as Napoleon
  • Die Kwannon von Okadera (1920) as Harlander